Category: China and Dinnerware
The art of making decorated porcelain ware originated in China more than 1,000 years ago. From 960 through 1127, during the Song dynast… Go to china and dinnerware
Category: Antique Railroad China
Railroad china, like railroad silver, was a product of the boom in comfort offered to train passengers in the last part of the 19th cen… Go to railroad china
Category: Noritake China and Dinnerware
When the precursor to Noritake Co., Limited was founded in 1904 in the village of Noritake outside Nagoya, Japan, the choice was not ac… Go to noritake china
Category: Antique China Dolls
Despite their fragile nature, antique china dolls are treasured by serious doll collectors and children alike. These classic playthings… Go to china dolls
Category: Royal Albert China
In 1896, Thomas Clark Wild bought a pottery in Longton, Stoke on Trent, England, called Albert Works, which had been named the year bef… Go to royal albert china
Category: Lenox China
Before he co-founded the Ceramic Art Company in 1889 with Jonathan Coxon, Walter Scott Lenox worked at Ott and Brewer of Trenton, New J… Go to lenox china
Category: Limoges China
Even though the word Limoges (sometimes misspelled as "Limoge") is synonymous with fine bone china, it was not until the late 18th cent… Go to limoges china
Category: Haviland China
In 1839, a customer brought a broken cup to David Haviland, a retailer who ran a china shop in New York. Haviland, as they say in the B… Go to haviland china
Category: Spode China
Josiah Spode founded his Spode pottery around 1770 at Stroke-on-Trent in Staffordshire. Even before Spode arrived, this area was well k… Go to spode china
Category: Royal Worcester China
The roots of Royal Worcester date to 1751, when a group of 14 English businessmen, including Dr. John Wall, William Davis, and Richard … Go to royal worcester china
Category: Meissen China
Johann Friedrich Böttger, the father of Meissen porcelain, was a hard-drinking alchemist who moved from European court to European cour… Go to meissen china
Category: Royal Copenhagen China
The Chinese discovered kaolin clay and figured out how to shape and fire it into porcelain by the 8th century, but they guarded the sec… Go to royal copenhagen china
Category: R.S. Prussia China
Founded by Reinhold Schlegelmilch in what is now Suhl, Germany, R.S. Prussia produced ornate and floral porcelain objects for export be… Go to r.s. prussia china
Category: Shelley China
Shelley (known as Wileman until the early 20th century) began producing beautiful china items in the 1820s. Based in Staffordshire, the… Go to shelley china
Category: Flow Blue China
Flow blue was a type of transfer pottery produced by Staffordshire, England, potters beginning in about 1820. Sold mostly in the U.S. m… Go to flow blue china
Category: Belleek China
Construction began on what would become the Belleek Pottery in 1857, although the first objects to bear the characteristically Irish-th… Go to belleek china
Category: Vintage Rosenthal China
Like a lot of potteries, the Rosenthal Porcelain Factory grew from decorating roots. Founded in 1879 by Philipp Rosenthal, the company … Go to rosenthal china
Category: Wedgwood China
Josiah Wedgwood founded the Staffordshire pottery that bears his name in 1759. The company’s rise to prominence was extraordinarily fas… Go to wedgwood
Category: Transferware China
Transferware is about as close as you can get to printing on ceramics. Developed in Staffordshire, England in around 1760, the techniqu… Go to transferware
Category: Johnson Brothers
When Johnson Brothers was founded in 1883 by Frederick and Alfred Johnson, two grandsons of the founders of the renowned English potter… Go to johnson brothers
