Early American Pottery and China

Early American Pottery and China
Author: John Spargo
Publisher:
Total Pages: 556
Release: 1926
Genre: Pottery
ISBN:

This book is written by a hobbyist for his fellow-hobbyists, gentle folk and kindly as a rule, though people who do not know the charm of hobby-riding may think them as cracked as some of their "pots" too often are. The purpose of the book is as modest as the hobby. It is simply to assist the amateur in order that he may pass safely and with confidence through a field notoriously full of pitfalls, -- pg. v.

American Potters and Pottery

American Potters and Pottery
Author: John Ramsay
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
Total Pages: 480
Release: 2021-03-22
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1528760646

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Chinese Export Porcelain for the American Trade, 1785-1835

Chinese Export Porcelain for the American Trade, 1785-1835
Author: Jean McClure Mudge
Publisher: University of Delaware Press
Total Pages: 322
Release: 1981
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780874131666

This revised edition of a book first published in 1962 is still the only work that goes to fresh, primary shipping sources to tell the story of America's trade in export Chinese porcelain. There are over one hundred photographs in the book covering all the major types of export porcelain both common and uncommon, made for America. Illustrated.

19 Century America

19 Century America
Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Total Pages: 270
Release: 1970
Genre: Decorative arts
ISBN: 0870990047

This book illustrates and discusses 300 prime objects displayed in the 1970 exhibition of American decorative arts displayed during the Centennial exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1970. Presented as a series of lavish room settings and galleries, the exhibit included pieces in the 19th century’s principal styles of furniture and decorative arts--Federal, Empire, Gothic, rococo, Renaissance, art nouveau, and reform. Objects featured in this book include various pieces of furniture, silver, glass, ceramics, and metalwork from the Museum’s American wing.

The Potters

The Potters
Author: Leonard Everett Fisher
Publisher: Cavendish Square Publishing
Total Pages: 56
Release: 2001
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN:

Text and pictures describe how craftsmen in colonial America made pottery.