Chelsea and Chelsea-Derby china / Egan Mew
1909, 1st edition. London New York : T.C. & E.C. Jack ; Dodd, Mead & Co. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked decorated cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Light foxing and tanning to prelims. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #390841
Physical description; 92, [2] pp., xvi plates (8 columns, including frontispiece), 21 cm. Notes; Date is suggested. Contents; The minuet dancers -- Candlesticks in Bocage -- Chinese teapot -- Pair of hexagonal vases with covers -- The fortune-teller -- Nurse and child -- Chelsea Imari dishes -- The Thames waterman -- Statuettes of sailor and girl -- The map-seller -- The shepherd and shepherdess à la mode -- Coloured milk-jug -- William Pitt and America -- Statuette with lace-work -- Chelsea-Derby Ewer -- Perfume vase with statuette. Subjects; Chelsea pottery. Derby porcelain. Ceramic art. Decorative arts.
Price: €14.95