Estate China

Antique china is a valuable commodity that has an extremely profitable market amongst collectors. Here at Southern Estate Brokers, we have numerous connections within this market, which serves as quite the advantage in liquidating your estate china. There is a countless variety of patterns, brands, and porcelain types that make every set of china both unique in appearance and value. The three typical variations of porcelain most commonly used to make china are bone, hard-paste, and soft-paste. Hard-paste porcelain is the material in which the first sets of china were created from for Chinese royalty, dating all the way back to mid-tenth century. These were developed using kaolin clay, a key ingredient that Europeans would try to imitate for decades. Eventually, this technique would be accurately imitated by Josaiah Spode, who used bone meal to replace the consistency of the clay, and thus fine bone china was born. fine bone china has a lighter feel, and is usually thinner than hard-paste porcelain. Among the hundreds of different manufacturers, some of the highest regarded brands of china are Royal Doulton, Meissen, Haviland, Noritake, as well as others. The professionals we employ have years of experience handling and identifying antique china of all shapes, colors, and sizes. With no shortage of avenues in which to sell your collection, there's no reason you shouldn't look to Southern Estate Brokers to liquidate your antique china.