Antique Ceramic Porcelain Food and Tea Warmers 18th / 19th Century / Book

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VEILLEUSES 1750-1860
by Harold Newman, Cornwall Books, NY, 1987.
”The name veilleuse (pronounced vay-euz) derives from the French ‘veiller’, ‘to keep a night vigil.’  It originally referred to any night lamp, but soon came to be applied to a warmer for food or drink.  The pottery or porcelain veilleuse is a hollow pedestal on which sits a covered bowl or teapot.  European potters during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries produced such pottery and porcelain ‘food and tea warmers,’ and these veilleuses, especially those produced between 1750 and 1860, are the subject of this extensive study.”
Over 200 color and mostly black-and-white photographs illustrate examples of this ware with complete descriptions and rich supplemental narrative.  This in-depth text covers by chapter:  Types of Veilleuses; Precursors of the Ceramic Veilleuse; England; Germany; Italy; Austria; Russia; Czechoslovakia; Switzerland; Belgium; Luxembourg; Holland; Portugal; Spain; United States; Objects Related to the Veilleuse; The Itinerant Influence; Cautions Concerning Veilleuses; Album of  Personnages; Notes and references; Addenda; and Index. This book is simply fascinating, not only for its definitive study of  little-known antique ceramic, but to many it will be an introduction to a whole new world of collecting.  This first edition book would make a wonderful addition to the permanent reference library of the collector, dealer, or historian of European porcelain.
10.2” x 11.2” hardback with dust cover in very good condition.  258 pages.
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