More than 300 Red Wing stoneware and pottery collectors attended the Red Wing Collectors Society (RWCS) MidWinter GetTogether Feb. 10-12 in Des Moines, Iowa. Read More +
King of Tarts cookie jar was a sweet find for Red Wing pottery collectors
Tag Archives: pottery
Gold Rush Antiques Show bringing hundreds of dealers to Minnesota
The May Gold Rush at the Olmsted County Fairgrounds in Rochester, Minn., opens May 11-13, 2012. The show is back on its regular Mother’s Day weekend. Read More +
British ceramic registration marks
A handy chart to determine the registration date of English ceramics produced during the Aesthetic Period from 1855 to 1900 with examples. This ‘registry mark’ is the equivalent of the American patent numbering system. Read More +
Aesthetic Movement’s ‘Cult of Beauty’ museum exhibit opens Feb. 18 in San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO — “The Cult of Beauty: The Victorian Avant-Garde, 1860-1900,” coming to the Legion of Honor Feb. 18, 2012, is the first major exhibition to explore the unconventional creativity of the British Aesthetic Movement. Read More +
Exhibition, sale of British art pottery coming March 24-25 to Court Barn Museum
GLOUCESTERSHIRE, England — An exhibition set at the Court Barn Museum that celebrates the best of British art pottery will feature several rare Aesthetic-era items for sale. The March 24-25, 2012 event was curated by Alison Davey of AD Antiques, following 18 months collecting specifically for the occasion; no items have previously been offered for sale. Read More +
Ceramic decorative art of the Aesthetic Movement
The design behind Aesthetic Movement ceramics is gaining new popularity in 2012 with a new museum exhibit and better-than-expected sales in Europe and the United States. No other medium reflects the diversity and personality of the movement than its ceramics. Objects and forms are as functional as they are unpredictable, colorful, and, well, just plain odd and very affordable. Read More +
Jan. 24 auction holds Old Master paintings music boxes, furniture, estate jewelry, Oriental antiques and watches
Museum-quality Old Master paintings offered with music boxes, furniture, estate jewelry, Oriental antiques and watches offered Jan. 24, 2012 in New England. Read More +
New Orleans-made derringer gun discovered in fresh-to-market antiques auction
More than 1,100 lots of mostly fresh-to-the-market items – including a Civil War Whitworth sharpshooter’s rifle and a New Orleans-made percussion cap derringer gun – will be sold on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011 by Crescent City Auction Gallery. Read More +
Collecting 200 years of vintage Pfaltzgraff
Collectors are starting to tiptoe back into the pottery market as they celebrate the 200th anniversary of Pfaltzgraff, initially produced on a small potter’s wheel and kiln on a 21-acre homestead in York County, Pa., during the early 1800s.
Pfaltzgraff’s milestone bicentennial is also testimony to the power this respected brand has and its ability to change with the times, and repeatedly give consumers a useful and aesthetic product for any finicky dinner table. Read More +
Transferware Collectors Club, museum partner to launch online historic transferware exhibit
Made between 1818 and 1830, dark blue printed historical America transferwares are highly regarded because they illustrate important places and commemorate historical events of the early republic. Read More +