Excerpt from Anglo-American Pottery: Old English China With American Views a Manual for Collectors It was originally intended to indicate the shape of the piece or the size of the plate on which each design occurs, but this classification was found to be well-nigh impossible, on ao count of the apparent lack of any definite system followed by manufacturers in the decoration of pieces. The view of the Philadelphia Library, produced by J. W. Ridgway, for in stance, is only known to have been printed on eight-inch breakfast plates, while the States and Landing of Lafay ette designs of Clews occur in all sizes, from the small cup plate to the largest platter, and, in fact, have been found on almost every variety of article belonging to table services and toilet sets. A mere list of the subjects, therefore, is presented, without regard to the shapes or dimensions of the objects which they embellish. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.