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Twentieth century ceramics by Edmund de Waal
October 2003. 208pp, 69 colour & 109 b&w illus. Ceramics have kept pace with - or even led - new movements in art. the book covers Europe, Scandinavia, Russia, the USA and Japan, and appraises the work of eceptional individuals - including Taxile Doat, Bernard Leach, Isamu Noguchi, Hans Coper, Lucie Rie and Pablo Picasso.
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 | The Glaze Book by Stephen Murfitt
2002. 288pp, 732 colour illus. A reference for all ceramic artists and designers, packed with information and glaze recipes. Each of the glazes is reproduced pictorially so that readers can see the colour and surface responses it has to offer, and each is accompanied by a brief description, the firing range, and suggested uses.
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Isleworth pottery and porcelain recent discoveries
Exhibition catalogue 5-13 June 2003. (The English Ceramics Circle). An exhibition of some of exciting discoveries of pottery and porcelain from the Isleworth factory, including a range of unrecorded porcleain shapes and extensive evidence of London's only creamware factory.
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| | Miller's 20th century ceramics antiques checklist by Paul Atterbury
2003. 192pp, c.400 full colour photographs. These pocket guides offer an "on the spot", uniquely fast and accurate way to recognize, identify, and date antiques. In each subject a simple "question and answer" checklist is provided for a wide range of representative items, teaching you what to look for, as well as how to distinguish between the geniune article and a fake, an original and a copy. The checklist is accompanied by a detailed analysis, a concise history, and factors that effect the value of the piece.
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Contemporary porcelain by Peter Lane
November 2003. A practical appraoch to all aspects of making porcelain pots and sculpture. Includes information on clays, making processes (throwing, handbuilding and slipcasting) as well as decorating and glazes. There are beautiful photos throughout making it a lovely visual reference book as well as useful.
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| | Pot-Lids and printed Staffordshire Ware : Reference and Price guide by K V Mortimer
2003. 240pp, 500+ illus. Profusely illustration with over 500 colour illustrations. Features all-new photographs. The most comprehensive and up-to-date reference and price guide available.
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Ceramics, Ethnics and Scandal by Rosalie Wise Sharp
2003. 288pp, over 375 colour illus. An affectionate journey into the eighteenth century world of Johnson and Boswell as the context for the sharp collection. Showcases over 375 beautiful colour illustrations. A bright and spirited sotry of life in the eighteenth century as signified by ceramics of the time.
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 | Cats in English porcelain of the 19th century by Dennis Rice
2003. 96pp, 88 colour and 16 b&w illus. The first book to be published devoted exclusively to porcelain cats. showcases over 100 illustrations from private collections, auction houses and dealers. Details the histories of the factories whose identities are known.
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Ten thousand years of pottery by Emanuel Cooper
Updated 4th edition. Paperback. 352pp, 315 colour & 80 b&w illus. This illustrated account traces the production of pottery throughout the cultures of the globe, including the orient, ancient America, neolithic Britain and 20th century Africa and India. Illustrations provide examples of the major styles, materials and forms of all periods.
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 | Collector's history of English pottery by Griselda Lewis
1999. 5th edition. 383pp, 220 colour & 550 b&w illustrations. This edition takes the reader from the earliest pottery extant dating from the first Neolithe period through the classical names to the more collectable items of the 19th and 20th centuries. It traces the links in the development of English pottery and puts them into historical context.
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An illustrated guide to Minton Printed Pottery 1796-1836 By Geoffrey H Priestman
373pp, numerous b&w illus, some in colour. This illustrated guide is the first serious attempt to research and identify Minton's early printed wares, and follows ten years of painstaking research by the author at the Minton archives in Stoke. Using early copper plates, source prints for engravings and contemporary pattern books, together with the gradual assembly of a comprehensive personal reference collection of Minton products, Geoffrey priestman can now provide positive attribution for nearly 100 minton patterns. An invaluable reference work for collectors and dealers, but also a fascinating account of the early years of a company that became a household name worldwide.
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 | Derby Porcelain 1748-1848: An illustrated guide
320pp, 256 colour and 217 b&w illus. Derby porcelain is almost certain to become the standard reference book on the subject. It contains a good deal of new information and a large quantity of hitherto unpublished illustrations. Much of the documentary evidence is also published for the first time, including an illustrated twenty page appendix of cup shapes. The author deals comprehensively with the Nottingham Road, Derby factory, its staff and its wares with detailed biographies on anyone and everyone connected with production and sales during the period 1748-1848.
