Antique Wedgwood Porcelain - History Types Marks / Scarce Illustrated Book

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125 superb color photographs with identifying captions, information on marks, and a rich narrative combine to make this book an invaluable reference on Wedgwood collectibles.
WEDGWOOD – A COLLECTOR’S GUIDE
, by Peter Williams, discusses the whole range of Wedgwood’s products throughout its history.  Published by Wallace Homestead, Penn., 1992.
Although Wedgwood is perhaps best known for its blue stoneware pottery with white classical figures, the firm has produced a wide variety of wares and has been notable for its technical and artistic innovation.  The products range from traditional and ornamental to contemporary and functional wares.  Beautifully illustrated in color, this book covers by chapter:  A Family of Staffordshire Potters; The Wedgwood Ceramic Range; Wedgwood Tablewares; Special Editions and Commemorative Wares; Process of Manufacture; Collecting and Identifying Wedgwood; Appendices – Marks, Addresses, Prices; Index; and Bibliography.  This hard-to-find book belongs in the permanent reference library of the collector, dealer, or historian of Wedgwood porcelain wares.
8.9” x 11.2” hardback with dust cover in very good  condition.  128 pages.
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