Jasmine Directory

Ceramics and pottery form a significant part of antiques and collectibles. This part of our shopping directory provides a list of dealers for these invaluable items ranging from ancient decorations to traditional decorations.

For thousands of years now, ceramics and pottery have been an important part of the human culture. They have been continuously used as in countless human endeavours in the home decoration and kitchen industry.

hese items include a vast array of collectibles including prehistoric storage jars and pots as well as tiles on space shuttles. Ceramics are things made from materials that are changed permanently through heating. Clay for instance clings together when dried but disintegrates when exposed to water. However, when the clay is heated above a certain temperature, it is completely changing in to a tough structure that can never disintegrate in water again. Early modernization ceramic materials and glazes have also found their way into the antiques and collectibles’ category as a result of their traditional natural beauty and perfection.

Pottery is a general description for items made from clay. This is an art which is almost as old as man. Pottery is one of the oldest inventions on man whose impact is still felt today. Pottery collections range from industrial clay items to individual craftsman designs. Since the historic times, clay has been used in an uncountable number of items including storage jars, bowls and three dimensional artworks.

The internet is full of knock offs and fake replicas of original collectibles and hence the need for a genuine shopping directory.  All the featured websites and internet dealers of ceramic and pottery in our shopping web directory have been passed through a keen vetting system to ensure only websites with good selling history are passed. Hoppers can find websites with collections ranging from museum pottery collections to pre-industrialization ceramics.