Silver
What an Antique Italian Silver Tray Is Worth at Auction
What an antique Italian silver tray is worth at auction. City marks, weight and later copies, with verified prices from Vienna, London and Milan.
Religious
How to Identify an Authentic Italian Rosary by Beads and Medal
How to identify an authentic Italian rosary by beads, filigree and medals, and how later copies differ from Trapani, Liguria and Naples work.
Ceramics
Italian Futurist Ceramics from the Mazzotti Kiln at Albissola
Identify Italian Futurist ceramics from the Mazzotti kiln at Albissola: M.G.A. marks, 1930s wares versus later re-editions, and auction prices.
Furniture
Italian Walnut Credenza Prices at Auction
Italian credenza prices at auction depend on region, walnut and later copies. Verified sale results and how to tell a period cabinet from a revival.
Silver
What Is an Antique Italian Silver Snuff Box Worth?
What an antique Italian silver snuff box is worth: city marks, later copies, and verified auction prices from Rome, Venice and London houses.
Jewelry
Castellani Jewelry and the Roman Archaeological Revival, 1814–1927
Identify authentic Castellani jewelry by the crossed-C mark, granulation and construction, with the Roman workshop history and verified auction prices.
Ceramics
How to Identify Authentic Pesaro Maiolica by Marks and Painting
How to identify authentic Pesaro maiolica by Sforza marks, Casali e Callegari rose painting, later copies, and verified auction results today.
Furniture
Italian Bureau and Writing Desk Prices at Auction
Auction prices for antique Italian writing desks, from Venetian ribalte to Roman centre desks, and how to tell a period bureau from a later copy.
Silver
What Is an Antique Italian Silver Tea Set Worth?
What an Italian silver tea set is worth depends on maker, weight and marks. Verified auction results, and how to spot later or plated services.
Religious
Dating Italian Wooden Madonnas of Tuscany, Naples and Val Gardena
Collectors date Italian wooden Madonnas by timber, gesso and construction, from Tuscan poplar groups to Neapolitan Baroque figures and Val Gardena limewood.
Furniture
Authentic vs Later Venetian Trumeaux in Walnut and Lacquer
Venetian trumeau cabinets of the eighteenth century are walnut-burl or lacca povera bureau-bookcases. Later copies fail on carcass, glass and mounts.
Ceramics
Nove Ceramics of the Antonibon Factory, 1727-1825
Nove ceramics from the Antonibon factory are dated by paste and marks: tin-glaze maiolica, hard-paste porcelain from 1762, and English-style terraglia.