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Summary: An antiques expert explains techniques to displaying copper luster in this free video clip about collecting antiques.
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About the Expert
Sue Shea Sue Shea has been dealing in antiques since 1979, and has her own shop, Shea Antiques, located in Shelburne Falls, MA. Her passion is early American 18th & 19... read more
So displaying your luster collection this is a really subjective thing when people will have to consider whether they have a little wall space or they have a large cabinet like this step back cupboard to display the pieces. They have a little bit of copper luster on the top here to show you today but this nice step back cupboard is a great way to display your pitchers. Not the only display you can put a wall cupboard like this, that's just a short wall cupboard right against the wall up above another cupboard if you don't have a step back that you can display all your pieces on there. The other way to display you can use little tiny cabinets like this if you have a small collection where you're collecting these small children's size cups or varying sizes like this. They look very nice in a cupboard like this cause they display really well and you can fit a number of them in there. There's a number of ways you can display these types of wares if you decide to collect just like plates. What's really popular today is hanging up plates up on the wall and some people like to collect for just the reason that this particular color is actually fit into the decoration or decor of their kitchen or dining room or whatever. Or whatever they choose to display. So there's a lot of reasons why people collect and there's a lot of reasons why people display in ways to do it. So it's really subjective and I'm just giving you a few examples but you can display these wares any way you feel comfortable with. So this is just a couple of examples.