What are your Favourite Collectables?
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Art Deco is geometric, angular and streamlined and the colours are usually bold and dramatic. The Art Deco style was applied to decorative art as well as architecture. Art Deco is associated with luxury, style and high living.
Walking Ware has been around for about 35 years and seems to get more popular every day -just try doing a search on eBay. It seems to be its very eccentricity that appeals to people. It is quirky and as English as cricket or a pint in the pub.
Although crested china was once considered to be worthless, there are now several thousand avid collectors in the UK alone – and prices have risen accordingly. The Goss factory in Stoke-on-Trent first produced crested china in the late 1880s, modelling most of their wares on precise historical shapes copied from museums up and down the country.
Seeing the success of the Goss factory many other companies followed suit. They produced a multitude of novelty items up until the 1930s. Some German manufacturers produced souvenirs very cheaply, if somewhat crudely. This led to many outlets to advertise ‘Best English China at Foreign Prices’. Tastes then changed and it is estimated that around 90 per cent of crested china was destroyed – and the remaining 10 per cent relegated to the attic. Crested china started to enjoy a revival during the 1970s, which continues to this day.