Roycroft Antiques
Elyse Karlin on the Beautifully Unrefined Origins of Arts & Crafts Jewelry
By Maribeth Keane and Brad Quinn — I started collecting jewelry when I was about 13 years old. I was very close to an interior designer who took me to antiques shops. While she looked for paintings and objects for her clients, I gravitated toward the jewelry counter. I started asking questions and buying little pieces for $10, $12, and it turned out I had a good eye. I was pretty much self-taught because up until the last 20 years or so in this country, you had to talk to dealers to learn about jewelry. Although, I started...
Riley Humler Explains the Importance of Rookwood Art Pottery
By Dave Margulius — I don’t remember the first Rookwood piece I ever bought, that’s getting close to 40 years ago. But I must have liked it, because I kept studying and learning, and it’s been a lot of fun and a lifelong thing. I’m originally from Kentucky, about 90 miles down the Ohio River from Cincinnati, where Rookwood was based. So there was Rookwood in the area, and I could also drive up here to look for things. I’m not as aggressive a collector as I used to be, but I still enjoy it. And we auction...
The Artisans and Designers Responsible for Roycroft Metalwork
By Maribeth Keane, Collectors Weekly Staff (Copyright 2008) — I started collecting Roycroft around 1992 when I visited the Peter Roberts Gallery in New York City. That was sort of the peak of the Arts and Crafts mania and there were many galleries in SoHo: Gallery 532, Peter Roberts Gallery, Michael Carey Gallery, and so on. I was amazed by the stuff I saw and thought that someday when I could buy real furniture I would love to get some. I remember being shocked at the sticker prices, I would turn over a Roycroft vase and it cost 1000 dollars. But a...
The Kalo Shop, a Mecca for Arts and Crafts Sterling Silver
By Maribeth Keane — How did I get started collecting Arts and Crafts silver? My wife and I had been collecting Arts and Crafts items as far back as I can remember, mostly furniture and tiles. One day many years ago I got bit by the silver bug. We lived in California and I’d visit antique dealers and one of them showed me a silver serving spoon by Chicago silver maker Falick Novick. It was beautifully made, the shape was great and it had little marks all over it, which I soon learned are called planishing or...