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The Dictionary of Blue and White Printed Pottery 1780-1880: volume 1

Door A.W. Coysh e.a.

Categorie
Aardewerk & Porcelein
Boeknummer
#360660-AC26
Titel
The Dictionary of Blue and White Printed Pottery 1780-1880: volume 1
Auteur
Coysh, A.W. & R.K. Henrywood
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
Woodbridge : Antique Collectors' Club
Jaar van uitgave
1982
ISBN10
0907462065
ISBN13
9780907462064
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Original gilt lettered cloth, decoratieve endpapers, dust jacket, numerous b/w illustrations (including photographs), 4to.
Samenvatting
This dictionary brings together as many facts as possible about blue and white printed pottery at the height of its popularity and production. The authors have produced a comprehensive guide, covering every possible aspect of the subject, with Appendices which include makers' initial marks and a list of source books used by makers. The discovery that prints could be transferred to porcelain and pottery helped transform the ceramics industry. Inevitably, the market demand at the end of the nineteenth century for brightly coloured wares put an end to this extraordinary potting endeavour but the interest of collectors has never declined. This book was awarded the Library Association's 1982 McColvin Medal for an outstanding reference book. It is the first of a two volume set, having been suppl... (Lees verder)emented in 1989 by a separate and entirely new companion volume containing additional entries and further information. This is a first-class reference book - Antique Collectors.
Pagina's
420
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 15,00

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