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Collecting preserve pots, jam pots and honey pots
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shorter floral jam pot
Jam pots, preserve pots and honey pots were all made to hold your favourite spreads on the table. Some were meant for the jam jar to fit inside others are for the preserve to be put straight into. Some have spoon shaped cut outs in the lids and others do not.
There is a huge range of these collectable pots available and as they are small and stand easily on their own they are easy to collect and display well. A collection would certainly make a good converstaion piece in the kitchen or dinning room.
Antique preserve pots from the victorian era and vintage preserve pots through to the 1950s and beyond were made by all the major staffordshire potters. They come in all shapes and colours. Some collectors specialise in preserve pots fron a particular era or manufacturer whilst some just collect say Honey pots with bee’s for finials. Starting at just a few pounds these are a collectable for those with limmited funds as a collection can be built without spending a fortune.
The two pots pictured are currenly available from antiquesavenue on ebay
anynsley floral jam pot
More information on Staffordshire enamel boxes ?
Posted by: | CommentsFrom my postbag: An enquiry asking if I had further information on Staffordshire enamels. The best I could do is to point the lady to the Staffordshire enamels website where there is a list of artists signatures and so each box can be checked back to the original artist.
Enamel boxes are popular with collectors and also make excelelnt gifts as they can be used as well as admired.
Here are a few enamel boxes available from the range offered by antiquesavenue.co.uk including Crummles and Halcyon days enamel boxes:
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- enamel box – flowers
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- enamel box – Golf
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- Enamel box – Ducks
Introduction to miniature enamel and porcelain boxes
Posted by: | CommentsAntiquesAvenue Guide: About Collectable Enamel And Porcelain Boxes
Collectable boxes were first fashionable in the Georgian Period. From the mid 1700s they were popular as snuff boxes, needle or bodkin cases, patch boxes, pill boxes, stamp cases, keep safes, souvenirs and love tokens.
You can find both trinket boxes and enamel boxes. These boxes often have metal fittings with a hinged lid and some have screw on lids. There is occasionally a little decoration inside the box as well as on the outside.
Today both porcelain and enamel boxes are once again popular with collectors. These can be found in a wide range of subjects and themes with the art work often being to a very high standard.
Themes include Childrens stories ( eg Beatrix potter), Christmas & Easter annual collectors editions, Historical & modern event commemoratives, Royalty, Floral & animal themes ( cat and dog boxes are popular gifts).
Boxes can be round, oval, square shapes. They can also be in the form of animals and other objects such as bags, fruit and in particular egg shaped boxes .
Whatever their form collectable boxes are small and precious – manufactured to please the eye and to be kept long term.