Unfortunately, M.W.B.’s “peacock and urn”-pattern custard glass basket is somewhat less valuable. For insurance-replacement purposes, the piece is worth in the range of $200 to $250.

Coffee urns vary not only in their capacity but also in their brewing times and the features they have, and some are considerably faster than others.

Seven ceramic funerary urns, two of them large in size, were found beneath the roots of a fallen tree in a várzea area (flooded land) of Lago do Cochila in the Brazilian state of Amazonas. Lago do ...