Thomas Turner the founder of the Caughley factory is credited with producing the original version of the favored 'willow-pattern', which was copied on both pottery and porcelain by innumerable other makers, and remains popular today.

Many people do not know from where the oriental pottery and porcelain were first made what are their origins. China, Korea and Japan are the countries that made oriental pottery and porcelain.

There were many porcelain based factories in England and some of them like the factories operating during the eighteenth century at Chelsea and Worcester were the most consistent in their use of marks. This helped the collectors to identify the original from the fake ones.

There were many factories that came up in the late eighteenth and nineteenth century. And some of these factories are still in production like the Royal Worcester Porcelain Company. Most of these factories have closed down long time back, like that of the Longton Hall. Many of the pieces of their wares are still in existence.

Many people enjoy and use the furniture and hardly give a thought on how were the woods or the furniture comes into existence. Most of us dont know from which woods these furniture are made. Here we will look into the different kinds of sofas and other furniture.

The Persians were good potters and well advanced before the European even knew about pottery. Chinese wares were exported to these Persia and Near East countries. Discoveries through many excavations have revealed the beautiful Islamic wares, which were forgotten.

Some of these products had different origins. Commode, Console table, cradles, cupboards and wardrobes, davenport, desks is some of the types of furniture that we are going to discuss in this page.

The French made the Venetian styles of glass and have no particular distinction. The French glass making began to develop in the eighteenth century.

With the progress of China in the pottery and porcelain the European nations started their hunt to imitate or copy the Chinese styles and designs. The Chinese made drinking-vessels, cups and saucers and teapots popular in their own styles. The Chinese trade with the European in the potteries and porcelain wares grew quite high.

The Scandinavian and Russian porcelain were made with the soft paste in the initial stages and a different type of paste was also introduced for a short time and then the hard paste was used to make figures and vases like cups and mustard pots.