Art Deco Pottery Porcelain 1920-1930 - Makers Shapes Patterns / Scarce Book

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Beautifully illustrated with over one hundred color photographs, this book is a pictorial guide to Art Deco pottery and porcelain.
COLLECTING ART DECO CERAMICS: SHAPES AND PATTERNS FROM THE 1920’S AND 1930’S
by Howard & Pat Wilson, Francis Joseph, London, 1993/1997.
This all-color pictorial guide to Art Deco ceramics is written especially for collectors.  The photography is superb, providing rich and delightful color on every other page.  Figurines and other ornamental items are juxtaposed with decorative art pottery kitchenwares such as bowls, pitchers, beverage sets, mugs, plates, dinnerware sets, teapots and so on.  Also illustrated are examples of art pottery such as Wedgwood’s Fairyland Lustre, Radford’s delicate floral patterns, Susie Cooper’s and Hollinshead & Kirkham’s rich colors, art pottery by Moorcroft and Myott, and more.  A brief historical overview is followed by "Notes for Collectors" which include advice on starting a collection, “the Rise of Collecting Since the War,” recent trends, rules for collectors, information on decorating techniques and a checklist of potteries’ trade names and designers.  An extensive pottery index lists all the major and many small companies of the times, e.g. Burleigh ware, Carlton ware, Crown Devon, Edna Best, Gray’s, Minton, Mabel Leigh, Phoenix, Royal Doulton, Susie Cooper, Wedgwood and many others.  Backstamps are illustrated in a section of their own; a price guide is provided in a separate appendix.  Finally, a list of collectors’ clubs and a good bibliography round out this useful volume.
6.7“ x 9.4“ softback in very good condition.  112 pages.
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