Sudden Blue Stains On Ceramic Crackle Vase

Stains occur due to seepage of moisture through very small and sometimes invisible to the naked eye cracks in the glaze often referred to as crazing crackle or pin holes in the glaze.

Sudden blue stains on ceramic crackle vase.

This small ceramic vase. Condition condition condition is the mantra that has been drilled into our heads. Age characteristics can be fake but the average age faking can be detected by knowledgable collectors or dealers. We have generated a few lessons covering several aspects of repairing and restoring ceramic china porcelain pottery stone sculpture and statue.

I know i have. Porcelain age signs give us an opportunity to determine whether a ceramic item is really antique or recently made. All of these fuse to the clay body when fired to maturity so they are not likely to wear or flake off as paint does. Note that we could not have possibly cover all the required steps thus some.

Typically potters tend to paint their work using other ceramic materials such as underglazes slips and oxide stains. Here is a fabulous 1970 s vintage blue mountain pottery pitcher. This vase has a flared neck and body with two scrolled handles on the shoulders. The penetrated moisture combined with organic.

It has designs in low relief in white including cherubs and foliate shapes against. That s because we d rather be enjoying our pieces not looking at them stacked unused in the china cabinet. Have you ever passed up purchasing a wonderful piece of art pottery flow blue transferware or any other collectable ceramic or porcelain because it had horrible crazing or other stains. It s no fun to deal with porcelain stains but sometimes you can t avoid them.

A blue and white ceramic vase. Truly a simple lovely design from canada s renowned potteries featuring the classic blue green and black drip glaze on red terracotta clay. Cleaning stained or dirty pottery and china obviously when cleaning pottery and china you want to start with the simplest method first.