Dragonware
I am a huge fan of Dragonware and have been collecting it for years now. I do not, however, know very much about it or if I'm even getting the actual antiques versus the copies that seem to be in production right now in China. I have a very large collection right now and I'm just wondering if anyone can tell me how to tell the copies from the antiques and whether or not there is any extremely rare dragonware that I should be looking out for or might already have.
This link will take you to several photos of my dragonware collection. These are just a couple of my many sets. I'll be adding more soon.
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2295290&l=24883&id=12442578
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That's a good question that
That's a good question that you ask about identifying Dragonware fakes. There certainly doesn't seem to be much information specific to Dragonware for identifying fakes. I will look in some of my antique counterfeit books and see what I can come up with. I think you've hit on an area that could certainly use some helpful information in detecting original Dragonware. If you come across any source, either on the Internet or in books please post what you find here.
- Joseph
In order for "Fakes" to
In order for "Fakes" to appear there generally has to be a great demand for the item for which prices have been driven up substantially. As Dragonware is still very modestly priced and was produced in huge numbers, I doubt that there is any fake stuff out there. As for rare Dragonware, I've yet to see any that would be considered as such, nearly all of it was mass produced and not particularly of good quality.
Lovejoy
Lovejoy, The only reason I
Lovejoy,
The only reason I am worried about fakes is because I know someone who bought supposedly "antique" sets that were sent to them brand new. This was on Ebay and the seller actually admitted to the buyer that it was in fact brand spankin new and that they were produced in China. I don't know how much truth is in that though. It was kind of a strange situation.
Thanks for your reply! I really like the stuff myself so I'm glad there's nothing out there too rare.
Re: Lovejoy,
I really wouldn't worry about fake Dragonware, other than the earliest Nippon versions, the vast majority of it dates from after World War Two. It was never high quality stuff to begin with and values for even good early sets are less the cost buying a brand new mid range tea set from any of the major name brands now in production.The main thing is that you like the style of the stuff and it makes you smile :~)
Lovejoy