Dear Harry: I have a ceramic figurine titled “The Titian Madonna” that is marked on the bottom “A Borsato Original.” I purchased it about 35 years ago from Betty Sidel in Cherryville, Pa. She told me ...

Inspired by ancient animal figurines, contemporary potters are making creatures that reflect the irregular beauty and magic of the natural world. By Nancy Hass Photographs by Patricia Heal Styled by ...

There have been many ceramic companies owned by members of the Goldscheider family, which can confuse today’s collectors. Friedrich Goldscheider moved from Pilsen, Bohemia, to Vienna in 1885. He ...

The resulting backdrop for 'Marie Antoinette Style' unfolds as a two-part tale via a pair of wall-mounted mirrors. ‘I divided ...

One of the small pleasures in the world of a thrifter is getting lost in the figurine shelves. There are so many things to see and touch, and these vintage statues are often so garish that you can ...

Most of us know figurines as ornamental trinkets. They’re diminutive, breakable, and invariably sentimental. Modern-day iterations are often angels and fairies, rosy-cheeked children and big-skirted ...

British artist Jessica Harrison sources traditional ceramic figurines and gives them a new lease of life with delicate, hand-painted tattoos. Claire Cohen reports Remember those porcelain ladies your ...

No Victorian parlor was complete without its whatnot crammed with porcelain curios and bric-a-brac. Potters of that day found an endless market for glossy, sentimental figures of puppies, kittens, ...

More than 4,500 years ago, while the first agricultural societies were developing in other parts of Europe, on the coasts and islands of the Baltic Sea, northeast of what is now Stockholm (Sweden), a ...

Great news, Formula One fans: You can buy ceramic figurines of your favorite drivers mooning all onlookers for Christmas! Because nothing says the holidays quite like butts. As many of my oldest ...

Ceramic figurines were part of a cache of objects found at an Iron Age temple uncovered at the site of Tel Motza outside Jerusalem Tel Motza, 3 miles west of Jerusalem, Israel Sometimes it is the ...