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  • Blues in Your Kitchen

    5:09 PM PST, 8/8/2011

    There's a long history about Blue in Your Kitchen. It may have started in Holland. It has a crisp, clean ambiance that refreshes. We associate blue with sky(air) and water, both essentials to life itself on our Blue Planet. Folks in Holland have a long history of Blue art on their pottery and kitchen items. Delph blue ware is quite collectable and not just the older items, but new ones too are quite popular. It is thought by many that Blue disuades insects, mini vermine-- the dislikes of many cooks and housewives. The Dutch (delft makers) are especially famous for their good house keeping practices. The landscapes and windmills, ships, and lighthouses adorn many delfware items. Delf is especially prized as a works of art and craftmanship, often signed. Flow Blue China was derived almost as a mishap. And the Flow Blue Dishware comes from all over the world. The blue stain or coloring infused on the white china melded during the firing process. Some collectors prize the handpainted and intense coverage of blue bleeding thoughout the piece. The blue comes through not only the top, but is often on the bottom too. Often older china, and ironstone are slightly unbalanced and have pock, or firing marks because of the old methods of heating the kilns and stacking were more primitive, not as evenlyheated or controlled as they are in this century.
  • Caring for Vintage Jewelry

    5:08 PM PST, 8/8/2011

    The Basics in cariang for Women's Fashion History you can wear: 1. Keep it dry, no water, no perfume, hairspray, lotions or cleaning chemicals. Yes that lotion you just put on your hands will transfer to yur jewelry as you put it on. Do not store your jewelry in the bathroom, humidity will spot the metals and degrade the shine with your rhinestones. 2. Store your pieces separetely so ithey won't scatch or tangle with toher jewelry pieces. Being tangled up leads to tugging to get it apart, not good. Broken chains, scratched stones and metals are a result of storing together. 3. Handle Jewelry carefull. Don't Drop or slide on hard surfaces when putting on or taking off. 4. Fassten your pins & brooches on clothing before you put your clothing on whenever possible. It really makes life alot easier, when you are not twisting your wrists trying to fasten items to collars and coats. 5. Be careful not to get your necklaces, earrings, pins tangled in scarves and handsom gentlemen's buttons. All the stress & tugging is not good for your jewelry's connectors, locks and chains. 6. Careful storage, handling, & wearing will keep your vintage jewelry looking good and continue it's ever increasing value. Thank You for reading. Sunset Arts on eBay.