Lost Porcelain Studios: Kazmar Wildlife Impressions

August 4, 2017

Another New Jersey based ‘lost’ porcelain studio belonged to William Joseph Kazmar and his son. In the studio’s relatively short …

The Art of Making Art Porcelain

July 12, 2017

As a former collector I often can’t help wincing when I see a porcelain sculpture selling on eBay for a …

April 25, 2017

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

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 …