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Susie Cooper: A Pioneer of modern design by Casey, Andrew and Eatwell
2002. 231pp, 167 colour and 107 b&w illus. Her ability to anticipate the mood of the day and understand market trends enabled Susie Cooper to keep ahead of her competitors in the cermaics industry for seven decades during the 20th century. In 16 authoritative essays, the life of one of Britain's greatest ceramic designers is examined.
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 | Spode transfer printed ware 1784-1833 by Drakard & Holdway
2002. 304pp, 900 colour and b&w illus. An extensively enlarged and revised edition of a reference that lists and illustrates every known transfer print issued by the Spode family at their works in Stoke-on-Trent during the period 1784-1833. It also covers the shapes of ware, their methods of manufacture, and the spode marks.
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Godden's guide to ironstone, stone and granite wares by Geoffrey Godden
1999. 399pp, 50 colour illus, 200 b&w illus. This work explains the rise and development of British ironstone china and related stone china and granite wares. It includes, chapters on Mason's Patent Ironstone china, the large auction sales and surplus stock in 1818 and 1822, and appendices listing manufacturers initial marks and trade names.
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 | Staffordshire Potters 1781-1900
416pp, b&w photogrpahy throughout. Presented here is a comprehensive list of manufacturers working in the Staffordshire potteries in the period between 1781 and 1900. The list has been assembled by extracting the data contained in directories published in the period, covering more than 10,000 entries from some sixty-one volumes. The book consists of introductory chapters covering historical aspects of the survey, an evalution of the area under review and the directory of authors and publishers, followed by the assembed alphabetical list of over 3,000 potters and listings of all the original directory enteries in date order. This is the most comprehensive list of Staffordshire potters ever published and includes information unavailable in existing literature. The work covers all potters working between 1781, the date of the earliest surviving directory, and the beginning of the 20th century, the most popular period for collectors. The book will easily become a standard reference work for all who are interested in British pottery and porcelain, collected throughout the world.
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A-Z of Staffordshire dogs by Clive Mason Pope
168pp, 203 colour illus. From the 18th century onwards, artists and potters began to reflect in their models the interest of the time in identifying and selectively breeding individual types of dog. Continental and home-based factories began to produce realistic examples of both sporting and pampered dogs. This book lists and illustrates over 200 dog models and includes 34 breeds which have been conveniently grouped in alphabetical order.
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| | Staffordshire portrait figures of the Victorian era
560pp, 62 colour, 900 b&w illus. Staffordshire figures are popular because they are not only extremely decorative but also often have an attractive naivete and charm. This definiative work contains a vast photographic reference to 1,500 figures from murderers to politicians, and from soldiers to actresses. This book is a revision of the standard work effectionately known as "pugh". It has become an invaluable reference because of the wide range of practical information it contains on such collecting pitfalls as forgeries, fakes, reproductions and repairs.
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English dry-bodied stoneware: Wedgwood and contemporary manufacturers 1774-1830 by Wards & Hampson
1998. 248pp, 75 colour & 350 b&w illus. This text explores the subject of English dry-bodied stoneware and discusses the antecedents of the 18th century neo-classical wares, the red stones of the 17th century, as well as other bodies produced by Wedgwood and his contemporaries; caneware, white felspathic stoneware and jasper.
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| | The Dictionary of Worcester Porcelain. 1751-1851 by John Sandon
384pp, 101 colours, 465 b&w illus. This initial volume covers the first 100 years of the world renowned Worcester porcelain factories. In addition to more than 600 entries there is a complete historical survey, the most comprehensive illustrated section on marks to date, extracts from contemporary visits and a select bibliography. Details are given of the principal workmen identified with the factories.
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Worcester porcelain : The Zorensky collection by Simon Spero & John Sandon
480pp, 700 colour illus. This is the largest and most comprehensive collection of 18th century Worcester porcelain still in private ownership in the world. John Sandon and Simon Spero gives a detailed commentary on each piece and, with informative introductions to each chapter, place Worcester porcelain within its 18th century social and historical context. The exterior artistic and commercial influences on production are also discussed.
