Need remove paint from a valuable porcelain vase by Wileman/Foley/Shelley that has been painted?

• By Cali Shaye
• Growing Marijuana
• 14 years ago
• 8

I bought jardiniere (outer vase for a flower pot) from a new eBay seller. It was actually pre-Wileman Foley (which later merged with Wileman and later became Shelley). The photograph was blurry & very poor quality. The seller did state and attempt to show that the upper ‘orange’ part had some paint worn off the paint; I figured it would be worn the way worn gilding is. The lower part was the famous “Blue Willows” transferware image. I thought the colors are good and the price is right. But I get it (at a very low price) and I see some home-craftsman just has painted in the upper white portion orange, seems to be some enamal type paint. And where the seller said was worn is where the paint had flaked off. I’m sure there are professional porcelain restorers out there, maybe I need one. But does long standing paint over the porcelain ruin it even if it can be removed? (especially orange over white). Is there a simple way to do it (like nail polish remover removes nail polish?)