Tag: Connoisseur of Malvern

Connoisseur of Malvern Porcelain Plaques

The original Connoisseur studio created two types of hand-painted porcelain plaques: flat-painted and dimensional. All the dimensional plaques are botanical subjects and were produced in a variety of sizes and editions.  They are shown below in chronological order by introduction year. The first Connoisseur plaques were issued in 1981 which was the second year of…

Remembering Brielle Galleries

Most of us have a few special places that once – as the Beatles aptly put it – “had their moments” setting them apart in our memories as something special; the quintessential gone-but-not-forgotten. For me, one such place was Brielle Galleries, a unique store owned by Ira Jacobson. 1950 – 1970: Launch and Growth The…