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Collection of Earle and Yvonne Henderson, Charming Forge Mansion, Womelsdorf, Pennsylvania CHARMING FORGE MANSION¦AT A GLANCE Charming Forge Mansion, located in Berks County, Pennsylvania, is nestled atop a hill overlooking a site that once buzzed with industrial activity and the clanking of a forge hammer. The forge is closed now and many of the buildings are gone but the mansion still looks out over the Tulpehocken Creek that once powered this magnificent [...] Click here to continue reading. Tongzhi The term Tongzhi refers the reigning era name for the 10th Qing Emperor, Aixin-Jueluo Zaichun (1856 to 1875), who reigned from 1861 to 1875. The Tongzhi emperor was the third to last emperor to reign over all of China before 2,000 years of imperial dynastic history came to an end in 1911. Staffordshire Pottery Figures Overview In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, British nobility and the well-to-do merchant class indulged their passion for ceramics by purchasing the expensive and refined porcelain made by the German Meissen factory and the English Chelsea, Bow, Wedgwood and Worcester works. Meanwhile, the ceramics workers in Staffordshire offered more humble and naive pottery figures at modest prices to decorate the cottages of the folk on the lower rungs of [...] Click here to continue reading. Fylfot Decorative Motifs Fylfots are early design forms of the swastika. The design is frequently encountered in Pennsylvania Dutch decoration in a form that many say resembles a pinwheel. Never a widely used word, etymologists attribute the meaning to Middle English on the basis of one usage in a text from 1500. There, fylfot is used for the design because it was allegedly frequently used to “fill” the “foot” of a stained glass window [...] Click here to continue reading. The Phyllis Ritvo Collection of Gouda Pottery A graduate of Wellesley College with a graduate degree from Northeastern University, Phyllis began collecting Gouda pottery in 1962, when she bought her first piece in an antiques shop for $27. Her growing obsession with both the pottery and its history took her to museums, libraries, and shows throughout the United States and the Netherlands. With the aid of many antiques shows, auctions, and later the internet, [...] Click here to continue reading. Roseville Pottery Zephyr Lily Pattern Roseville’s Zephyr Lily pattern presents one or two lilies on tall stem surrounded by long, slender, arching leaves on background of concentric circles, 1940′s. Colors include Bermuda blue, evergreen, and sienna tan (often called brown). Mark: Roseville in relief. 48 total shapes: 39 used once, five used twice. Two shapes, the jardiniere (#671) and the teapot set (#7) came in three sizes or configurations. The pedestal and a 4.50″ [...] Click here to continue reading. Roseville Pottery White Rose Pattern Roseville’s White Rose pattern presents one, two or three five-petal old garden roses with multiple small leaves above and below, 1940′s. Backgrounds are blue, brown/green, and pink/green. Mark: Roseville in relief. 60 total shapes: 52 used once with five used twice. One shape, #1, was used for the teapot, cream and sugar. Shape #653, the jardiniere, came in six sizes. Only the pedestal was unnumbered. Watch for fake brown, [...] Click here to continue reading. Roseville Pottery Water Lily Pattern Roseville’s Water Lily pattern presents a large flower with frilly yellow center on large lily pad with bud and other pads on wavy, water-like background, 1940′s. Colors are tan/brown with yellow flower; blue with white flower, and pink/green with pink flower. Mark: Roseville in relief. 54 total shapes: 45 used once and five used twice. The jardiniere, shape #663, came in five sizes. The hanging basket and the small [...] Click here to continue reading. Roseville Pottery Thorn Apple Pattern Roseville Thorn Apple’s typical configuration shows trumpet flower emerging from triangular pod against lighter background with holly-shaped leaves; knobby seedpod and leaves on reverse, 1930. Colors are shaded blue, shaded brown, and pink/green. Mark: Roseville impressed. 42 total shapes: 35 used once, two used twice. The vase/bowl came in four sizes and the jardiniere, shape 638, came in six sizes. Thorn Apple small, medium and large pedestals were unnumbered. [...] Click here to continue reading. Roseville Pottery Primrose Pattern Roseville’s Primrose pattern presents six or seven small white circular blooms each on its own slender stem with lily pad-like leaves below, 1932. Backgrounds are blue, tan, or pink. Mark: Roseville impressed. 33 total shapes: 27 used once, three used twice. The jardiniere, shape #634, came in eight sizes, the widest range of any Roseville line: 4″-12″ in one-inch increments. The small and large pedestals were unnumbered. Primrose is a [...] Click here to continue reading. |
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