Q: A friend gave me a majolica plate as a house gift this past weekend. Is there anyone in the Ocala/Gainesville area that specializes in majolica who might know the value of this plate? The back ...

At London’s Great Exhibition in 1851, English manufacturer Minton & Co. introduced a new type of earthenware that skyrocketed to commercial success in Britain and the United States. Majolica ...

This was made in the English county of Staffordshire, probably by a small pottery company called Thomas Forester, who liked to make this rich blue Majolica ware and specialized in tea ware, including ...

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