By the 1880s Henry Doulton was employing more than 200 staff, with designers such as Hannah Barlow and George Tinworth producing highly individual work.
In 1877, Henry took over an antique Burslem manufacturer of domestic earthenwares which, under his leadership, established a reputation for high-quality tableware and ornaments.
The factory of the antique Worcester porcelain was founded in 1751 by Dr Wall Davis and others and continues at Worcester to the present day. Early Worcester porcelain was the most successful in England and consisted mainly of tea and coffe services and dinner ware. Transfer-printing was introduced by the mid-1750s, at first in [...]
Linen, or clothes, antique presses were introduced c1750. Until 1780 many were made from mahogany, after which some were veneered in satinwood or walnut. Quality varies dramatically - some are highly sophisticated with fine carving or inlay, while others are simply constructed and unadorned.
The interiors of the upper part of most presses were originally fitted [...]
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If the 19th century was the period of the jardiniére, the last half of the 18th century was the zenith of the stand.
Stands were in abundance in antique luxury houses. There were stands for busts,antique candles, basins, Chinese jars, urns and even for tea kettles. They were fashioned [...]
Antique Victorian Staffordshire figures were intended to be viewed on a mantlepiece from the front only, and consequently the backs were neither modelled or painted; hence the name `flatbacks´ for such pieces. Many figures were simple, but highly decorative, images of children or lovers.
From the 1840s there was a demand for portraits of famous people, [...]
Genuine antiques can be part of your home decoration, that is why i am going to talk about all the antiques you can imagine, antique furniture, antique jewelry, antique firearms, everything you want to know about antiques can be here.
There are thousands of items around the antiques world that you can acquire or just get [...]
