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Article Abstract:

Redware or earthenware were commonly used in early America as clay to make stoneware had to be shipped from cities on the East Coast and its origin could be traced to Europe and England, followed by the Pennsylvania Dutch who has settled in America. Several decorating techniques for redware adopted by different regions since the ancient times are presented which indirectly determine the price of the piece.

Vitreous China, Fine Earthenware, and Other Pottery Product Manufacturing, Pottery products, not elsewhere classified, Stoneware, Decoration and finishing, Pots, Pots (Cookware)

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The antique detective

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The silhouette was the most popular item in the 1920s and '30s, as it was considered the perfect accessory for the revived interest in the early 19th-century furnishings. However there has been a downward slide since the 1990s, but at the Garth's sale, a hollow cut portrait of George Washington from the Peale Museum in Baltimore was sold below estimate for $258.

Commodity & service prices, Prices and rates, Company pricing policy, Silhouettes

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The antique detective

Article Abstract:

Garden catalogs drawings are considered works of art, which are hand drawn, and act as a perfect decorative accessory for kitchen. One such horticultural manuals include H.C. Hanson's, 'The Floris and Horticultural Journal,' published in the mid-19-th century in Philadelphia.

Design and construction, Horticulture, Catalogs, CD-ROM catalog, Catalogues

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