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Antiques are very popular items that people love to collect and these wares can include antique furniture, clocks, books, rugs, silvers and china. Of all the antique items that someone can collect, antique china has to be one of the more popular categories of antiquities.

Antique china is any hard paste porcelain that is decorated by hand or transfer-decorated. Normally, antique china is a kind of tableware such as dinner plates, salad plates, soup bowls, cups and saucers, coffee pots, tea pots, bowls, spoon and forks.

Antique china is very popular since they look great and make a great collection when several items are placed together. Originally, antique china was made and developed by English and American companies by the likes of Noritake, Blue Ridge China Co., Aynsley, Tiffany, Minton, Spode and Staffordshire.

Blue Ridge Antique China is famous for its high collectibility because of its primitive designs and great looking colors. This is one type of china you might want to look at investigating if you are interested in starting your own collection of china.

Children’s antique china is another type of china which is very popular. You can typically find this type of china in the children’s sections of antique stores. Because of their age and vulnerability, they are typically collected by adults who have a special interest in children’s antiques and are usually not reserved for children of today.

Because antique china is fragile, delicate and can be easily damaged, you will need to know how to look after it. There would be nothing worst than discovering that your loved antique china has been damaged because of misguided actions.

Cleaning you antique china without damaging it is extremely important. To clean it in a safe way, use warm soapy water to wash away dirt and let it dry after washing the soap away. If there a stains deep inside the china, you can use salt to remove them. Whenever cleaning, make sure you are gentle.

For porous or coarse china, you can remove the stains and dirt by soaking it in water for about a week. If you do break your china, there are professionals who are able to do an excellent job at restoring it for. Or, for china which is inexpensive or only broken slightly, you can fix it yourself using special glue.

These are some of the things that you need to know about antique china. Remember, owning antique china is not just about buying some, it is also about always taking care of it.

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