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Ceramic, Pottery, Porcelain
February 20, 2008 - 4:42pm
Isleworth Pottery and Porcelain - Recent Discoveries by the English Ceramic Circle and the Museum of London. 2003. 120 pages. 170 colour illustrations. "After excavation of several tons of shards more evidence for Isleworth porcelain comes to light and also some exciting finds of pottery, with details of the creamware and slipware discovered on site. Isleworth is now confirmed as the London manufacturer of creamware and slipware. Includes numerous new shapes and patterns in porcelain including simple transfer and painted designs such as fisherman, Chantilly Sprig, Gilliflower plus shapes similar to Worcester & other factories such as sauce boats and butterboats and much more." You will have to search for a used copy of this book on the internet at one of the many used book sellers or paperbackswap.com Review: The latest research for an 18th century London pottery, where until recently knowledge was severely limited apart from a few stray historical references. Ruby Lane Staff.
Catalogue of the Lady Ludlow Collection of English Porcelain at the Bowes Museaum. Patricia Begg with intro by Howard Coutts. Unicorn Press, London, November 2003. A comprehensive heavyweight catalogue of one of the greatest collections of 18th century English porcelain in existence. Ruby Lane Staff
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Lehner's Encyclopedia of U.S. Marks on Pottery, Porcelain & Clay by Lois Lehner Copyright 1988 published by Collector Books. ISBN 0-89145-365-2 Data includes entries up to 1984. See review in the comments section, submitted by A. Mosier www.rubylane.com/shops/ This is the most comprehensive book I've found on history and marks of US potteries and studios to date. Covering large and small producers with history of the founders and circumstances surrounding production and lines of craft Ms. Lehner leaves nothing and no one out if she has any data for it. No matter how small, obscure or short-lived the pottery or studio, Ms. Lehner includes any information she has with notes on conflicting data as a starting point for research so the reader can followup with their own research or decide which piece of data is the most relevant. She is very modest about her accomplishments, apologizing for not being able to reconcile conflicting data or being able to contact a principal for a 1st hand account. This book is the life's work of a dedicated American pottery lover who made it her mission to pass on what she knows. The book was written in 1984 so coverage only goes up to that time. I believe Ms. Lehner has passed on, but she leaves a great legacy behind in this wonderful book. All the other guides I've seen seem to pick and choose which potteries to include to fit in a predetermined number of pages and only show a few marks of the most prodigious or well known at most. One recent book I bought is a pictorial guide of marks, but most of the marks included in it state the name of the pottery on the mark, so it is not that useful to me because I don't need to decipher a mark that has the name of the pottery as part of the mark. I can read, after all. This same pictorial book is also full of dating errors. For example, Ms. Lehner's entry for Gladding McBean- Franciscan potteries has a full 7 pages of history, product lines, and marks with dates in her book. There are studio potters histories and marks from the famous and the obscure alike. There is a section on RR dining car china marks that will appeal to RR collectors and another index for insulator manufacturers. Hopefully it can still be ordered from one of your local bookstores. I got mine about 10 years ago when I ordered it from one of the big chains. If you are on a budget and want to learn US pottery makers' history and marks this is THE ONE to buy. A Moser
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Official Price Guide to Pottery and Porcelain by Harvey Duke, Random House Information Group, August 1995. This older book is a must for people dealing in or collecting American pottery or porcelain. It covers 90 companies, and gives brief histories of the companies, the marks they used, and highlights the companies most popular lines with sizes, shapes, pattern names, colors, etc. with some photos. Carolyn of Ruby Lane shop: Alley Cat Lane Antiques and Collectibles
Kovels New Dictionary of Marks by Ralph & Terry Kovel, Crown Publishing Group, March 1986. A must for any dealer! Two hundred and twenty five pages with 16 drawings of marks per page. Each drawing of a mark also is accompanied with the name of the company, the location, when they began and ended production, as well as when the particular mark was used. The back section of the book (another 42 pages) has even more valuable information with a vocabulary of terms section, information on dating systems used by specific factories, timelines of companies and their acquisitions, other tips on dating porcelain, and a section on fakes and forgeries. Carolyn of Ruby Lane shop: Alley Cat Lane Antiques and Collectibles
Encyclopaedia of British Pottery and Porcelain Marks by Geoffrey Godden. Barrie & Jenkins Ltd., London, March 1994. The 'sine qua non' in the library of every serious collector and dealer. Ruby Lane Staff.
Capers' Notes on the Marks of Prussia by
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Capers Notes on the Marks of Prussia
Capers Notes on the Marls of Prussia .
This book is a "must have" for the R.S. Prussia collector.
In my opinion, this is the first book on "R.S. Prussia" to buy, and surely indispensable for collectors of any stripe! I was amazed when I discovered that a book such as this existed; that anyone would spend the hundreds of hours it would take to do the research and work out the system. Among the many remarkable things in this book on identifying the "R.S. Prussia" porcelain made in the Schlegelmilch factories in Germany/Poland in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, here are three to whet your appetite: (1)the author has worked out a reference system for reading the many many different marks found on the porcelain, which system, if studied carefully, can often produce rare information such as exactly which factory a piece came from and therefore the period in which it was made. (2)the book shows the collector that one mark (say the "Classic" or "Red Mark") may say no more about the age or quality of a piece than another (say the "Steeple") mark. And (3)Capers provides a wonderful history of the Schlegelmilch families and their products, much of the information obtained during on-site European visits by Mr. Capers and his wife.
Some day, one hopes, Prussia collectors generally will use this information and this marking system. The enhancement to collecting "R.S. Prussia" will be immeasurable.
Michel www.rubylane.com/shops/antiquetreasuebox