Family heirlooms often carry more than just sentimental value-they can be surprisingly valuable in ways we might not expect.

Most Southern ladies are confident in all of their china pattern choices. Herend, Spode, Wedgwood, and Lenox—we know what we like. Maybe you're into classic blue-and-white patterns, or perhaps ...

SPRING LAKE, Mich. — It’s not too often we find a nationally known figure residing in West Michigan. In this case, it’s a water-color artist that paints pictures (mainly birds) and has designed ...

Lenox Corp. began producing Autumn dinnerware in 1918, originally in New Jersey. Bizzelle, the daughter of sharecroppers, has been adding those enamel fruits and flowers in Kinston since 1989. She is ...

Brenda Bizzelle likes to check out the dinnerware counters at nice stores when she goes out of town, just to admire the fruits of her labor. She can run her fingers over the bumps of bright enamel ...