Plate ID: How I Research & Identify Antique Plates

By Katherine | July 17, 2024
Group of blue and white and floral English antique plates - how to research and identify antique plates

Need help identifying your antique dishes? Learn my step by step method for researching and identifying antique plates! If you are a regular P&P reader, you know I have a keen affinity for plates. As I’ve said before and I’ll reiterate here…each one of these round beauties is a little work of art! And I…

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Collector’s Notes: Antique Plates

By Katherine | April 14, 2021
Collector's Notes series - the basics of antique plates, dishes, china - flat lay of antique plates

Useful basics to understand when collecting antique plates and ceramics from European porcelains to folksy Staffordshire and Chinese export to transferware. If you are a lover of china or collector of antique ceramics, your china cabinet or kitchen cupboards probably hold one or more of these ceramics: No. 1 Porcelain Commonly referred to as “china”…

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