French Quimper Art Pottery Types Marks Dates Values / In-Depth Illustrated Book

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QUIMPER
POTTERY: A FRENCH FOLK ART FAIENCE
by Sandra Bondhus, privately published, 1981.
This rare out-of-print book is an in-depth pictorial guide to antique Quimper pottery.  A collector’s item in itself, this scholarly text  “provides a comprehensive study of the famous peasant pottery of Brittany.  A complete historical treatise in addition to chapters devoted to fabrication, patterns, marks and artists is included.  Full color plates document the constantly evolving folk art patterns and forms.  The appendix, consisting of the five late 19th century through mid 20th century factory catalogs, provides the collector or antiques dealer with thousands of pictorial examples for study and comparison.”
8.6” x 11.2” hardback with dust cover in very good condition.  244 pages.
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