Description: THE DICTIONARY OF WORLD POTTERY AND PORCELAIN: From Prehistoric Times to the Present by Louise Ade Boger, Charles Scribner’s Sons, NY, 1971. A leading reference on the identification of pottery and porcelain marks from around the world, this early out-of-print book provides extensive information on both marks as well as historical and biographical facts on the maker. This in-depth text contains 2,200 entries which are alphabetized - supported by 150 drawings, 550 makers’ marks, 550 photographs with notes and 60 color plates. This scholarly text is a compendium “spanning almost 7000 years. The entries cover manufactories, companies and individual potters, modelers, painters, and engravers; periods and styles; decorative motifs and symbols; colors, processes of firing, glazing and decoration; terms and makers’ marks, all thoroughly cross-referenced.” Coverage is, indeed, worldwide, involving Western and Eastern cultures and a complete history of both hemispheres. A most comprehensive book, this text belongs in the permanent reference library of the collector, dealer or curator of international antique pottery and porcelain. Heavy 8.25” x 11” hardback with dust cover in very good condition. 533 pages. FREE media mail shipping and handling for deliveries within the 50 United States. Rates vary for international mailings.
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