US American Pottery Porcelain Marks - Makers Dates / Rare Limited Edition Book

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THE POTTERY AND PORCELAIN OF THE UNITED STATES & MARKS OF AMERICAN POTTERS - Revised Third Edition
by Edwin Atlee Barber, Feingold & Lewis, NY, 1976.
This rare limited edition book combines two classics in a single reference -
The Pottery and Porcelain of the United States - An Historical Review of American Ceramic Art From the Earliest Times to the Present Day to which is Appended a Chapter on The Pottery of Mexico
, originally published in 1902, and
Marks of American Potters
, originally published in 1904.  This massive book, the limited edition 1976 American Bicentennial Edition, is now a classic reference in itself.  Over 800 pages including 335 black-and-white photographs and over 1000 reproduced marks highlight this rare out-of-print book. This definitive work, compiled over one hundred years ago, covers the history and development of ceramics in America.  Ceramics includes stoneware, pottery, china and porcelain.
The first book covers the evolution of pottery in early America, including brick and tile making, development of potteries from the early 17th century to the nineteenth century, and china manufactories of those early periods.  In the second volume, significance is given to early American pottery and stoneware by region:  Pennsylvania Potteries; New Jersey Potteries; New York Potteries; New England Potteries; Ohio Potteries; and Potteries of the Southern States.  This comprehensive and scholarly work belongs in the permanent reference library of the serious collector, dealer, or historian of antique early American pottery, stoneware, and china.
Bible-thick / heavy 6.3” x 9.3” hardback with dust cover in very good condition (dust cover shows edge wear / tears).  Over 800 pages.
Limited Edition of 3,000 copies
.
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