English Worcester Porcelain 1751-1851 Types Patterns Shapes Marks / Scarce Book

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THE DICTIONARY OF WORCESTER PORCELAIN 1751-1851, VOLUME I
by John Sandon,  Antique Collector’s Club, Ltd., Suffolk, 1993.
This scholarly text deals with Worcester porcelain produced between 1751-1851, and “contains detailed new information which has emerged following excavations on the original factory sites.  Illustrated for the first time are some major finds which shed new light on the first few years of porcelain making in Worcester.”
This oversized book treats more than six hundred dictionary entries, provides an historical survey, a comprehensive illustrated section on marks to date and a select bibliography.  “A significant section on redecoration classifies the controversial pieces which have been altered at some time to increase their desirability, suggesting when and where this redecoration took place, and highlights pitfalls for collectors.  For the first time details of every principal workman connected with the factories who can be identified, every named pattern, and all the principal shapes and forms of decoration are gathered together in one volume….[It is] bound to become the standard work of reference on the subject.”  101 color plates are supplemented by 463 black and white illustrations.  Collectors, curators, and lovers of porcelain will find this encyclopedia a big asset to their reference libraries!
8.75” x 11.0”  hardback with dust cover in very good condition.  384 pages.
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