You won't believe what people once used it for.

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Once in a while, you may come across something at the thrift or antique store which you can't quite work out. What was it originally designed ...

Part of the fun of collecting is learning something extra about the history of the piece. This fish-shaped vase was sold at a Cowan auction in December 2015. It was described as “a hand-painted ...

Two trends in one: Upcycled antique glassware and marijuana accessories. By Emma Grillo Kat Briceno, 34, has been smoking marijuana for years but didn’t own a bong until 2017, when they converted an ...

Roseville Pottery was founded in Roseville, Ohio, in 1890. A second Roseville plant opened in nearby Zanesville in 1898. Early Roseville pieces were decorated with handwork, including sgraffito ...

Three Chinese vases survived through centuries, and a trip halfway around the world. The vases from around 1700 ended up in a museum in Cambridge, England. For the last 40 years, they sat in a window ...

Appraisal: French Aesthetic Period Vases, ca. 1880, from Vintage Des Moines. In Vintage Des Moines, Andrew Cheney appraises French Aesthetic period vases, ca. 1880. Funding for ANTIQUES ROADSHOW is ...

A true survivor. That's the word that comes to mind when you set eyes on the Autun diatrete vase, (also known as a cage cup) on display at the French National Museum of Archaeology in Saint-Germain-en ...