China & glass

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China & glass

Caroline Clifton-Mogg ; photography by Simon Upton

Jacqui Small, c2004

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China & glass : inspired ideas for using and displaying around the home

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We use china and glass everyday of our lives. This book shows you how to choose and take care of old and new purchases - with lots of ideas on storage, display and everyday use. Every weekend I make my way on Saturday morning to the nearest antique market which, fortuitously, happens to be Portobello Market in London. Once there, I tack down the road, ducking and diving into the many arcades, each of which holds stall after stall, selling everything you could imagine from scientific instruments or leather hat boxes to fishing reels, old garden tools, telescopes, paisley shawls and corkscrews. Although often sorely tempted, I - generally speaking - manage to resist these transient temptations, because it is towards the stalls that sell old china, glass and silver that I am consistently and unerringly drawn. And it is not only old china and glass that tempt me: unusual one-off pieces, pressed and engraved glass, rustic earthenware, smooth creamware and subtle oriental glazes all catch my eye and stop me in my tracks. I am not a purist collector, my specialist knowledge of great porcelain painters or glass blowers is practically non-existent and in fact I am hardly a collector at all,

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  • 1. Introduction - with some anecdotal, historical background. 2: The Objects a) Their Patterns: Flora: Flowers and foliage, fruit and blossom - raised and painted, moulded, printed, etched and carved. Fauna: animals, birds, and insect's fish - in ever medium
  • Figurative designs and scenes - historical events, landscapes, myth and legend
  • Geometric patterns - spots and stripes, squares and triangles, abstract design and stylised patterns. Unusual glazes - stippling and streaking, crackle, matt and flambe'. b) Their Colours: Primary colour - bright strong colours
  • Blue and white used together - the multitude of designs produced since the 18the century. Gilded, and silvered ware, lustre ware and sang-de-Boer
  • Monochromes - black, white, ivory and cream
  • c) Their Shapes: Jugs and containers
  • Bottles and decanters, carafes and containers
  • Glasses
  • Plates - large and small
  • Bowls
  • Dishes and platters
  • Cups and mugs
  • Pretty things at home - from eggcups, salt cellars, sugar sifters, butter dishes, ink pots, candlesticks, vases and ginger jars, figures and groups. 3: Display
  • a) Ornamental Display
  • Displaying your finds on the wall, on the table, in-groups of colour or pattern, type or shape. Innovative ways and ideas to show pieces together in different rooms. Mixing the old and the new, using the new to highlight the old and vice versa. b) Functional Display
  • Using objects together - either in the manner for which they were designed - perhaps china and glass of one colour but different shapes, grouped together on the table
  • or pieces used for a new purpose - a ginger jar as a vase, a soup tureen holding soap, a china toast rack for postcards, 4. Care and conservation
  • Some of the ways that domestic ware was looked after in the past and how it can best be cared for now. How to store - ideas on arranging in cupboards, shelves and drawers. Designing units specifically for storing crockery and glass. How to stack, protect and make items accessible. 5. List of china and glass shops, antique and flea markets

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