Flow Blue China Identification - Patterns Makers / Scarce Two-Volume Book Set

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A collector’s item in itself, this two-volume book set is a leading pictorial identification guide to antique flow blue china.
FLOW BLUE CHINA - AN AID TO IDENTIFICATION
by Petra Williams.  Fountain House East, KY 1971/1995.
There are nearly 500 patterns pictured in color and described in-depth in this most informative text.  Covered by chapter are the patterns:  Oriental Category, Scenic Category, Floral Category, Art Nouveau Category, Misc. Category, and Bibliography.  The book also provides a concise history of this ware. Makers include Wedgwood, Davenport, Johnson Bros., Ridgways, Wood and Sons, F. Till and Son, New Wharf Pottery, W.H. Grindley, Doulton & Co., Thomas Dimmock, Thomas Walker, William Adams & Co., and many other English Staffordshire firms. There is a section on
Methods Used in This Book to Aid Identification of Flow Blue China
and
The Varieties of Victorian Flow Blue China
.  This is an indispensable reference book for the collector of flow blue china wares. The three-volume set is invaluable.
6.2" x 8.9" color-imprinted hardback in very good condition.  224 pages
FLOW BLUE CHINA II
by Petra Williams.  Fountain House East, KY 1973/1994.
There are over 500 patterns pictured in color and described in-depth in this most informative text.  Covered by chapter are the patterns:  Oriental Category, Scenic Category, Floral Category, Art Nouveau Category, Brush-Stroke Painted Category, Misc. Category, and Bibliography.  Makers include Wedgwood, Davenport, Ridgways, Doulton & Co., W. Adams & Co., Thomas Dimmock, W.H. Grindley, W.T. Copeland, Josiah Spode, and many other English Staffordshire firms.  The book also provides a concise history of this ware.  This book is an indispensable resource reference book.
6.2" x 8.9" hardback in very good condition.  290 pages.
This two-volume book set counts as a single purchase for multiple book discount offers.
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