Antique or not-so antique after all?
These pages are created to hightlight, what everyone knows already: Buying antiques on the internet is asking for it
If you can say with certainty which of the two plates on the right is genuinely old -no need to go any further. If not, click here to find out.
Whom of us have gone into an antique shop assuming that everything for sale is antique? Not many I am sure! It is more likely that we suspect many pieces offered as 'antiques' are not. So what do we do? Instead of concentrating on what we would like to buy, we try to be instant expert and determine what is genuine or not.
And that -as these pages will show, is not easy. Unless you are familiar with antique pottery and porcelain, assume you will be taken for a ride unless you buy from provenance sources.
These pages are made to provide some information about the differences between old and new and to few of the many tricks the 'fakers' of new -'look old' pottery offer.
As time permit, we will expand on the content and hopefully help some innocent buyers from buying new pierces for antique prices.
Ceramic pieces with shells and other marine growth has become immensely popular the last few years. In addition to being beautifully decorated by nature, such pieces appear genuinely old as well.
As shipwreck ceramics gains more popularity, the 'fakers' are not slow to respond to market demands.
Click on the picture to see what was found after the 'natural marine growth' was partly removed.
The shells were glued to the cement body with plaster after the body was decorated with blue ink!
