(All Auctions Shown are Ebay Results)The Haviland China Company was organized in 1840 by David Haviland, a New York china importer. His search for a pure white, nonporous porcelain led him to the true kaolin clay in Limoges, France. It was there that David Haviland, an American, relocated in 1842 to start his own [...]
Recently, We had to get a house warming gift for friends but we were utterly out of ideas. At a similar celebration they had presented me with a quaich, a Scottish symbol of everlasting friendship, so i felt We had to get something more special than a card.
My friends are an unconventional couple [...]
(All Auctions Shown are Ebay Results)From late Victorian times through the 1930’s, mesh purses were popular accessories for women. Whiting & Davis and Mandalian are among the most common brands of antique mesh purses, which are handmade, elaborate and delicate works of art. Collecting them is a rewarding hobby that involves searching for these [...]
(All Auctions Shown are Ebay Results)Venini art glass has been commanding high prices in some Eastern auction galleries. Art Deco items and those from the fifties are the most sought after. Venini is the best known manufacturer of fine Italian art glass. The company was founded in 1921 in the Italian glass [...]
(All Auctions Shown are Ebay Results)Opalescent glass is a generalized term for clear and semi-opaque pressed glass, cloudy, marbled, and sometimes accented with subtle coloring all combining to form a milky opalescence in the glass. Opalescent glass was first made in England in 1870, and became popular in America around the turn of the century. [...]
