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Oh, how we do miss the days of Dickens and Browning, the yesteryears of Whitman and Twain. Those were the good ole days, the century of political upheaval, the age of guilded morality, the epoch of crooked politicians, the end of serfdom, and the rise of capitalism and Nation States. That's right, we all miss the the wonderful, the glorious, the 19th century. But alas, that is a time that has passed, eroded by the inevitable passing of Father Time. The Industrial age has progressed into the post-Industrial Age, and Victorian morality had undergone a transvaluation of values. O bard, sound forth your barbaric yawp over all the world, the 19th century is dead. But never fear, with every death comes new life. The death of the nineteenth century means the birth of great antique iron stones!
In this free video series, watch as professional antique dealer and collector Sue Shea teaches how to collect iron stones. Learn the different colors of iron stones, the different shapes of iron stones, how to tell discoloration of iron stones, what to do with chips and cracks of iron stones, how to restore iron stones, how to use and display iron stones. Find out the pricing and resources for iron stones and how to display antique iron stones.
"Talking about different colors the forms of colors in iron stone we're just going to show you a few examples here that I have in this cupboard. Here is a piece of iron stone with a gold band which is not unusual to find you'll find gold band in a lot of iron stone different patterns, different shapes this is a nice example of an earlier piece of iron stone from the 19th century. This is a nice example of a teapot with a nice spout and a great handle on it and in great shape. It has the cream and sugar also so that's one example of a gold band we're also going to talk about this plain iron stone pieces here which is completely white different patterns on it thats another example. Another example I want to share with you here is an iron stone base to this is Lamoush this is a piece of Lamosh right here a cup and the saucer and this is what they call the moss pattern a very popular pattern. You find out that they're pretty easily today so this is a piece of iron stone but in a moss rose pattern and put out my lamoush so there's another example of iron stone. So you can see that there's a lot of different colors in iron stone not just he clear plain white base iron stone so I just want to show you a few different examples. You can also see in here we have another this is a toothbrush holder in gold band also that's just a toothbrush holder in iron stone this usually came in bathroom sets with a pitcher and a bowl. And a toothbrush holder the soap container and usually a 5 to 7 or 8 different pieces but this is an example of a part of a set. Also we have here another piece of moush rose that I want to show you which is another example its a this is a hot plate that you would use to put anything like a teapot or any of your pots on to keep from burning anything. So that's one example there of moush rose so thats a few examples here's an iron stone base right here, this is also English and this is a creamer in a very different shape. But it also has a lot of detail in it here this is another iron stone base so when we talk about iron stone there's a lot of variety in color and form so this is what we're going to talk about today."
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