With an intricate design based on a Chinese legend, Blue Willow china is both beautiful and captivating. And here's a bonus: it can also be valuable. Whether you have some Blue Willow pieces inherited ...

America has had a love affair with Blue Willow china since it was first introduced by English pottery makers at the end of the 18th century. The romance of the pattern goes beyond its charming appeal, ...

Exotic lies and sacred ties (the heart that conceals, the tongue that never reveals), 2008, by Danie Mellor. In 1993, New South Wales, where artist Danie Mellor lives, officially declared the willow a ...

The Willow Pattern illustrated a bogus but believable Chinese legend(Urban Combing; Flickr.com/CC/by-nc-nd/2.0) The Chinese invented porcelain more than 2000 years ...

Trade with China exploded during the 17th century, and it has been estimated that more than three million pieces of Chinese blue and white porcelain were imported into northern Europe where the landed ...

Did you know that George and Martha Washington often took their meals on blue and white china? Some of the actual pieces they used are on display today in the museum at Mount Vernon, their home in ...

The marks on this teapot are that of a dog and the words “Trade Mark E. M. & Co.” on a ribbon-like banner. It is very old, and has fine spiderweb cracks in it, like all old china gets. I think the ...

Editor - I enjoyed the recent article on the historic Chelsea Physic Garden ("Gardening is the best medicine," March 26), one of my favorite places in the world. However, the writer missed one very ...