Rookwood pottery, made in Cincinnati since 1880, is perhaps the most popular American art pottery among collectors. The company not only made artist-decorated vases, molded bookends, art-deco ...

The mark's history starts with the Imperial and Royal Porcelain Factory of Vienna, founded in 1718 by Claudius Innocentius du Paquier. It was the second manufactory, after Meissen, to produce ...

With the passage of another 500 years, porcelain objects had become so coveted that Emperor Zhenzong decreed all such pieces made during his reign would carry his mark, so as to connect one to the ...