Sudden Blue Stains On Ceramic Crackle Vase

A blue and white ceramic vase.

Sudden blue stains on ceramic crackle vase.

This selection of blue and white ceramic items includes a round dish with blue scalloped rim a vase with flared rim tapered body and blue floral motif marked made in china to the underside a round vase with blue floral motif. Have you ever passed up purchasing a wonderful piece of art pottery flow blue transferware or any other collectable ceramic or porcelain because it had horrible crazing or other stains. Age characteristics can be fake but the average age faking can be detected by knowledgable collectors or dealers. Only buy the best when purchasing our collectables and antiques.

All of these fuse to the clay body when fired to maturity so they are not likely to wear or flake off as paint does. It s no fun to deal with porcelain stains but sometimes you can t avoid them. This small ceramic vase. Truly a simple lovely design from canada s renowned potteries featuring the classic blue green and black drip glaze on red terracotta clay.

Cleaning stained or dirty pottery and china obviously when cleaning pottery and china you want to start with the simplest method first. Typically potters tend to paint their work using other ceramic materials such as underglazes slips and oxide stains. That s because we d rather be enjoying our pieces not looking at them stacked unused in the china cabinet. Condition condition condition is the mantra that has been drilled into our heads.

Here is a fabulous 1970 s vintage blue mountain pottery pitcher. We have generated a few lessons covering several aspects of repairing and restoring ceramic china porcelain pottery stone sculpture and statue. Stains occur due to seepage of moisture through very small and sometimes invisible to the naked eye cracks in the glaze often referred to as crazing crackle or pin holes in the glaze. Porcelain age signs give us an opportunity to determine whether a ceramic item is really antique or recently made.

It has designs in low relief in white including cherubs and foliate shapes against. This vase has a flared neck and body with two scrolled handles on the shoulders. I know i have.