Collections towards a history of pottery and porcelain: In the 15th, 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries
- Author(s): Joseph Marryat
- Category: Ceramics
- Publisher: London: J. Murray
- Publish year: 1850
- ISBN: 9678000000316
- Number of Pages: 450
THE origin of the present work may be briefly stated as follows. When first I became a collector of china, I found great difiiculty in obtaining the information I desired to aid me in the pursuit. The majority of publications on the subject were either learned disquisitions upon the mythology of the Greek classical paintings, or, on the other hand, mere technical details of the manufacture, while a knowledge of the different kinds of Pottery and Porcelain appeared limited to the dealers. This induced me, in a tour which I subsequently made, to visit the principal collections and manufactories on the Continent, and conjointly with my fi-iend Sir Charles Price, I began to compose, for my amusement, a manuscript work upon Pottery and Porcelain, to be illuminated by his pen, and illustrated by drawings of specimens of porcelain, with portraits of the principal patrons of the art, and views of the various places connected with its manufacture.
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A HISTORY OF POTTERY AND PORCELAIN
PREFACE.
INTRODUCTION.
CONTENTS.
POTTERY
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER VI.
CHAPTER VII.
CHAPTER VIII.
CHAPTER IX.
CHAPTER X.
CHAPTER XI.
APPENDIX.
THE CASE OF THE UNDERTAKER OF THE CHELSEA MANUFACTURE OF PORCELAIN WARE.
CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY OF PORCELAIN.
INDEX