Spode Transfer Printed Ware 1784-1833

	Author(s): Drakard, David Holdway, Paul Publisher: Antique Collectors| Club Format: Hardcover List Price:  $89.50
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Overview:
Spode Transfer Printed Ware' first published in 1983' has now been extensively enlarged and revised' listing and illustrating every known transfer print issued by the Spode family at their Works in Stoke-on-Trent. Additional prints have been discovered since 1983 and are included in this new edition. Almost 300 illustrations are included' covering the shapes of the ware found decorated with printed designs' Spode marks found on the ware and the methods of manufacture used in the past and those practiced today. Many of the illustrations are in color' particularly the blue and white printed ware' and the informative text discusses early ceramic printing techniques such as bat printing and pluck and dust printing. No other manufacturing potter can match the long history of the Spode Works' which still holds vast stocks of engraved copperplates' including those from the 18th and 19th centuries used for the decoration of the wares illustrated in this book.

Category: Pottery & Ceramics