They tried to kill disco, but the faceted balls of that period are a trend that will never die. While stringing one up from your ceiling might not mesh with your post-college decor theme, you can ...

Chinese porcelains are among the hardest for an average collector to identify and date. They have been made for centuries and it is considered a tribute, not an attempt to fool a customer, to copy a ...

In the early 2000s, archaeologists began exploring the remains of an ancient city in what is now known as Guatemala. Among their discoveries at the Cotzumalhuapa site were a trove of 21 deposits ...

Do you like colorful glass? In the 1920s and 1930s, most decorative glass came to America from Czechoslovakia. Small Czech flower vases in intense reds, yellows or oranges caught the fancy of many ...

Joanna Gaines discussing her book "The Magnolia Story" at AOL HQ on October 19, 2016 in New York City. - Mireya Acierto/Getty Images If you want to decorate your dining or coffee table but don't have ...

Satsuma pottery is from Japan. It was made in the 1860s and was sometimes purchased by American visitors to Japan and brought home. During World War I, American housewives who enjoyed hand-painting ...

A centuries-old Chinese vase smashed to pieces when a museum visitor tripped on his shoelace is back on display — as part of an exhibition on art restoration. The Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge said ...

Many collectors have told me that they find something soothing about learning the story of where and when their treasures were created, as those threads show a connection to the past; a reminder that ...

It’s almost March, which means you may or may not have old Valentine’s Day vases sitting around. If the spot where your ...

Last Saturday, a hapless museum-goer was taking in the ancient exhibits at the Heraklion Archaeological Museum on the Greek island of Crete, when she suddenly tripped and fell. In doing so she, ...

A Manhattan socialite and her insurer are suing a bumbling antique-clock repairman for breaking a $45,000 centuries-old vase while toiling in her Park Avenue home. Elderly clock repairman William ...