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Antiques - Art Deco - Art Nouveau - Ceramics - Delftware - Gouda - Pottery
Henk's shop in Muntendam, has Dutch pottery, glass and other good quality ceramics.
Antiques resources directory with related websites.
A restorer of ceramics. Ancient and contemporary. Delfts earthenware, Chinese porcelain, majolica, plateel, terracotta, etc.
AMERICAN ART POTTERY ASSOCIATION
A site which promotes an interest understanding, appreciation, and recognition of American Art Pottery.
For a huge selection of pottery and ceramics collectables, visit Rodge at his fascinating site.
Over 1,500 Items Online! Antiques, Ephemera, Collectibles, Books, Magazines, Ads, Sports, Jewelry, Genealogy, Memorabilia, a FREE Newsletter, CyberMall, Free Classifieds, Historical Trivia, and Research Articles, Vacation Accommodations, and Educational Site.
Antiques and Collectibles information and resources.
Art Deco Express has a great site for all Art Deco enthusiasts. With glass, ceramics, statues, clocks, posters and much more. They also offer a variety of services from sourcing an elusive piece, interior design service, colour schemes & themes.
Online store specializing in quality, original streamline-modern decorator items, home wares, collectables and gifts from the 1920's, 30's and 40's.
This site has lots of very interesting information about the Art Nouveau movement - artists, companies, places, locations and more.
Information about Ashtead Pottery. The pottery had a short life, being in business for just 12 years from 1923 to 1935. The factory was in the village of Ashtead in Surrey, England. Set up with the aim of providing employment for disabled ex-servicemen and once gave work for up to forty men.
Atom-A focuses on the roots of Modern Design and the explosion of mid century Modernism after the second world war. Includes furniture and ceramics from Charles Eames, George Nelson, Antonia Campi, Isamu Noguchi, Eero Saarinen, Verner Panton, Arne Jacobson and visionary companies such as Herman Miller, Knoll and Vitra - plus many more. A fascinating site and worth a visit.
Worldwide shipping of original and landscape paintings by Scotland's largest
supplier .. Scotland Art.com.
Capriolus specialises in Dutch plateel.
It is an excellent website and has a vast amount of information.
Ceramics Today is a comprehensive site exploring all aspects of ceramics and pottery. The links database has about 1500 ceramics links, the largest regularly maintained ceramics links database anywhere on the net.
One of the very best sites for the Art Nouveau fan. Lots of good and informative links.
Our friend John Laurance and his mother Cherry run Cherob Antiques & Curiosa. Their main interests are Dutch pottery, particularly the old Delft potteries and the Art Nouveau & Deco Gouda periods. These include De Porceleyne Fles, Makkum, Zuid-Holland, Rozenburg, Brantjes and Regina. Plus a very varied taste in collectables from Lalique, metal chocolate moulds, Olympic Games memorabilia to Dutch Royal commemoratives. They have a shop within the Antique Centre 'De Looier' in the Oud-West district of Amsterdam on the Elandsgracht.
CHINA REPAIRS AND RESTORATIONS
David Battams from Milton Keynes, here in the United Kingdom, has been restoring since 1998. His clients include dealers and private collectors. David has restored a variety of ceramics including - Chinese porcelain, Royal Winton, Meissen, Lladro, Nao Dressel Kister, Beswick, Hancocks, Coalport, Wedgwood, Worcester, Maling and Royal Doulton to name but a few.
He also restores Gouda pottery - we can personally vouch for his excellent work!
Het leven en werk van mijn opa - Chris Lanooy. The life and work of my grandpa - Christiaan Johannes Lanooy. This site by Hedda v. Engelenburg-Lanooij is about her grandfather, one of the most prominent ceramicists and glass designers of the early 20th century.
The biggest vintage and antique resource directory on the web!
Look for collectibles on this online web directory.
Large, eclectic mix of consignment shop, antiques & collectibles mall, bookstore, reference information, arts & events magazine, collecting web directory and museum featuring Art Deco, Art Nouveau and Arts & Crafts design 1890-1935.
