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Bibliography of references used in educational information and item descriptions.
The list of references is under construction and will be posted on an ongoing basis.
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REFERENCES
JEWELRY
Jewelry Primer, January 2006. http://www.couturejeweler.com/couturejeweler/index.jsp
CHINA, PORCELAIN & POTTERY
Dating Pottery Marks
General Rules for dating marks - There are several general rules for dating ceramic marks, attention to which will avoid several common errors. Printed marks incorporating the Royal Arms are a 19th or 20th century date. Printed marks incorporating the name of the pattern are after 1810. Marks incorporating the word 'Limited', or the abbreviations 'Ltd', 'Ld', etc., denote a date after 1861, and most examples are much later. Incorporation of the words 'Trade Mark' in a mark denotes a date subsequent to the Act of 1862. Inclusion of the word 'Royal' in a firm's title or trade name suggests a date in the second half of the 19th century, if not a 20th-century dating. Inclusion of the abbreviation 'R N' (for Registered Number) followed by numbers denotes a date subsequent to 1883. Inclusion of the word 'England', 'Germany', 'France', 'Italy' in marks denotes a date after 1891, although some manufacturers added the word slightly before this date. 'Made in England', 'Made in Germany' and so on, denotes a 20th-century date. Use of the words 'Bone China', 'English Bone China', etc., denotes a 20th-century date. Items made in Japan between 1945 and 1953 were required by law to be marked "Made in Occupied Japan." Most European antique and vintage china and porcelain pieces are well marked as to manufacturer whereas U.S makers were hit and miss on marking their pieces.
Retrieved March 15, 2006 from Granny's Attic
http://www.mygrannysatticantiques.com/html/pottery__porcelain_and_china_m.htm
Expert information on "flow blue" aka "flo blue"
There are three types of flow blue: Early Victorian (1835-1850), Mid Victorian (1860-1870), and Late Victorian (1880 - 1900’s). These patterns started as oriental designs, and gradually transformed into fancy scrolled vine designs.
Retrieved March 11, 2006.
http://www.replacements.com/mfghist/flowblue.htm
Flow Blue Ceramics: Victorian Tableware and Collectors' Passion, by Jeffrey B. Snyder.
Retrieved March 11, 2006
http://www.antiquesjournal.com/Pages04/archives/flowblue.html
China and Dinnerware Research:
Metlox Pottery
T.C. Prouty, the founder of Metlox Pottery formulated and patented a material for a clay body in 1920 using talc from Death Valley. In 1927, Metlox (a contraction of metallic oxide) was founded by the Prouty's. The first limited line of Metlox dinnerware was produced in 1932. It was called "California Pottery" and was produced in bright colored glazes similar to Bauer. "Poppytrail" was introduced in 1934.
Retrieved March 11, 2006 from Nancy's Collectibles
http://www.nancyscollectibles.com/febnewsletter05.html
Trenton Pottery
History of Trenton pottery companies.
Retrieved March 24, 2005
http://www.ellarslie.org/about_pottery.htm
China & Porcelain: Decorative Objects
James Kent Old Foley Chintz
James Kent operated from the Old Foley Pottery in Longton, Staffordshire, England in 1897. After 1913 the word Ltd. was added.
The trade name "Old Foley" was used until 1986 when it was purchased by Fleshpots, Ltd. It was renamed "James Kent, Limited" using the trade names "James Kent, Old Foley, Fleshpots, and Foley.
What is transferware?
Engravers would engrave copper plates that would then create an image on paper. That image would be transferred on the piece by rubbing it with a stiff brush. The paper was then washed off, leaving a design on the ceramic piece. In the pre-1860's, the design that was left was only one color, leaving only an outline.
Retrieved March 15, 2006 from Nancy's Collectibles.
http://www.nancyscollectibles.com/marnewsletter04.html
Piggy Banks
"...why do we save coins in a piggy bank? Because someone made a mistake. During The Middle Ages, in about the fifteenth century, metal was expensive and seldom used for household wares. Instead, dishes and pots were made of an economical clay called pygg. Whenever housewives could save an extra coin, they dropped it into one of their clay jars.They called this their pygg bank or their piggy bank. Over the next two hundred to three hundred years, people forgot that "pygg" referred to the earthenware material. In the nineteenth century when English potters received requests for piggy banks, they produced banks shaped like a pig. Of course, the pigs appealed to the customers and delighted the children."
Retrieved March 24, 2006 from The Great Idea Finder
http://www.ideafinder.com/features/everwonder/won-pigbank.htm
The Piggy Bank Page
http://www.piggybankpage.co.uk/
Types of Pottery
http://www.piggybankpage.co.uk/types_of_pottery.htm
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