Edwards, Diana (and) Brian Gallagher - British Ceramics, 1675-1825

Charlotte, N.C. The Mint Museum, 2015. A black casebound book with the title in gilt down the spine. There is a glossy illustrated dust jacket, with the title printed in green and in white down a black spine. The front and back free and pasted end pages are neon yellow. Pages: (5), 6-272. Contains more than two hundred color photographs from the collection. The Mint Museum's collection of British ceramics is one the best and largest in the United States, numbering over two thousand items. It boasts objects from all the major centres of production: Wedgwood, Chelsea, Worcester and Staffordshire. The collection is remarkable for its vast range and includes salt-glazed stoneware, lead-glazed earthenware, creamware, and soft and hard-paste porcelain. This important and visually stunning new publication features two hundred highlights selected on account of their rarity, craftsmanship, or as important examples of particular methods of production or decoration. There are scholarly entries, two illustrated essays on the collection, and a bibliography. VG+/VG+: Looks like it has never been taken from the shelf .

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