Lots of valuable information on all aspects of collecting pottery and porcelain. Different potteries, styles of pottery and porcelain that will help you to collect with more confidence.
The Collecting Network is a consortium of collectors, antiques and collectibles dealers, auctioneers, antique show promoters, antiques mall owners and trade leaders.
A veritable cornucopia of information on porcelein and pottery from all over the world. Including Chinese, Japanese and Islamic. With help pages and history thrown in. A very informative site.
Quote - "The largest exclusive antiquing and collecting online directory".
Rick Erickson is an authority on Dutch Delftware, in particular De Porceleyne Fles. He has written many articles and given lectures on the subject. Rick's new book on De Porceleyne Fles is out now to coincide with the 350th anniversary (1654) of the factory.
You can visit Rick's website here which has information about Fles and the new book.
See also Royal Delft Collectors' Society below.
Art and applied arts for sale from Jaap Eerland & Marx Warmerdam.
DenRon Collections in Amsterdam was started in 1996 by Dennis & Ron who are great admirers of Her Majesty Queen Wilhelmina of The Netherlands. They also have other collectables of other members of the Dutch Royal family in their amazing collection. Dennis & Ron also design and commission royal commemoratives for present day events. They can be klomps, beakers or whatever. These are all hand painted, numbered and made in limited editions of 30 per item. Plus as a bonus - they also collect 1960's Beatles memorabilia! Take a look at their site.
Search this site. There are many links to other antiques and collectables.
De Porceleyne Fles specialist Chris has garniture sets, tableaux, chargers and cloisonné tiles on his site.
Items are from 1850 -1950.
A well presented and wide range of Dutch pottery, ceramics & glass from Art Nouvea to the retro 1950's. A comprehensive site with a lexicon of architects, designers and more as a bonus.
DUTCH EARTHENWARE FROM THE CRISIS YEARS
Aad Sterk has a website dedicated to experimental art earthenware (until recently called crisisgoed or crisis earthenware). The site has lots of information and some beautiful pictures of this fascinating era (1932-1937 period) of the Dutch plateel factories.
Do you want to know something about Dutch pewter from the 20th century? Go to the site of Aart Korstjens. Site is in the Dutch language.
EGG CUP COLLECTORS CLUB OF GREAT BRITAIN
The club has been in existence since 1983. There are currently approximately 500 members of whom at least 60 are from overseas. The club produces a quarterly 16 page newsletter called Egg Cup World. This is a glossy magazine containing a wealth of information regarding the hobby. Members are invited to contribute articles, photographs of their collections or simply to just chat about their finds.
A wide range of visually interesting design items here.
From the 1950's onwards.
GPSA's pottery links page leads to pottery and porcelain related sites.
A vast amount of information about the town of Gouda and surrounding area. With many links to other sites and information sources,travel, etc. Presented by Peter Glebbeek.
Our friend Cathern from Mukwonago (Southern Waukesha County), Wisconsin, USA, is an expert on porcelain and pottery shoes. She has a particular passion for Dutch clogs and is an avid collector! Her website has many shoes of all types for sale.
A collectables and antiques directory portal to many interesting websites.
They have a new new website which is CollectibleListing.com. This provides another portal for online antiques and collectables.
Welcome to Gouda's Web site. Gouda is a small village situated approximately 120 kilometers north from Cape Town, South Africa.
INTERNATIONAL CERAMIC DIRECTORY
An international directory with links to ceramic artists, manufacturers, historical sites and more.
IN STIJL antiques, design and collectables is a website as well as a fabulous shop in the town of Boskoop, near Gouda, the Netherlands. IN STIJL specializes in Dutch, European and Scandinavian ceramics, porcelain and art glass along with a variety of other fascinating collectors items.
This site is managed family members and relatives of Jan Schonk.
Schonk was a famous Dutch artist and designer. His expertise was on many forms including ceramics, graphic art and lithographs. He worked for Ivora, De Rijn and Zuid-Holland.
Antique, Modern and Old Stuff - from Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
A full time production potter in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Look around some of his "production ware" and a brief history of his work. Also visit other pottery related sites. A good site with lots of interesting links and information.
