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2. Lustreware - Wikipedia

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   Metallic lustre of another sort produced English lustreware, which imparts to a piece of pottery the appearance of an object of silver, gold or copper. Silver lustre employed the new metal platinum, whose chemical properties were analyzed towards the end of the 18th century, John Hancock of Hanley, Staffordshire invented the application of a ...

3. Sunderland lustreware - Wikipedia

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   Jug, c. 1820, with pink "splash lustre". Sunderland lustreware is a type of lustreware pottery made, mostly in the early 19th century, in several potteries around Sunderland, England.

4. Staffordshire dog figurine - Wikipedia

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   The Staffordshire mantel dog's expression can be soft or fierce, deplorable or self-satisfied, inquisitive or pleased. The base coat is layered over with polka dots or brushed patches of rust, copper luster, or black. Disraeli spaniels feature painted curls on their foreheads; Jackson spaniels are entirely black. Some have glass eyes, some painted.

5. J. & G. Meakin - Wikipedia

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   In the 19th century, J. & G. Meakin was known for the vast quantities of cheap ironstone china it produced for the domestic English market and for export to Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States.

6. Fire-King - Wikipedia

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   There is also a bakeware set and mixing bowl set in “copper tint” fired-on color (over white opaque glass) which looks very similar to peach lustre, but is just a little more subtle in its shade of copper. Jadeite Restaurant Ware is most popular among some collectors. It is a creamy jade color. In 2000 Anchor Hocking re-debuted Fire-King in ...

7. Coinage metals - Wikipedia

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   Pre-1992 British pennies were made of 97% copper; but as of 2008, based on the price of copper, the value of a penny from this period is 1.5 new-pence. Modern British pennies are now made of copper-plated steel. Cupronickel, a base metal alloy with varying proportions of copper and nickel, was introduced as a cheaper alternative for silver in ...