{"id":36,"date":"2026-08-17T09:15:27","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T09:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-auction-pro\/2026\/08\/17\/five-questions-to-ask-before-bidding-on-ceramics\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T09:15:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T09:15:27","slug":"five-questions-to-ask-before-bidding-on-ceramics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-auction-pro\/2026\/08\/17\/five-questions-to-ask-before-bidding-on-ceramics\/","title":{"rendered":"Five questions to ask before bidding on ceramics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ceramics reward close looking. Before you bid, work through five questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Is the mark right for the period? Marks were copied for centuries, so treat them as a clue rather than proof.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Has the piece been restored? Ask for photographs under ultraviolet light, which shows overpainting clearly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Is the glaze consistent? Firing faults made at the time are part of the object; later touch-ups are not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Does the size match the catalogue? A small difference can mean a different factory. And finally, can you see it in person? Our viewing days exist for exactly this.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marks, restorations and glazes: a short checklist for first-time bidders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":37,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4,15],"class_list":["post-36","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-collecting-guide","tag-buying","tag-ceramics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-auction-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-auction-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-auction-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-auction-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-auction-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-auction-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-auction-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-auction-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-auction-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-auction-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}