"Staffordshire potter Josiah Spode made the Willow-pattern and other Chinese-inspired designs a trademark of his company. From the archives of the Spode company and other unpublished sources, the author gives a detailed account on the history, development of this tradition, manufacturing process with a studied selection of illustrations and descriptions of various motifs from Spode and other potteries. The glossary, terminology, and appendices further augment this study that will meet the demands of collectors and ...
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"Staffordshire potter Josiah Spode made the Willow-pattern and other Chinese-inspired designs a trademark of his company. From the archives of the Spode company and other unpublished sources, the author gives a detailed account on the history, development of this tradition, manufacturing process with a studied selection of illustrations and descriptions of various motifs from Spode and other potteries. The glossary, terminology, and appendices further augment this study that will meet the demands of collectors and connoisseurs."--"Kerameiki Techniques." "Of interest to collectors...expanded in scope to include many polychrome designs, as well as more information on the tea trade."--"Ceramics Monthly."
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First edition (hardback). 8vo (25cm by 19cm), [x], 182pp. Illustrated throughout in b&w, plus 4pp colour plates. Original black cloth, dustwrapper. The book and the dustwrapper are in very good condition (dustwrapper price-clipped). ISBN 0289708931.
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Very good(+) in very good(+) jacket. Extensively illustrated. 182pp., 8vo, black cloth, d.w. New York: Rizzoli, in association with Christie's, (1980). A very good (+) copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper.
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Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 028980177X. Hardcover with dustjacket, book is in excellent condition, a brief gift inscription on the first blank page is the only remarkable flaw, the jacket is also in excellent condition and has no remarkable flaws, the original price is present and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included, "in a much revised and extended new third edition, with additional colour photographs, is established as the principal reference work on the Willow pattern, " also includes references and a bibliography; 214 pages.
Excallent technical journal on Willow Pattern china and the numerous variations from 1780s to 20th century and outline of introductions. Although dealing mainly with Spode wares it includes examples from a number of othe contemporay British potteries. Well presented & bound, excellent photographs. Good techinical information on underglaze transfer prnting technique, firing and glossary together with blue and white colour guide.