Featured Who Knew? Pottery made in China

Was at the thrift store the other day and ran across these 2 pitchers. On first look, thought they could be old. Both had an oval Made in China sticker on the bottom. Should have photographed the bottoms. However, they were completely glazed, so not a dead give-a-way made in China bottom. Without those stickers, someone will get burned on these.


Maybe we could use this thread to post other Chinese pots as a learning source?

 

gonna be a loooooong thread then...

 

Great idea! The removable stickers have made things very dicey for people like me who don't have the correct knowledge.

 

Not just pottery.

There was a section at Walmart for Chinese 'farm primitives'. Milk pails, boilers, baskets, flour sacks, you name it.

And same goes for made in India.

 

Just one more reason for me to steer clear of pottery in my endeavors...

 

Thanks for the heads up.

 

Even glass has suffered the same fate ! They are turning out some very lovely glass that you cant tell from the real thing. Ive been burned by pottery a LOT.

 

the thing to remember is that both pottery and glass can be identified by 3 main criteria - shape - pattern and color - I have actually made several presentations on
"the fear of art glass" where I have taught glassies who are comfortable with eapg depression and elegant to tackle art glass which for some reason they become uncomfortable with - but its all the same - art glass is just like the other categories - it is all about shape - pattern - color - it's no different...

 

Ditto

 

A bit along the same lines. Was doing a search for something else and this wall hanging came up. $22 at Walmart with free shipping.



https://www.walmart.com/ip/grace-ar...ery-art-wall-hanging-dragon-phoenix/744170115

(Not pottery obviously, maybe we do need a separate thread. Another vintage-looking item that's brand spankin' new.)

 

The one on the right looks just like the one in my Morton book, came in six sizes. The book doesn't show the bottom. I was looking for something else and ran across it.

 

^ which is really weird - I mean why reproduce something that has such minimal value and desirability?

 

Here is something else I ran across yesterday at the thrift. This pitcher clearly looks like a Fiesta pitcher. However, the glaze is wrong. Homer Laughlin never made any matte glaze Fiesta. The bottom is also all wrong. It weighs significantly less than a real Fiesta picher.





I assume made in China or elsewhere in Asia. There is no way this would fool a serious Fiesta collector but the casual buyer or re-seller might be fooled. Was able to find a bit smaller version for sale on Amazon here:

Amazon.com: Decorative Matte Black Pitcher Vase : Home & Kitchen