Majolica Manufacturers 317 Photos + Marks / In-Depth Illustrated Book

Description

Over 300 brilliant color photographs with identifying captions highlight this early  out-of-print book which provides a “comprehensive examination of the stunning art of majolica – the extremely popular, highly collectible Victorian earthenware that is enjoying a revival.  [This scholarly text] traces the techniques, innovations, influences, and inspirations of the majolica artist.”
MAJOLICA
by Nicholas Dawes, Crown Publishers, Inc., NY, 1990.
This book, which is a collector’s item in itself, covers by chapter:  English Majolica and the Evolution of Style (TheAnglo-French Style and Formal Taste, Majolica in Romantic and Revivalist Taste, and Oriental-Style Majolica and
Japonisme
); The Making of Majolica (Glazes, Kilns, and the Genius of Leon Arnoux ‘True Majolica,’ Body Types and Molding Techniques); English Majolica Manufacturers and Their Marks (Minton, Table of Minton Datemarks, Wedgwood, George Jones, W.T. Copeland & Sons, Joseph Holdcroft, S. Fielding & Co., Brown-Westhead, Moore 7 Co., Royal Worcester, Other English Manufacturers, and English Registry Marks); Majolica in Continental Europe (The English Taste and Palissy Ware, Avisseau and the Followers of Bernard Palissy, Sarreguemines, Jijoin, and Limoges, Lorraine, Other French Manufacturers, German and Scandinavian Manufacturers, Majolica in Portugal); Majolica in America The Fledgling American Industry, Griffen, Smith & Hill – The Phoenixville Pottery; The Bennett Pottery; The Chesapeake Pottery, Morley & Co., The New Milford Majolica and Wannopee Pottery Companies, The Faience Manufacturing Company, The Hampshire Pottery, The Peekskill Pottery Company / Harrison’s Pottery Works, The Philadelphia City Pottery / Jefferds and Co., The New York City Pottery, and Other American Manufacturers); Modern Reproduction Majolica (new Markets for Old Designs, Mottahedeh, The Haldon Group, and Porta); Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; and Index.   This book is an invaluable reference for the serious collector, dealer, or historian of antique majolica / maiolica.
Oversize 10.2” x 10.2” hardback with dust cover in very good condition.  192 pages.
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