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Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. This copy is in fine, unmarked condition bound in red cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine and upper board. There are marbled endpapers The unclipped dustwrapper is in near fine condition International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. Where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased charges will be quoted. The source book for identifying marks used by porcelain manufacturers, factories and decorators in Germany, Bohemia and Austria from the beginning to the present. This comprehensive volume includes more than 3,300 marks, many of them previously unpublished, over 1,300 porcelain products producers and decorators are identified, including marks which American importers had applied. A special chapter shows more than 650 marks of Continental and American origin which can be confused with other famous marks. English and German text. Ref HHH7.

332pp., 1023 b. & w. illus., and 282 in colour. Profusely and comprehensively illustrated history of Meissen porcelain from the 'goldmaker' Johann Freidrich Bottger's first tests to what was then the latest design, 'Japan Form', for oriental dishes, that was first shown in 1983. Drawing on extensive research in the manufactory archive and in the State's Archive in Dresden. Overall excellent condition, with small tear at bottom of dust jacket. Hardback.