Antiques – What Does Soft Paste Porcelain Mean? Every niche subject has its specific, descriptive words, its recognised terminology. These are words of international understanding, conveying a clear picture of the object being described. In the world of antiques this is extremely important, particularly when the object is not able to be seen and handled [...]

From China to Porcelain Porcelain, is today, so widely available and is such an every day commodity, that we could very easily overlook just how different it was.     The West was introduced to oriental porcelain as early as the mid 15th century, when precious examples appeared in Lisbon, Portugal being the first to acquire [...]