Antique Pottery Porcelain Ceramics - Definitions Terms / In-Depth Hardback Book

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Profusely illustrated in black-and-white, this early out-of-print book on pottery and porcelain provides ”3,054 terms relating to wares, materials, processes, styles, patterns, and shapes from antiquity to the present day.”
AN ILLUSTRATED DICTIONARY OF CERAMICS
by George Savage and Harold Newman with an introductory list of principal European factories and their marks compiled by John Cushion with 604 illustrations. Van Nostrand Reinhold, NY, 1974/1976.
“An essential reference work for collectors, dealers and all those interested in ceramics, this dictionary embraces the vast range of ceramic types and terminology from antiquity to the present day. It provides a comprehensive and authoritative guide to the world of ceramics – from the humble brick to the most exquisite porcelain. Specialized words and phrases, frequently encountered in catalogs and not always accurately used, are clearly explained, together with many foreign terms – Chinese, French, German, Italian. The dictionary proper is concerned with the physical nature of pottery and porcelain…–and with periods, dynasties, and general categories of wares. Cusion’s list of marks, manufactories and personalities “provides a master reference for proper names mentioned incidentally in the dictionary and completes a book that is invaluable both for reference and leisure reading.”
7” x 10.2” hardback with dust cover in very good condition. 320 pages.
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