Encyclopaedia of British Pottery and Porcelain Marks

Barrie & Jenkins, Communica-Europa, 1977 Book. Good. Hardcover. English text; Hardcover (with dustjacket); 765 pages with illustrations; 18.7 x 25.5 cm; 1.879 Kg; Signed by the author on front free endpaper; The dust jacket is price clipped and is slightly faded on the spine; Dust jacket wrapped in a permanent adhesive cover.; Used book in good condition.; This authoritative work lists over four thousand British ceramic marks. The main section is on alphabetic order of potters with address, date of establishment, working period, type of wares, a brief history, the location of typical specimens and specialized reference books. Then follows reproductions of the marks used by each potter, in chronological order, with their period.; "The most efficient, comprehensive and well-arranged collection of English ceramic marks yet published....exceed by nearly three thousand the number of marks in any comparable work of reference." The Connoisseur; "Of a scale and comprehensive not previously existing....admirable in layout, legibility of type-faces and reproduction of illustration." The Antique Collector; "The result of years of brilliant, joyful and laborious study." The Observer; Geoffrey A. Godden is the author of many authoritative works on ceramics. Director of a leading British firm of wholesale dealers in antiques, supplying firms and museums all over the world, and also a consultant to numerous museums and private collections..