Lost Porcelain Studios: Burgues

April 25, 2017

The New Jersey studio of Carl Irving Burgues (or Irving Carl Burgues, depending on what reference one reads) was unusual …

Lost Porcelain Studios: Bronn Fine China / Bronn of America

March 6, 2017

Welcome to a new series about the art porcelain studios that flourished during the 1970s and 80s but ultimately succumbed …

February 11, 2017

Few things are more disheartening than to see a lovely porcelain sculpture emerge from its shipping or ‘moving’ box with …

February 5, 2017

Because the overwhelming majority of Royal Vienna cabinet plates are human portraits of one sort or another, I was surprised …

January 18, 2017

The final category of Royal Vienna portrait items is also the largest in terms of item size; unlike the plaques …

January 11, 2017

Another genre of Royal Vienna porcelain dating from the turn of the century is that of decorative plates, often called …

December 26, 2016

Merriam-Webster defines ‘serendipity’ as “luck that takes the form of finding valuable or pleasant things that are not looked for” …

August 23, 2016

Google search results often serve up unexpected things – for good or ill – and I had just such an …