Author: Denise
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Lladro “Vigen Nina” Little Girl Porcelain Bust by Fulgencio Garcia #12024
Lladro is a Spanish porcelain art company famous for their figurines and sculptures. Three brothers, Juan, Jose and Vicente Lladro founded Lladro in 1953 creating jugs and vases. A few years later Lladro started creating statues they are now famous for. Gres, a type of ceramic stoneware made from clay, sand, feldspar, kaolin and ground…
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A Brief History of Glassware: Part 1
A technical definition of glass is an amorphous solid. A curious term that means a substance that cooled from a very high temperature so quickly that it cannot develop regular crystal structures. There are many naturally occurring materials that fit this definition, notably obsidian. Natural glass is almost always a shade of blue green. Variations…