Author: Hyde, J. A. Lloyd, Title: ORIENTAL LOWESTOFT - With Special Reference to the Trade with China and the Porcelain Decorated for the American Market.
Description: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, ND (copyright 1936), No 7 of a limited edition of 1000, x, 162pp inclusive of col'd frontis and 30pp collotype plates, dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine and upper board, decorative head and tail bands, upper edge gilt, fore and lower edges uncut, in modern dark blue cloth covered slipcase bearing original slipcase label, the expression 'Oriental Lowestoft' has become a generic name for all porcelain made in China for export to Europe and America (as a result of erroneous attribution by Chaffers, 1863) and is the subject matter of this book, not exclusively porcelain made at the Lowestoft factory although there is a history of that factory and a description of their output, with monotone illustrations of many examples mainly from American collections, a little bumped at head of spine and lower corners, lightly rubbed at extrems., very good in a very good slipcase,
Keywords: porcelain ceramics lowestoft pottery limited
Price: GBP 12.00 = appr. US$ 17.14 Seller: A Book for all Reasons
- Book number: 39708
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