Author: E. Campbell Hancock
Title: The Amateur Pottery and Glass Painter, with Directions for Gilding, Chasing, Burnishing, Bronzing and Groundlaying
Description: London, Chapman and Hall, c1880. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated second edition copy of Edward Campbell Hancock's fascinating reference work on pottery and glass painting. This work was intended for the art student, professional artist, teacher or any member of the general public, and contains both a fascinating history and guide to pottery and glass painting, as well as instructional directions for 'Gilding, Chasing, Burnishing, Bronzing and Groundlaying&apos. With publisher's advertisements to the rear of the work. This work is complete with three beautiful chromolithographs, facsimiles 'from the Sketch Book of N. H. J. Westlake', and numerous black and woodcuts throughout. With an appendix reprinted by the special permission of the Department of Science and Art, South Kensington. In a decorative green cloth binding with gilt lettering to the front board. Externally, sound with slight rubbing. Spine is cocked. Internally, generally firmly bound. Front hinge is slightly tender. Pages are generally bright and clean with some scattered light foxing. Good . Ill.: N. H. J. Westlake. Good .

Keywords: Illustrated Colour Hancock Pottery Colour Craft N. H. J. Westlake


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