The A B C of collecting old English pottery
- Author(s): J F Blacker
- Category: Ceramics
- Publisher: Toronto : J.M. Dent
- ISBN: 9678000000668
- Number of Pages: 416
THE desire expressed by many collectors that my various articles on collecting " Old Pottery " should be em- bodied in a book is responsible for the appearance of this volume, which will be followed by a new edition of the "ABC of Collecting Old China/' by the same publishers. The " China Book " had a marvellous success, no less than ten thousand being sold in about ten months. This encourages the hope that this Pottery Book will meet with many friends to whom the pleasure and profit of collecting are relaxation, recreation, pure enjoyment, and more. As Cowper says : " Variety's the very spice of life That gives it all its flavour." Variety and change of occupation can be secured by collecting, and no object is more worthy of the attention of collectors than Old Pottery. For those who possess pottery, and for those, too, who wish to learn about it, much information and many illustra- tions have been gathered together. The sketches may not be fine ; they will nevertheless be instructive, and they are freely distributed in the text. The thirty- two pages of half-tone blocks include the later cottage pottery, which needs no description. Throughout, notes are given on values, and an Appendix furnishes reliable information as to Auction Prices.
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Copyright
THE ABC OF COLLECTING OLD ENGLISH POTTERY
PREFACE
CONTENTS
LIST OF HALF-TONE ILLUSTRATIONS
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II ETRUSCAN OR GREEK VASES AND TAZZAS
CHAPTER III ROMAN RED LUSTROUS WARE
CHAPTER IV EARLY ENGLISH AND MEDIEVAL POTTERY
CHAPTER V OLD TILES
CHAPTER VI GREYBEARDS OR BELLARMINES
CHAPTER VII PUZZLE JUGS
CHAPTER IX BRISTOL DELFT
CHAPTER X LIVERPOOL DELFT
CHAPTER XI SLIP WARE
CHAPTER XII WHIELDON WARE
CHAPTER XIII FULHAM WARE
CHAPTER XIV PLACE'S WARE
CHAPTER XV ELERS' WARE
CHAPTER XVI ASTBURY WARE
CHAPTER XVII SALT-GLAZE
CHAPTER XVIII WEDGWOOD
CHAPTER XIX WEDGWOOD (continued)
CHAPTER XX OLD WEDGWOOD MARKS
CHAPTER XXI THE STORY OF THE WEDGWOOD " FINDS."
CHAPTER XXII WEDGWOOD AND HIS RIVALS The Rivals of Wedgwood or his Imitators, Which ?
CHAPTER XXIII LUSTRE WARE
CHAPTER XXIV LEEDS WARE
CHAPTER XXV SWANSEA POTTERY
CHAPTER XXVI JACKFIELD POTTERY
CHAPTER XXVII VOYEZ AND HIS WORK
CHAPTER XXVIII YARMOUTH POTTERY
CHAPTER XXIX NOTTINGHAM POTTERY STONEWARE
CHAPTER XXX QUAINT JUGS AND DRINKING-CUPS
CHAPTER XXXI THE WILLOW PATTERN
CHAPTER XXXII TOBY JUGS
CHAPTER XXXIII A SHORT ACCOUNT OF OTHER ENGLISH POTTERIES
CHAPTER XXXIV OLD TOBACCO PIPES
CHAPTER XXXV CONCLUSION
APPENDIX
INDEX TO SUBJECTS
INDEX OF POTTERS AND DECORATORS