English porcelain, 1745-1850
London : Ernest Benn, 1965. 1st edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Spine uniformly sun-toned. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Item #391629
Physical description: 183 pages : illustrations, color plates ; 29 cm. Notes: Illus. incl. 76 (12 col.) plates and facsimiles of marks. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: Introduction / by R.J. Charleston -- Chelsea / by J.V.G. Mallet -- Bow / by Hugh Tait -- Derby / by A.L. Thorpe -- Longton Hall / by Bernard Watney -- Worcester / by Franklin A. Barrett -- Liverpool / by Bernard Watney -- Caughley and Coalport / by Franklin A. Barrett -- Lowestoft / by G.C. Bolster -- Pinxton / by A.L. Thorpe -- Swansea and Nantgarw / by Rollo Charles -- Rockingham / by A.A. Eaglestone and T.A. Lockett -- Plymouth and Bristol / by Nickola Elphinstone -- New Hall (hard-paste) / by G.E.A. Grey -- New Hall (bone-china) and other nineteenth-century Staffordshire factories: Herculaneum / by R.J. Charleston -- Some museums and houses open to the public in the British Isles and the U.S.A. which contain good collections of English porcelain. Subjects: Porcelain, English; 18th century; English 19th century; Ceramics; Porcelain Great Britain.
Price: €25.00