Dedicated to providing comprehensive information for the collector and enthusiast of Keith Murray ceramics.
Jan Kansy has a very interesting and informative website of German ceramic boxes from his private collection. They were manufactured between WW1 & WW2 or are from the Weimar Republic through the Nazi Regime (1918-1945).
Diddy & Janine welcome you to their shop of curiosa, glass, ceramics, earthenware, lighting and much more.
Rob & Saskia Meershoek's superb website specialized in selling applied arts and in particular contemporary ceramic art and studio pottery.
Also see World Art Pottery.
Specializes in Dutch ceramics from the period 1880-1940 and French 'Schneider' glass from c.1925.
LATTIMORE'S GLOBAL ART DECO DIRECTORY
Masses of information and deco links to follow.
David's site illustrates the rich diversity of shapes, glazes and decorative effects of Linthorpe Art Pottery. The factory in Middlesbrough on Tees, in the UK, was in production from 1879 to 1889.
The home page of Marinus Kalk which has a great deal of information about water colours, painting, antiques, antique dealers, curiosa and much more. Many excellent links.
"U bent op de homepage van Marinus Kalk (roepnaam:Rinus). Deze site wordt regelmatig aangepast, maar heeft toch al wat vaste vorm gekregen. Het is mijn bedoeling om deze homepage informatief in te richten ten behoeve van mijn beroep (economie onderwijs) en hobby's (o.a. aquarelleren en het snuffelen op vlooien-/curiosamarkten en verzamelbeurzen)."
Anthony from the UK, has a fine collection of match strikers from all over the world, including some Gouda.
His site is dedicated to providing information and images about match strikers and the firms that made them.
Your Source for Roseville Pottery. We are collectors and resellers of Ohio Art Pottery, Specializing in Roseville Pottery. Our site contains history and information on Rookwood, Weller, Roseville, and Hull pottery. It also contains a photo gallery of nearly 100 examples of Roseville pottery.
NEW CASTLE DELFTCharles Allen's site, New Castle Delft, produces a wide range of handmade delftware and on-glaze ceramics and tiles individually made to your requirements.
NVK (DUTCH CERAMISTS ASSOCIATION)
An organization run by and looking after the interests of professional artists and designers working with ceramics.
This website offers a treasure of information on hundreds of different topicsand websites including Pottery and Porcelain.
Eric says - 'Our Web Store' provides collectors and sellers a place to research, buy their antiques & collectibles and find links to web sites dealing with date markings for every imaginable item one could collect.
Jan & Riet Peddemors, own a shop and pottery on Naaierstraat in Gouda. Riet is a potter and she holds pottery workshops for adults and children. Jan has some very good pieces of Gouda plateel for sale. Well worth a visit. Easy to find just off the town hall square.
Perfect Pieces are specialists in British pottery from the 20th century including Troika, Carlton Ware, Poole, Pendelfin rabbits and much more.
A website about Dutch plateel.
If you are looking for a German porcelain mark or manufacturer, this is the place to look. A vast amount of information on this great website.
Joe Altare is a collector of Regina and has some fine pictures from his collection.
Mike's collection of retro ceramics and glass from the 1950's to 1980's is well worth a visit. Mainly English but includes the great retro produced in Germany, The Netherlands and Scandinavia, together with some British Royal commemoratives and Dutch Delft tiles.
Site for some beautiful pottery and other links.
ROYAL DELFT COLLECTORS' SOCIETY
The Royal Delft Collectors' Society was established by Rick Erickson. Rick is a devoted collector, an authority on Dutch Delftware and author. De Porceleyne Fles members have come together as a group from all over the world with a special interest in collecting De Porceleyne Fles. Visit the site and join if you have an interest in the beautiful products of "De Porceleyne Fles".
Spalding Antiques, owned by Patrick Lucas and Denise Wilkins, occupies what was originally the 100 year old Spalding Bakery. It still houses the original wood fired kiln oven. Spalding is in a small town in the Mid North of South Australia.
An extensive directory of websites.
An excellent site which has been developed and is run by collectors with the primary aim of promoting a wider interest in studio ceramics. The aim is to provide increasingly "seamless" links between potters, galleries and collectors.
