Veilleuses: A Collector's Guide: A Definitive Review of Ceramic Food and Tea Warmers, 1750-1860
by Harold Newman
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0845347551
- ISBN 13
- 9780845347553
- Seller
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Norfolk, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
1988 black hardcover & DJ are in very good condition, some wear to covers, no marks inside. US media mail for shipping. It's a reference study of thirty years of research and travels by a leading collector of veilleuses. The word Veilleuses derives from the French veiller, 'to keep a night vigil.'examples of all types of veilleuses, from those made of the finest decorated porcelain to others made of faience, creamware, and glazed pottery-even two of English silverware. The many different styles of design and decoration are fully described, including polychrome enameling, gilding, ornate openwork, low-relief applied figures, and lithophane plaques. This work discusses the manufacture and characteristics of veilleuses in England, France, Germany, Italy, Austria, Russia, Bohemia, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Belgium, Holland, Sweden, Portugal, Spain, and the United States.
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- Bookseller
- Poco Productions (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4203poco
- Title
- Veilleuses: A Collector's Guide
- Author
- Harold Newman
- Format/Binding
- Very good binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0845347551
- ISBN 13
- 9780845347553
- Publisher
- Cornwall Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1988
- Keywords
- Ceramic Food and Tea Warmers
- Bookseller catalogs
- Crafts & Hobbies;