Kategoria BISAC: Antiques & Collectibles >> Pottery & Ceramics

ABOUT THE BOOK
From the elegant to the quirky, teapots and coffee pots come in a range of styles and designs and are among the most familiar household items. Both decorative and easily displayed, they are very collectable and can be relatively inexpensive. In this book, Steven Goss charts their development over a period of three hundred years, providing information on the materials used in their manufacture, influential factories and designers, and a guide to dating the many different styles.
* In the eighteenth century a pound of tea could cost more than a week's wages for a...

A Dan Josselyn Memorial Publication

This collection of Ford's works focuses on the development of ceramic chronology a key tool in Americanist archaeology.

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This book collects Ford's seminal...

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