Collector's Encyclopedia of Roseville Pottery Volume 1 Revised Edition Values Updated

The art of pottery ... how and when it all began ... is an uncertainty whose revelation is obstructed by countless eons and civilizations - obliterating from all but our imagination, glimpses of the ancient cultures. Perhaps women, needing pots for food and water, with an inventiveness born of necessity, noticed how the sun-baked ruts in the clay soil held the water long after a sudden summer shower had passed ... or a loving father, who days before had fashioned from the pliable. yellow clay a crude horse to entertain his young child, stood and pondered over its brick-like texture.

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Table of Contents:

COVER

CONTENTS

DEDICATION

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

PRICE GUIDE INFORMATION

PREFACE

THE HISTORY OF ROSEVILLE POTTERY FROM BEGINNING TO END

ROSEVILLE ARTIST AND THEIR SIGNATURES

LINE DESCRIPTIONS AND DATES OF PRODUCTION

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