We originally started our studio producing handmade porcelain eggs which had great appeal as porcelain collectibles. These were slip trailed porcelain on porcelain and resembled Wedgwood  in appearance. Piazza porcelain was much more pleasant to the touch, sensual if you please, when compared to the gritty Jasperware of Wedgwood.  Our artwork was created by hand instead of being cast in a mold and applied. Our following of porcelain connoisseurs and egg collectors grew but  we continually received many requests for porcelain christmas ornaments, as well as other porcelain collectibles, done in our signature style and technique .  Following those requests we turned some of the porcelain eggs into Christmas ornaments and our lives were forever changed. Handmade porcelain ornaments and handmade porcelain in general had  been long gone from American production.  Most pieces are produced on other continents which is sad considering the wealth of quality porcelain artists that once created pieces for such marquis as Lennox, Cybis, Boehm, Wheaton Glass,  The Franklin Mint and The Bradford Mint.  Most collectable Christmas ornaments produced today are so thick and heavy that they can only be hung on the stoutest branches.  This is due primarily to the content of the porcelain itself.  The thick grayish white, opaque porcelain common to most ornaments is always glazed which adds additional weight compounding the problem.  It's thick because of poor quality and much easier production and then it's glazed to hide the unsightly appearance of the "construction"  quality porcelain.  The end result is a paperweight disguised as a christmas ornament.

Piazza porcelain is light as feather because it starts out as  top quality porcelain clay consisting mainly of the highest quality kaolin, which is mined in the USA.

Our eggshell colored Piazza porcelain is translucent when held up to the light like, a fine piece of bone china.  This is  because it is made of the finest kaolin and brought to full vitrification in precisely controlled electric kilns in small batches.

Piazza porcelain is unglazed because it is unnecessary and in fact adds weight to the ornament.  Glazing essentially adds a heavy glass coating to the outside of the porcelain which is necessary only for usable vessels, tiles or outdoor pieces.

Piazza porcelain is pleasant to the touch, as the surface is buttery smooth and very sensual.  This is because of the quality of the porcelain, the perfect vitrification and our proprietary process of surface preparation.  You won't get the chills from handling THIS handmade porcelain although it may give you goose bumps.

Our mission statement is to be the best, to make the best,  to create heirloom quality, porcelain treasures that will be handed down for generation to come.  To create the valued antiques of tomorrow, valued for the art effort quality and execution that goes into each and every handcrafted porcelain collectable.

Porcelain has been around for thousands of years, a perfect media it can be made strong, heavy, massive, light, wispy, delicate, as industrial as a space shuttle tile or as graceful as a flower that would rival the real one.  Many porcelain collectibles are considered collectibles merely by virtue of the manner in which they are marketed.  Like Beany Babies and so many other "collectibles" the quality and art is absent and a person collects the thing simply because it is made and sold for a limited time period. These collectors are probably not our customers.

Most of our collectors are into Wedgwood, Christopher Radko, Lennox, Swarovski, Serves, Miessen, LLadro, Campere, Herrund, Limoges, Fabrege, Baccarat, Spode, Villeroy and Boch or one-of-a-kind hand made pieces. Our average collector has extensively collected at least two of these names and has an average of five of these companies represented in their home. A fascinating fact is that only one of the above companies, Christopher Radko, devotes serious attention to Christmas ornaments although they are Glass Christmas ornaments specifically blown glass Christmas ornaments. These are mass produced on some other continent and are very reminiscent of antique blown glass ornaments. If you are a Christopher Radko Dealer we guarantee you will do well with our ornaments as the two lines are very complimentary on a tree. Many  older Radko designs are very traditional  as is the Piazza Ltd. line.

Having said that Christopher Radko and Piazza Porcelain are complimentary on a tree brings up another interesting fact; many of our porcelain christmas ornaments are kept on display all year on a brass display stand in the china or curio cabinet.  Many collectors keep our ornaments on the mantle or in a cut glass crystal bowl in the center of the table.  The all time number one brand of bowl that is used to display our ornaments year round is Beleek. The look, color, texture and contrast of Beleek is very complementary to our ornaments.  The point is that these are not gaudy overly painted imitations of another time or place.  Piazza porcelain posses a certain grace and character that is subtle, stately, classy, regal, artistic and timeless.  While all of our pieces celebrate christmas they also pay homage to the ancient art of porcelain  with the first priority being good design.

Decorative plates and bowls, decorative tiles and trivets, candlesticks and wine goblets were all born of customer requests and private commissions.  The flowing grape vine pattern has become our signature pattern along with the cocky rooster you will see on many of our plates.