Antique English Porcelain Makers Marks Types / Oversize Illustrated Book

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ENGLISH CERAMICS
by George Savage, Alpine Fine Arts Collection Ltd., NY, 1961/1981.
Illustrated in color and black-and-white, this early out-of-print “coffee table” book provides an in-depth pictorial survey of antique English pottery and porcelain including information on types, makers and marks. ”English ceramics were rarely conceived as ‘art for art’s sake’ and even the purely decorative pieces have a forthright freshness that is far from the fanciful frippery of French designs. Yet because they were regarded as art, English ceramics were only occasionally cataloged or documented. Their history has had to be reconstructed from fragments and clues. George Savage, who might justly be called the ‘Sherlock Holmes of ceramics’ has turned a brilliant piece of detective work in this definitive collection of the best in English ceramic art. The masterpieces of English pottery and porcelain from medieval times through the end of the eighteenth century are the subject of this carefully researched documentary history.”
Lavishly illustrated in color and black-and-white, this early out-of-print book is an in-depth review of English antique pottery and porcelain. The book covers by chapter:
Part One: Pottery
- Medieval and Tin-Enameled Wares; Slip Ware; English Stoneware; Astbury, Whieldon, and Associated Wares; The Figures of Ralph Wood and Others; The Wares of Josiah Wedgwood.
Part Two: Porcelain
- Chelsea (West London); Bow (East London); Derby (Derbyshire); The Worcester Factory and Its Origins; Longton Hall (Staffordshire); Lowestoft (Suffolk); Plymouth and Bristol.
Selected Bibliography
, and
Factory Marks
. 184 photographs, many full page, with complete in-depth descriptions supplement the rich narrative of this most scholarly text.
Oversize / heavy 9.8” x 12.7” hardback with dust cover in very good condition (includes original protective cardboard sleeve). 270 pages.
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