Advice on Cracks in Mulberry China Collecting

Video Transcript

"Talking about mulberry china and collecting. One of the things that we are talking about is condition. I want to show you in this teapot here, the condition. What you will find in collecting any of these transfer wares is they use these pieces so you are going to find that it is not unusual to find a teapot with chips on the very edge of the teapot because they used them. What happens to here with the heat and use, you are going to get cracks and here is another typical mulberry pot that has cracks in the bottom which obviously you can't use this but it makes a great shelf piece and it also will dictate how much you pay for it. That is another example of a piece of mulberry and it has a condition that you need to take into consideration when you are buying. I wanted to show you also the covered sugar which again shows you on the end here you can see it is missing the ear again and that definitely is going to affect the value of the pot. Around the edges of the pot, you can see where they have been chipped and there is corrosion and dark coloration in it. That doesn't affect and that is minor compared to missing an ear. So that is something to consider when you are collecting."