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| | David Battie's Guide to understanding 19th and 20th Century Porcelain
320pp, 72 colour, 464 b&w illus. Written by a leading authority and personality, this book makes available the latest information resulting from research into the major factory archives. Objects are divided into collecting areas such as bowls, figures and vases, rather than into factories. Factors influencing prices are discussed, the vexed question of fakes is also considered and a numer of illustrated examples are included.
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Spode-Copeland-Spode: The works and its people 1770-1970 by Vega Wilkinson
2001. 320pp, 160 colour and 150 b&w illus. A history of the Spode-Copeland-Spode pottery based on unpublished material from the Copeland family archives with original pen drawings of the factory site. It also contains illustrations of the range of products available during this period, including commissions from royalty and nobility.
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 | Coalport 1795-1926 by Micheal Messenger
1995. 444pp, 362 b&w illus, 32pp colour illus. Designed to be a comprehensive survey and illustrated guide to Coalport porcelains, this text intergrates the history of the firm over 130 years with discussion of the many wares produced in that period, and examines the close relationship of these two elements. Out-of-print.
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English Earthenware Figures 1740-1840 by Pat Halfpenny
1992. 346pp, 400 b&w illus, 60 colour illus. The first book of any authority to be written on English earthenware figures since Herbert Read's Staffordshire Pottery figures was published in 1929, this volume is an eminently readable account of the eighteenth and early nineteenth century production of popular earthenware figures. Illustrated with nearly 500 black and white plates and 90 colour plates this book is now considered the standard reference work and will be essential reading for any collector of these delightful figures
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 | Chelsea Porcelain by Elizabeth Adams
2001. 208pp, 157 colour illus, 69 b&w illus. Some of the most delightful English porcelain ever made was manufactured in the 18th century at a factory in Chelsea, set up by jeweller Charles Gouyn and silversmith Nicholas Sprimont. This text charts the progress of Sprimeont's venture and describes in detail the wares now known as Chelsea.
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Rockingham 1745-1842 by Alwyn & Angela Cox
2001. 424pp, 144 colour & 437 b&w illus. A new detailed, comprehensive and fully illustrated account of the Rockingham Pottery's history and wares. This book illustrates the entire range of products, both pottery and porcelain, emphasising shapes, types of decoration and means of identification.
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 | Wedgwood: The New Illustrated Dictionary
2001 reprint. 515pp, 60 colour and 100 b&w illus. This is an enlarged edition of the 1980 title, containing new and corrected information. Besides revised dates and descriptions, this volume includes the latest discoveries concerning Jasper and the terracotta body, and more details about 19th and 20th century wares.
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Black basalt: Wedgwood and contemporary manufacturers
334pp, 24 colour, 501 b&w illus. Josiah Wedgwood's factory was the market leader when Basalt was at its most fashionable. However, over 170 other factories are noted as makers of black basalt with what appear to be almost identical products. Diana Edward's intensive research goes a long way to cataloguing the wares and making identification of different factories possible. She also examines black Basalt's historical antecedents and continental and foreign blackware manufacturers.
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| | Nineteenth Century Lustreware by Michael Gibson
1999. 256pp, 100 colour and 150 b&w illus. The reader is taken from the beginnings of British Lustreware in 1805, through its heyday in the first half of the century, with later wares also touched upon. Techniques are described insome detail and there is comprehensive coverage of the companies and personalities in its manufacture.
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Irish Delftware: An Illustrated history by Peter Francis
2000. 200pp, 46 colour & 154 b&w illus. This book is profusely illustrated with over 240 illustrations, and provides a comprehensive review of the full range of Irish Delftwares presently known. Detailed accounts of individual potteries and archaelogical discoveries. Standard reference works on this subject.
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 | The Dictionary of Blue and White Printed Pottery 1780-1880. Vol 2 by Coysch & Henrywood
239pp, 428 b&w and 28 colour illus. Designed as a comprehensively cross-referenced companion to the original dictionary, this extensively illustrated volume includes 1,000 new or extended entries. These cover many previously unrecorded patterns, recent attributions, and newly discovered design sources. A feature is the appendix illustrating unidentified patterns etc.
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The Dictionary of Blue and White Printed Pottery 1780-1880. Vol 1 by Coysch & Henrywood
420pp, 680 b&w and 29 colour illus. This illustrated dictionary brings together as many facts as possible about blue and white printed pottery at the height of its popularity and production. This is a comprehensive guide to the firms, craftmen, techniques, wares, patterns and titles as well as giving the background to the history of the ceramics industry and the personalities and problems involved in the production.
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