One of the most well known timbers is the Mahogany, which is mostly imported from the nations like Cuba, San Domingo, Bahamas and Honduras. It is red-brown. There are others trees that have come to be known as Mahogany but they are not actually Mahogany. Cuba produces the best variety of Mahogany during the second […]
The noble metal as the silver is known has been used in many ways as coins or jewelry. To protect from fraud a system of Hallmarking was first done in London as long ago in the year 1300. Many changes had taken place in the marking history of silver.
SILVER IS a so-called […]
There are millions of old photographs that may have been over through the years. They were lost and destroyed because of natural disasters, fires and wars.
In some way, there could be some antique photos that may have survived and do exist as of today.
There is something unique about every antique photograph that still […]
The collectors of different potteries have used the different ways identifying the makers or potters of different potteries and porcelain wares. The changes in the ownership of many factories have also created confusions in identifying the potters. Some places produce the best of porcelain wares and Chelsea was responsible for the most beautiful porcelain material […]
Many records of the early American pottery do not many evidence to prove their existence, but some of the written names and some pieces of the potteries shows that the American potters were very skilled and artistic. Some newspapers even showed that American used to imports in quantity from England and from the Far East, […]
Belgium made a good progress in the eighteenth century copying both the Sevres and Meissen styles but their original works was mostly done in the tablewares and figures. Tourney was one of the important places in Belgium, Amsterdam and The Hague in Holland and Zurich and Nyon near Geneva in Switzerland.
Tournay
Good […]
With the permission of the king, many porcelain factories progressed to different levels. They were encouraged to move forward with new ideas and experiments with their designs and styles. Many places like Paris and Eastern France made great progress in the porcelain making.
The use of hard-paste enabled much larger pieces to be […]
We have some knowledge about the clocks, watches and the musical boxes. we also know how they look and works in general. But here we will look into the details of their history and other uses, etc. and what we might not have known.
Clocks, watches, musical boxes
IN the first instance clocks were made to […]
Sometime the emergence of new designs could coincide with that of the personal designs of the rulers like that of King Louis XVI. The variety in tastes of the patrons sometimes gives birth to new designs. The non-accessibility of these furniture gives ways to fake products of the original because sometime the prices of the […]
Pottery
We use the pottery products almost everyday in our life. But there are few people who know the history of the pottery and porcelain. Here we will look into the difference of the pottery and the porcelain and try to understand the some of the different aspects of the pottery and porcelain. […]
