American Pottery Porcelain Whiteware - Makers Marks Dates / Dictionary Book

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THE DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN POTTERY MARKS – WHITEWARE AND PORCELAIN
by C. Gerald DeBolt, Charles E. Tuttle Co., 1988 First Printing.
“This early out-of-print hardback book is “the first book of its kind in over eighty years.”
This book is with purpose.  Stated simply, its purpose is to help identify the manufacture, the place of manufacture, and the approximate age of old American Whiteware – or – Porcelain from its mark, if, indeed it has a mark.  What is whiteware?  It is any pottery that has been refined to the extent that, in its natural state, it is white or nearly white.  It includes all pottery from cream-colored ware (Queens Ware) to porcelain, the latter being the most highly refined whiteware.  Whiteware is usually associated with dinnerware, however, its uses include numerous other household items as well.”
This book is designed to help the serious collector of old American whiteware as well as the novice.  Five points for consideration:  1) It is the first American marks book since Edwin A. Barber’s 1904
Marks of American Potters
.  2) It lists all the major American makers of whiteware – ironstone, semi-porcelain, and porcelain.  3) It has 1,000 American marks. The marks are very accurate drawings by Mr. DeBolt from actual marks or from Barber’s old book.  4) It contains many American marks found in no other book.  5) It has a unique index designed for rapid mark identification and indexed to many thousands of world marks.  For the collector and anyone interested in the history of the United States pottery industry…this is an invaluable reference work.”
8.7” x 11.3” hardback with dust cover in very good condition.  153 pages.
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