You don’t expect your dishware to remind you of the climate crisis, disappearing species, race riots or, really, anything disturbing. Paul Scott aims to do just that. Except his ceramic works aren’t ...

People collect and preserve things for all sorts of reasons. Steve Alcock’s reason may be even more understandable than most. Alcock, of Rochester Hills, wrote to the column about his 17 pieces of ...

Boasting bucolic pastoral scenes, popular tourist locales and historic sites, Staffordshire transferware dining sets were a common sight in the American household during the 19th century. An ...

The tension between permanence and disappearance makes a 19th-century transferware print a fitting project for Emma Reuther, a paper major in the Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art ...

In the early 1700s, fine English china was painstakingly decorated by hand. Artists were employed by the china manufacturing firms to paint elaborate patterns on each piece to be sold. Not ...

APPRAISER: Staffordshire transferware like this is always made of pottery, which was a less expensive material than porcelain. It was never intended to be an antique, a family heirloom. It was just ...

Have you noticed how we all jump from Halloween to Christmas with our collectible items? Maybe because the stores do the same thing, but there is a holiday in between, and it's Thanksgiving. Did you ...

Antique china and transferware can make a room feel warm and lived in without much effort. These pieces look great on shelves, cabinets, hutches, and walls, and they add pattern and history at the ...

Appraisal: Staffordshire Transferware Platter, ca. 1820, from Albuquerque, Hour 1. Watch David Lackey's appraisal of a Staffordshire transferware platter, ca. 1820 ...