This book traces the history of tin glazing from early Mesopotamia through the Islamic world to Spain and then on to Italy (maiolica), France (faience), the Netherlands (delftware) and England (lambethware). The author then discusses tin glazing techniques and highlights current use of the medium through the work of well-known tin glazers such as Alan Caiger-Smith, Walter Ostrom, Andrea Gill and others. She also looks at some continental factories that are still using tin glazing techniques but...
McCoy Pottery (McCoy Pottery: The Ultimate Reference & Value Guide)
by Bob Hanson, Craig Nissen, and Margaret Hanson
Godden's Guide to Ironstone, Stone & Granite Wares
by Geoffrey A. Godden
British Ironstone China and the related stone china and granite ceramic bodies are as important in their way as English creamwares or indeed bone china itself. Initially, the ironstone-type bodies were introduced to emulate, rival and undersell the vast and popular importations of Oriental porcelains. Not only did the ironstone manufacturers succeed in this ideal but they progressed to take over the trade.
The fragile beauty of glass has ensured its popularity through the ages in forms ranging from simple beakers to ornate decorative masterpieces. This book traces the history of glass from its origins in western Asia some 5,000 years ago, though the invention of glass blowing around the first century B.C., to the introduction of mechanized processes and new styles in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It highlights the flourishing industries of ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt, the elegant vesse...
Treasures of Chinese Qing Dynasty Palace Glass (Unicorn Chinese Arts)
by Liu Xinyan, Xiang Xiaoqun, and Zhong Guomiao
Chinese collector Liu Xinyan has been absorbed in the world of collecting for over thirty years. Under his influence, the husband-and-wife team Xiang Xiaoqun and Zhong Guomiao also early on began to collect glass. Their collection of Chinese Qing dynasty palace glass, exquisite beyond compare, magnificently sumptuous, and in craft excelling nature, reflects the highest level of development in art and technology under the Qing.
Musée du Louvre fascicule 27 (Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum France, #41)
by Nassi Malagardis and Athena Tsingarida
Musée du Louvre fascicule 28 (Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum France, #42)
by Marie-Christine Villanueva Puig
The Complete Collection of Antiquities
by Sebastian Schutze and Madeleine Gisler
This spectacular compilation of elevations, representing a superb collection of Etruscan, Greek, and Roman vases, is the fruit of a collaboration between Lord William Hamilton (1730-1803), British diplomat and collector, and Hugues d'Hancarville (1719-1805), an amateur art dealer. While working as an envoy to the British Embassy in Naples, Hamilton developed a keen interest in antiquity, visiting the excavations of Pompeii and Hercolano and publishing the first scientific essays on volcanology....
Price Guide to Holt-Howard Collectibles and Related Ceramicware of the 50s & 60s
by Walter Dworkin
Pratt Ware takes its name from a family of potters who worked in Staffordshire in the 18th and 19th centuries. The authors describe the relief-decorated, underglaze-coloured earthenware, made from about 1780 to 1840 in England and Scotland, and how it was moulded and coloured. As a result of many years of research, they show that the ware was not only by the Pratt family at Lane Delph and Fenton, but also by other potters in Staffordshire, Shropshire, Derbyshire, Devon, Yorkshire, Tyneside, Wear...
The Pendelfin Collector's Handbook
by Stella Ashbrook and Frank Salmon