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Mitch Johnson
The Best Way to Identify Antiques
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 [Read More]
Mitch Johnson
Porcelain Revolution in England
There were many factories that came up in the late eighteenth and nineteenth century. And some of these factories are still in production like the Royal Worcester Porcelain Company. Most of these factories have closed down long time back, like that of the Longton Hall. Many of the pieces of their wares are still in existence. [Read More]
Mitch Johnson
About the Antique Makers and Designers
Do you any antique designers and the cabinet-makers who had made some of the antique pieces that we could see even today. Most of the information about these designers or makers were most of the time very difficult to find. We will know some of these famous designers and makers and something about their works. [Read More]
Mitch Johnson
The Story of Glass in England
In the twelfth to the sixteenth centuries there were glassmakers in Surrey and Sussex where there was plentiful of timber, which produced colored glasses. Glass for England domestic needs was imported from Venice. Jacopo Verzelini make Venice glasses in London and teach Englishmen the art. [Read More]
Mitch Johnson
Some Popular Furniture Designer and Their Designs
We are going to see more designs and types of furniture, which came up into prominence in the eighteenth and nineteenth century. Some of these people were very influential and powerful as well. They were the Adams, the Hepplewhite, and the Sheraton, King William IV and the early Victorian. They encouraged their own styles of furniture. [Read More]
Mitch Johnson
The History of Fake Porcelain Factories
There were many small factories, which did not, got mentioned in many of the historical evidences that were discovered from different parts of England. But these small factories contributed much to the development and spread of the porcelain wares from the country. Here we are going to see about those small factories of porcelain works. [Read More]
Mitch Johnson
The Most Remarkable Porcelain in Italy
The Italians attempted many times to imitate the Chinese porcelain but resulting in only white glass. The first factory in Italy was started in 1720 by Francesco Vezzi, which made hard-paste porcelain varying in colour from white. Some of the rulers patronage the making of the porcelain wares. [Read More]
Mitch Johnson
Successful History of English 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. [Read More]
Mitch Johnson
History of Royal Chairs
The earliest forms of our common chairs came into use from the sixteenth century. Chairs were only affordable by the royal people and were rarely made for the common man. Many styles and designs have come up since those ages when only the royal and high-class people could afford to have a chair. It is here that you will learn more about the chairs journey. [Read More]
Mitch Johnson
The History of American Pottery
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. [Read More]
Mitch Johnson
Tables and Their Histories
Usually the oak woods were used to make the dining tables earlier. They were, round, oval or long in shapes and sizes. Different types of woods were used for different types of styles for making the antique furniture that we could see today. [Read More]
Mitch Johnson
Some of the Best Still Surviving Furniture
Many people enjoy and use the furniture and hardly give a thought on how were the woods or the furniture comes into existence. Most of us dont know from which woods these furniture are made. Here we will look into the different kinds of sofas and other furniture. [Read More]
Mitch Johnson
Majolica - The Greatest Beauty of Italy
We will be looking at some of the continental potteries and their patrons who encouraged the development of the potteries in these countries like the Moorish conqueror of Spain. After he left Spain his styles of potteries were still made. [Read More]
Mitch Johnson
How to Identify the Marked Potteries
It is very difficult to identify potteries and their maker due to the non-availability of their names or only signature, which are very difficult to identify for the collectors. Wine bottles are one of the easiest one to identify with their dates and names. [Read More]
Mitch Johnson
Things You should Know about Inlay Decoration
Carving was the earliest ways of decorating the woods. This carving was done almost in all types of woods. It gave a new looks and a generated a new interest for furniture. And then you have inlay type of decoration, an alternative of carving. [Read More]