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V&A Publications can always be depended upon to produce beautifully illustrated and informative books and this one, the first to give a broad picture of the pottery trade in the 17th to 19th centuries, is no exception. It covers all the main types of pottery including slipware, salt glaze and ironstone. It provides an overview of how trade influenced production and explores themes such as fashions for collecting and the export market. It started out as a catalogue of the V&A's (Victoria & Albert Museum) collection of Staffordshire pottery but quickly grew to encompass over 200 years of English Pottery. It sets out to fill the gap between the literature increasingly preoccupied with specialised areas of British ceramics, and recent catalogues which examine private collections of fine hand-picked specimens. Based around the comprehensive collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum, which curators began to assemble as early as the 1840s, the book explores the wider story of the development of British ceramics, dividing the subject variously by material, form, decoration and broader themes. Methods of manufacture are fully explored, as well as the trade in pots and the passion for collecting. Intended as a companion to Hilary Young's English Porcelain 1745-1795, this book is wider in scope and provides a much-needed overview of the richness and variety of the British ceramic tradition. The book is is full of colour pictures to illustrate the text, most of which are pieces from the V&A's own collections and the text is well written and easy to understand. This is an ideal book for anybody with a passionate interest in English pottery. Quick Facts Title: English
Pottery 1620 - 1840 Author: Robin Hildyard Publisher: V&A Publications ISBN: 1851774424 Binding: Hardback Pages: 240 Publication Date: June 2005 Price: £50 All information relates to the UK edition.
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