Gaudy Dutch Welsh Pottery - Patterns Makers Dates Etc. / Scarce Book + Values

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Profusely illustrated in color and black-and-white, this scarce out-of-print book provides a pictorial survey of Gaudy Dutch and Welsh china including values [see date of publication].
THE COLLECTOR’S ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GAUDY DUTCH AND WELSH
by John A. Shuman III, Collector Books, KY, 1991/1998
This comprehensive book reviews the history and production of the various manufacturers, illustrates their wares with descriptive captions, and reviews the makers’ marks.  Makers include Enoch Wood & Sons, Rogers, Riley, Phillips, Dawson, Swansea, Walley, Davenport and many others.
This text covers by chapter:
Gaudy Dutch
: Descriptions of Pictured Examples; Symbolism; Availability of Patterns; Pattern Variations; Glossary; Acquisition, Care, and Exhibition; Bibliography; Additional reading; Gaudy Dutch Price Guide; In Retrospect; Auction Supplement; and Cybis Modern Adaptions.
Gaudy Welsh
: Introduction – A Gaudy Ware Comparison; Throwing on the Potter’s Wheel; In an Earlier Era; The Anatomy of a Kiln; Kilns; Marks Used by Gaudy Welch Manufacturers; Major Gaudy Welsh Shapes; Dating Gaudy Welsh Shapes; Facts Concerning China; Kinds of Porcelain; Clays and Chemicals Analysis; Plasticity of Clay Varieties; Manufacturing of China, Pottery and Earthenware; Population Tallies; Immigrants to the United States; Pennsylvania County Map; A Quaker Colony Map; A Quaker Colony in America; United States Religious Congregations; Illustrations; An Explanation of
Some Account of the Province of Pennsylvania
; Several Kinds of Bond Servants; The “Redemptioner” and His Voyage Across the Sea; Passage Money Due by Receptioners; Newspapers’ Testimonies Concerning Redemptioners; Table of German Immigrant Ships; Some Ships Carrying Immigrants to the Port of Philadelphia in 1738; Seeking a New Identity; Sequential Waves of Immigration by Periods; Museums, and recognizing Gaudy Welsh.
Gaudy Welsh
: Pattern Numbers Associated with Patterns; Alphabetical Listing of 125 Gaudy Welsh Patterns; Viewing and Purchasing Gaudy Dutch and Gaudy Welsh; Restoration Sources; Pottery and Porcelain Publications; Gaudy Welsh Glossary; Gaudy Welsh Descriptions and Prices; Gaudy Welsh Price Guide; Terms Used by Potters; Illustrations; and Bibliography.  One of the most comprehensive texts ever published on the subject, this book is an invaluable reference resource.
8.5” x 11” softback in very good condition.  175 pages.
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