Archive for the ‘pottery’ Category

  • Porcelain Christmas Figurines

    Wednesday, October 27th, 2010

    The porcelain makers have provided us with many beautiful Christmas figures in the past, and continue to do so every year. The new Christmas figurines are cost justified on the basis that they will be displayed every year, and our experience with vintage Christmas figurines is that this is true. Every December, all across the [...]

  • Vintage Salt and Pepper Shakers

    Saturday, October 9th, 2010

    Vintage salt and pepper shakers can be found in any secondary venue, such as garage sales, second-hand stores, flea markets, estate sales, auctions and charity stores. They may not be there all the time, but they will show up at any of these venues from time to time. Probably the most reliable source will be [...]

  • Christmas Figurines For You and Me

    Friday, October 8th, 2010

    I do not know about you, but I am vintage. That means that anything that has been in the family Christmas decorations that joined around my birth or before, qualifies as vintage as well. So there are some vintage Christmas figurines in the family vaults. And I have carried off a number of Christmas items, [...]

  • Capodimonte and Other Figurines For Collectors

    Thursday, October 7th, 2010

    The range of porcelain figurines is vast, and you can choose a time period, character, animal, manufacturer or style to center your collection. Most people have at least a few porcelain figurines among their possessions because, if they have a favorite animal or activity, one or more of these pieces will have been given to [...]

  • Cat Figurines

    Friday, July 16th, 2010

    Picture a black cat figurine sitting on your table or mantle. Tall, straight-spined, sleek coated, green eyes. Whether staring at you or into the distance, serene and self contained. They he hunkers down into a cat pillow, head, back and haunches forming a series of hills. Finally, a shift sideways to lay full length, eyes [...]