Author: American Art Association, Anderson Galleries (Firm)Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 105
Book Description
Collection of Mrs. Miles White, Jr Important Early American Silver by Foremost Silversmiths of the Colonies, Choice American and English Glass, Staffordshire, Liverpool, Worcester, Whieldon, Spode, Oriental Lowestoft, and Other Ceramic Ware, American and English Furniture, Samplers, Coverlets, Dressed Dolls and Other Decorations Removed from Mrs. White's Residence ... and from the Baltimore Museum of Art Sold by Her Order
Author: American Art Association, Anderson Galleries (Firm)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 105
Book Description
The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
Pottery and Porcelain: From Early Times Down to the Philadelphia Exhibition of 1876
Author: Charles Wyllys ElliottPublisher: Library of Alexandria
ISBN: 1465604103
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
ÊWHAT we have attempted has been to gather and present, in a way to be easily understood, the most important facts respecting ÒPottery and Porcelain.Ó The study of this interesting subject has for more than a century been constant in Europe, and notably so during the last twenty-five years. A correct knowledge of it may now almost be called a liberal education. In the United States something has been done; and the public mind is now asking, ÒWhat is it that makes Ôpottery and porcelainÕ so attractive to scholars, statesmen, women, and wits?Ó In some degree we have answered this question. My part of the work has been to gather where I could such historical and technical facts and such illustrations as seemed most valuable, not only to the student but to the collector. Many of these came from Europe, of course, where since Queen AnneÕs day the love of Òold chinaÓ has at times risen to enthusiasm. But I have drawn from our own collections whenever it has been possible. In the preparation and engraving of the illustrations I hope the judicious critic, as well as the judicious public, will give due credit to the publishers and their artists, who, it seems to me, deserve great praise for having so well done what they have undertaken to do. Permit me to say a word forcollectors. Busy men who are making railways and coal-pits, under the pleasing illusion that they are developing the country more than the rest of us, are apt to think a man with any hobby except that of making money is wasting his time. I would like to remind the reader that there are a fewÑmany of them young men and young women tooÑwho have money enough for all reasonable wants, and who do not care to waste time and life in getting more money, for which they have no special uses; these persons find a perennial occupation in the study, the comparison, the purchasing, the collecting, of all that will illustrate their subject of studyÑtheir hobby. Around this subject of pottery and porcelain may be grouped, if one so pleases, all the habits, the wants, the inventions, the growths, of human society. Some have yet a notion that the study of the politics and the fightings of man is most important; others, how man came to be an Arminian or an Augustinian; others, whether the sun is or is not gradually cooling down, and must finally cease to be, or whether, on the contrary, its flames are fed by the self-sacrificing stars. Without detracting from their labors, I beg leave to say that my great hobby or central fact being the home, I hold that whatever makes that interesting, beautiful, or useful, is, or should be, interesting, beautiful, and useful, to all the world. I believe that what we call politics, or government, is only valuable in that it helps to create and to protect desirable homes; all the restÑall the speeches, and processions, and crownings, and court-balls, and receptions, and dinnersÑare Òleather and prunella.Ó
The Encyclopedia of Ceramics
Author: William Percival JervisPublisher: Franklin Classics Trade Press
ISBN: 9780344221538
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 672
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
The New Laokoon
Author: Irving BabbittPublisher:
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Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Marks and Monograms on Pottery and Porcelain
Author: William ChaffersPublisher:
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Category : Porcelain
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description
The Orphan of Pimlico and Other Sketches, Fragments and Drawings
Author: William Makepeace ThackerayPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
The Pottery and Porcelain of the United States
Author: Edwin Atlee BarberPublisher:
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Category : Porcelain
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
Majolica and Fayence
Author: Arthur BeckwithPublisher:
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Category : Decoration and ornament
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
History of Ancient Pottery
Author: Henry Beauchamp WaltersPublisher:
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Category : Mythology, Classical
Languages : en
Pages : 650
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