{"id":5055,"date":"2022-07-30T02:27:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-30T07:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hymnsandhome.com\/?p=5055"},"modified":"2024-06-17T13:07:27","modified_gmt":"2024-06-17T18:07:27","slug":"is-your-ironstone-real-a-quick-vintage-ironstone-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hymnsandhome.com\/2022\/07\/30\/is-your-ironstone-real-a-quick-vintage-ironstone-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Your Ironstone Real? A Quick Vintage Ironstone Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Whether you’re new to ironstone or an ironstone collector, here are some quick ways to make sure ironstone is real and not a fake!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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All my ironstone has come from thrift stores.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Vintage and antique ironstone has gained popularity in the decorating and thrifting communities over the last decade. It’s considered classic and desirable (I agree!). While vintage ironstone can often be found at thrift shops, antique stores, and is sold by online sellers like Etsy and Ebay, you do have to keep your eyes open for fakes and reproductions! Sometimes sellers don’t even realize they’re selling you a fake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First let’s define a few terms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What’s the difference between a reproduction and a fake?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

For the purposes of this blog post I’m defining a reproduction as a piece that was made in the style of vintage ironstone but doesn’t pretend to be vintage or antique. It is a modern piece and is marketed as such.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I label some pieces as “fakes” because they are intended to deceive. When an item is made to look old and is marketed as old when it is a modern piece, that is deceptive and the piece is a fake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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