American Pottery Porcelain - Marks Makers Dates (1850-Present) / In-Depth Book

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”You may be the owner of a valuable piece of porcelain or pottery, but the cryptic symbol on the underside of the piece may be your only clue to its value."
KOVEL’S NEW DICTIONARY OF MARKS – POTTERY & PORCELAIN 1850 to the Present
by Ralph & Terry Kovel, Crown Publishers Inc., NY, 1985.
This book is arranged first according to symbol (anchor, birds, crown) and then alphabetically according to name (Delft, Sevres).  The new easy-to-read format makes identification a breeze: If the symbol on the piece is a shield, turn to the ‘shield’ section and leaf through until you’ve found your mark; if the mark is a name, simply check it in the alphabetical section.  Each mark is clearly illustrated and accompanied with all relevant information: factory, city and country of origin; material used; color of the mark; date the mark was used; and name of the current company (which may have changed since the piece was made).   In addition to the marks themselves, the Kovels provide supplementary sections on dating systems used by the important factories, the vocabulary of marks, fakes and forgeries, pottery and porcelain ‘family trees,’ and an extensive cross reference index.”  This comprehensive book “is sure to become the standard reference book for identifying nineteenth- and twentieth-century porcelain and pottery.  Both professional and amateur collectors will find it a most valuable tool.”
6.2” x 9.2” hardback with dust cover in very good condition (previous owners name penned on side of book).  290 pages.
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