Antique Marks Antique Ceramics Antique Glass Antiques Shop Antique Terms Latest Updates Cloisonne Ware Your Guide to Collecting Antiques Antique . Ceramics Is Cloisonne Ware Worth Collecting We come across a large amount of cloisonne ware at the antiques auctions we visit . We've even bought and sold some , but we find it's probably the most handled and least understood antique item that potential antique collectors show any interest in . You often overhear a large number of auction go'ers speak of it as though its a ceramic , and a lot more simply pick it up and state categorically , modern , and put it straight back down on the . table But , Cloisonne was first developed in the Near East . It spread to the Byzantine Empire and from there along the Silk Road to . China Chinese cloisonne