Q. I hope you can give me some information on the pitcher in this photo. I purchased it in Maine in 1973. It stands about 9 inches tall and is decorated with a scene featuring several people in the ...

People collect and preserve things for all sorts of reasons. Steve Alcock’s reason may be even more understandable than most. Alcock, of Rochester Hills, wrote to the column about his 17 pieces of ...

In the early 1700s, fine English china was painstakingly decorated by hand. Artists were employed by the china manufacturing firms to paint elaborate patterns on each piece to be sold. Not ...

Get a compelling long read and must-have lifestyle tips in your inbox every Sunday morning — great with coffee! In a high-ceilinged hallway in the bowels of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, an eager ...