The First Century of English Porcelain

Published by Hurst and Blackett, Limited, London, 1906

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Pea green elaborately gilt and color decorated and embossed boards, with mylar cover; Top edge gilt. xvi, 252 pp., 77 plates including 45 in color. "The manufacture of porcelain, by its difficulties, by its scientific interest, and by the beauty of the finished article, attained a pinnacle far above that reached by any other handicraft. Its history is practically a royal progress; from the very earliest days, up to the present time, it has been fostered under the protecting wing of royal patronage. .It is, then, hardly to be wondered at that we should take pride in the possession of articles the like of which have fascinated kings and queens, and taken their share in the making of the world's history, and things which also appeal to other vulenrable parts of our nature, those of intrinsic value, rarity, and beauty." (introductory) Chapters are devoted to Bow, Chelsea, Worcester, Lonton Hall, Derby, Pinxton, Lowestoft, Plymouth, Bristol, Caughley, Worcester Chamberlains, Coalport, Spode, Grainger Worcester, Swansea, Nantgarw, Minton, and Rockingham. Includes introduction, a chronological schedule of English Keramics, 3 appendices & index. This one is an exquisite copy, with a beautiful binding. VG (Carries bookplate of former owner, English art dealer Arthur Stannard Vernay [1877-1960]).

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Title
The First Century of English Porcelain
Author
Binns, W. Moore
Publisher
Hurst and Blackett, Limited, London
Publication year
1906
Binding
Hardbound
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Ceramics - European, European Decorative Arts

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Mullen Books maintains a very active computerized inventory which grows by 2-300 titles per week. Our specialties include the Humanities, with an emphasis on Art, Architecture, Photography, Decorative Arts, History, as well as Periodicals related to those areas. We have very rare as well as fairly common titles. Current inventory is approximately 79,000 titles. We have about 1000' of backlog in our specialties numbering over 30,000 items (including 20,000+ smaller and ephemeral catalogues devoted to individual artist exhibitions). Current stock occupies over 2.3 miles of shelving. We are active buyers as well as very active sellers, and supply entire reference libraries as well as individual titles. We ship books almost everywhere, with the exception of China due to restrictions. Our website mullenbooks.com maintains our entire database of over 150,000 titles dynamically, so you can submit "wants" for books which are listed, but not currently in-stock. It is a major research tool. Despite what Google may indicate, we are only open to visitors by appointment, as our schedules are dynamic depending upon the needs of our valued employees.

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