Schiffer Publishing.Schiffer Publishing 4880 Lower Valley Road, Atglen, PA 19310 www.schifferbooks.com These excellent specialty collector's guides are a 'must' for any professional antique dealer antique dealer n → anticuario/a antique dealer n → antiquaire m/f antique dealer antique n → and seller. Barbara Wood Barbara Wood (b. June 30, 1947 in Lancashire, England) is an American writer of historical -romance novels. Biography Barbara Wood was born June 30, 1947 in Lancashire, England. Her family moved to California where she grew up. and Robert Doares' OLD LIMOGES: HAVILAND PORCELAIN porcelain [Ital. porcellana], white, hard, permanent, nonporous pottery having translucence which is resonant when struck. Porcelain was first made by the Chinese to withstand the great heat generated in certain parts of their kilns. DESIGN AND DECOR 1945-65 (0764323113, $59.95) provides a very specific collector's guide which contributes to scholarship on French ceramics overall. This study of first-production Haviland design blends over four hundred color illustrations with history and insights from unpublished documents from archives in both France and America. From close-ups of handle drawings to photos of entire sets, OLD LIMOGES is a specialty collector's 'bible'. Georgeanna H. Greer's AMERICAN STONEWARES: THE ART & CRAFT OF UTILITARIAN POTTERS, 4TH EDITION (0764322478, $49.95) has been revised to include a revamped price guide; but it doesn't just present the usual focus on stoneware stoneware, hard pottery made from siliceous paste, fired at high temperature to vitrify (make glassy) the body. Stoneware is heavier and more opaque than porcelain and differs from terra-cotta in being nonporous and nonabsorbent. collectibles--it surveys the entire art and craft of potters, covering the history and technology of pottery pottery, the baked-clay wares of the entire ceramics field. For a description of the nature of the material, see clay. Types of Pottery It usually falls into three main classes—porous-bodied pottery, stoneware, and porcelain. production and including over 300 black and white photos and 16 color plates throughout. Even glazes are thoroughly covered, surveying the four major forms used on American Stonewares. Both of these are specialty items--and both are unparalleled in the industry, making them a 'must' for any serious collector. |
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