On line shopping & specialist encyclopedia on glass and 19th and 20th Century design classics. Specialists in glass, ceramic and metal objects of beauty.
Susie Cooper was one of the great English ceramics designers of the 20th Century. Information on her patterns, factory marks, collectors news, picture gallery and much more can be found at the excellent and the original Susie Cooper Information Site.
Providers of a complete home furnishing service, from a fork to a dining table to a whole house. They specialise in the finest replicas of the greatest designers of this period and supply Gothic Revival and Aesthetic designs and also manufacture and supply the designs of William Morris, Voysey, Mackintosh, Dresser, Godwin, Pugin, De Morgan and Knox.
A site for collectors and dealers of antiques and collectables.
From the publishers of The Collectors Companion Magazine.
The Collectors Registry, an online community for collectors and the whole family.
A knowledge base for collectors, students and lovers of all kinds of pottery. This is a really good site with a vast amount of information.
A website of vintage and contemporary American and European art pottery and prints. Categories include - American Vintage, Contemporary American, European Pottery & Art and Decorative Objects.
Willem Stuurman was a Dutch artist in pottery. He worked from 1928 to 1934 at Kennemerland, St. Lukas, Maarssen, Zenith and Goedewaagen. This is a great site with lots of pictures and good links.
Wisma Antique - dealing in antique advertising, nautical items, porcelain, Dutch, English, Chinese, Japanese,vintage toys, whisky related and much more. David has some beautiful Gouda on view.
A varied collection of Asian, Chinese, Japanese and European art and antiques.
World Art Pottery is part of 'Kunsthandel Artentique'. Rob & Saskia have been collecting and selling ceramics for 13 years. They specialize in Dutch ceramic art made in the second half of the twentieth century.
Also see Kunsthandel Artentique.
World Collectors Net, a meeting place for collectors. Information and features on popular collectibles and more.
Favourite charities
Having suffered two heart attacks this charity is very "close to my heart". Pun intended! - Stuart.
Another charity Stuart has first hand knowledege of.
We are Life Members of this wonderful charity.
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
Some other interests
Native American pueblo pottery & Indian Art-Southwestern USA
In particular Acoma Pottery also pottery by the leading master scraffito artist and painter Norman Lansing of the Ute Indian Tribe. We have examples of this work collected from our many travels to the USA. You can see a beautiful etching on ceramic here.
Aircraft
Please take a look at this site dedicated to getting the fantastic Vulcan bomber XH558 back in the air. Where she belongs!
The the only airworthy Vulcan bomber in the world returned to the skies on October 18! Congratulations to all concerned. See the website for news and pictures.
Astronomy
Stuart is the Honorary Life President of Sheffield Astronomical Society and Kim is a past President.
The original logo of the society was designed by Kim who also designed the logo for the Federation of Astronomical Societies - FAS.
Kim is an accomplished artist and designer of astronomical art.
AMATEURS ASTRONOMES du LUXEMBOURG
Our good friends at the Official Luxembourg Astronomical Society. We were guests at their observing site for the 1999 total solar eclipse.
For the latest "out of this world" pictures from the orbiting telescope. You really should look at this site. Some beautiful "wallpaper" images for your computer.
SHEFFIELD ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
Local amateur astronomical society. The original logo was designed by Kim.
Kim also designed the original logo for the Federation of Astronomical Societes.
Our friend Andrew Green, who we have known since he was a small boy, is the owner of the UK's premier mobile planetarium. Stardome is a 6-metre inflatable planetarium, one of the largest in the UK.
The Stardome features superior technology including a large 6-metre dome, seating in chairs for 30+ people - a professional auditorium with no sitting on the floor, zip tent-style entrance - no tunnel to crawl down, large screen data projection and Hi-tech Holmestronic star projector for full dome projection.
So you schools and colleges out there - get in touch with Andrew.
Miscellaneous
DINNINGTON & DISTRICT ANTIQUE AND FINE ARTS SOCIETY
Local antique society.
Information source for Sheffield, South Yorkshire and the Peak District for business, tourism, visitors and expats.
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