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Porcelain Horse

May 26th, 2009

Angie

Porcelain Horse Reviews

MOONSHINE MULE Wine Bottle Holder Donkey

$15.97

This awesome, playful donkey bottle holder figurine is great for holding wine bottles, liquor bottles, or for holding olive oil as part of your kitchen decor. Made of cold cast resin, the holder stands 7 1/2 inches tall, is 11 inches wide, and 5 inches deep, and looks quite lifelike. It makes a great gift for your favorite jackass….

Red Clay Pots Salt and Pepper Shaker Set – 4 Inch Tall S&P

$14.00

Red Earthenware Clay Pots Salt and Pepper Shaker Set offer your kitchen an elegant yet traditional decor theme with the Red Clay Pots collection. Also perfect for the 1950′s retro kitchen, highly collectible with great coloring and detail. Built to last t…

Flower and Lone Star Western Cowboy Boot Salt & Pepper Shakers Salt and Pepper Shaker Set – 3.5 Inch Tall S&P

$14.00

If you are into the Southwestern or Texas Cowboy or Cowgirl decor, these are a great addition! Add a little Texas flavor to the dinner table with these matching boots kick out seasoning one shake at a time. Authentic looking, a wonderful addition to your…

The Antidirectional

$8.99

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Armageddon

$8.99

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Porcelain Horses

$8.99

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DEWALT D24000 1.5-Horsepower 10-Inch Wet Tile Saw

$1,766.00

Whether you’re a flooring specialist or a do-it-all remodeler, the DEWALT 10-Inch Wet Tile Saw delivers accurate and reliable performance to get the job done. This saw is able to rip tiles and can handle diagonal cuts. An integrated rail system helps ensure precision and an integrated miter feature allows for accurate bevel cuts. A gutsy 1.5-horsepower motor delivers the power you need to cut toug…

MK Diamond 158252 MK-145 1/2-Horsepower 4-1/2-Inch Wet Tile Saw

$99.00

Mk Diamond 158252 MK-145 Benchtop Tile SawMk Diamond 158252 MK-145 Benchtop Tile Saw Features:; Saw is designed for small jobs, but delivers results a professional would expect ; Made specifically for the do-it-yourselfer; Lightweight compact saw has everything needed to cut kitchen, bath, and floor tile; Built-in miter table allows for the cutting of precision 22; and 45; miter corners; High torq…

Morning Run Horses Porcelain Lithophane Night Light

$23.75

Morning Run Horses Porcelain Lithophane Night LightFirst invented in France in 1827, a LITHOPHANE (“Vision In Stone”) is a porcelain engraving that virtually comes alive when illuminated from behind. The image is created by a panel of different thicknesses of translucent, kiln-fired porcelain. A breathtakingly detailed picture in warm sepia tones emarge when lit. These illuminated artworks are so …

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The Brass Carriage Clock and its Timeless Beauty

Brass carriage clocks are timepieces that have been around since the 19th Century, during the period where people still made use of horse drawn carriages for transportation. Since people never wore wristwatches during that era, they used brass carriage clocks to keep track of time. The clocks were durable in order to withstand the difficulty of long trips by land or by sea, and to resist the strain of different weather conditions.

Aside from the clock’s sturdiness, it is also elegant and classy. It has ornate and detailed features like gemstones, inlaid enamel, porcelain and foliage. It contains a glass window that makes it clear to read and though the hands are frequently painted black, the porcelain face is usually painted with natural scenes. It is also equipped to play songs and to chime at every hour. In some cases, the top of the clock includes a large resonant bell which is rung every hour or half hour.

Brass carriage clocks were considered as a sign of status since they were especially made for the upper classes who were the only ones who could afford to travel often and to take such luxuries with them. Fortunately for those of us who were not born with the wealth of the upper class, mass production of the clocks became possible in the 1830′s, making the carriage clock more widely available to others. Around the end of the 1860′s, brass carriage clocks became common as presents during special occasions like birthdays, weddings, and also for political and royal celebrations.

Unfortunately, with the increased popularity of wristwatches, Brass carriage clocks became a thing of the past. At present, it is mainly used as decorative mantle pieces that add beauty and elegance to homes commonly with an antique setting; although it could also be used as a decoration for modern set-homes because of its distinctive elegance. Some use it as a collection piece that is passed on from generation to generation. It is also an excellent gift idea for special occasions like weddings, birthdays, and anniversaries.

Despite being considered a thing of the past, the clocks are still sold in a lot of online and antique shops. Though it was replaced by modern clocks, with regards to popularity, the brass carriage clock’s beauty, elegance and distinctiveness could never be replaced by the modern and digital clocks of today.

I have a porcelain carousel music box with the word Mualitier on it. What is the word Mualitier? Carousel $$

The horse on the music box moves up and down while the music plays

Sounds like a very pretty music box.

I did a search on the internet for “mualitier”, and found nothing. Nothing on Google, Wikipedia, Websters, nothing foreign, nothing. So, it’s not a company name (of any appreciable size), nor any artist’s name anyone has heard of, nor a city. It is also apparently not a current word in any language; it would’ve been picked up in the web pages written in that language.

As for what it’s worth (that’s what I assume your “Carousel $$” means), you’ll have to take it to an antique dealer. It will be next to impossible, without weeks of focused research, to find an answer on the internet, without a stroke of luck in finding just the right person.