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Enesco(r) Then and Now: An Unauthorized Collector's Guide
ISBN: 9780764314537 / Angielski / Miękka / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. If you thought that Enesco*r began with Precious Moments*r, this book will amaze you. Enesco is actually one of the oldest importing companies in the United States, with a history dating back to the late 1800s. Figural ceramic items imported from Japan in the 1950s and 1960s are among today's top collectibles and Enesco imported many highly collectible lines during this period, the most notable being Mother-in-the-Kitchen, or Prayer Lady, as it is commonly called. This book features a huge array of gift, collectible, and decorative items sold by Enesco, including figurines, planters,...
If you thought that Enesco*r began with Precious Moments*r, this book will amaze you. Enesco is actually one of the oldest importing companies in the ...
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143,79 zł |
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The World of Wade Whimsies
ISBN: 9780764330773 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the 1950s, the Wade potteries of England and Ireland became famous for the miniature ceramic figurines sold under the Whimsies name. Decades later, Wade is still producing Whimsies and they are popular with collectors of all ages. Over 800 striking illustrations, mostly in color, detail the sets of Whimsies, along with their presentation boxes, advertising literature, and flyers. Over 160 black and white photos display the Wade makers' marks. The Tom Smith Party Cracker figurines, miniature village sets, premiums, and promotional figures are depicted and color and size variations are...
In the 1950s, the Wade potteries of England and Ireland became famous for the miniature ceramic figurines sold under the Whimsies name. Decades later,...
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164,34 zł |
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Redware: America's Folk Art Pottery
ISBN: 9780764328411 / Angielski / Miękka / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The perfect dining room decoration for folk art lovers, redware embodies an enduring charm. From its basic clay tones to hand-painted adornments, the tableware, vessels, vases, and miniatures shown will delight. Hundreds of pieces are illustrated in full color, with accurate values for this increasingly popular art form. Several types of glazes are shown, and the pieces are presented in chronological sequence, spanning the 18th and 19th centuries. Now in its fourth edition, this book is an enduring favorite among collectors and dealers.
The perfect dining room decoration for folk art lovers, redware embodies an enduring charm. From its basic clay tones to hand-painted adornments, the ...
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61,59 zł |
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The Potters and Pottery of Miravet: Production, Marketing and Consumption of Pottery in Catalonia
ISBN: 9780955640025 / Angielski / Twarda / 270 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This rich account of potters in a southern Catalan village traces the history of pottery production and marketing and the responses of the potters to changing contexts of consumption.
This rich account of potters in a southern Catalan village traces the history of pottery production and marketing and the responses of the potters to ...
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436,82 zł |
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Blue Ridge China Treasures
ISBN: 9780764321627 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Here is a wonderful new look at the popular and highly collectible Blue Ridge China produced by Southern Potteries of Erwin, Tennessee, from 1938 to 1957. Expanding upon the research done for their first two books (Blue Ridge China Today and Blue Ridge China Traditions), the authors provide a comprehensive, pictorial review of these beautiful, hand-decorated wares.
Written with young and future collectors in mind, the book contains a special focus on exciting childrens pieces made at the pottery. In addition, collectors of all ages will find an extensive assortment of the wide-ranging... Here is a wonderful new look at the popular and highly collectible Blue Ridge China produced by Southern Potteries of Erwin, Tennessee, from 1938 to 1...
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164,34 zł |
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The Encyclopedia of American Art Tiles: Region 6 Southern California
ISBN: 9780764322303 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Over 4500 images appear in this beautiful and comprehensive, four-volume set. This massive compilation reveals the great diversity and intrinsic beauty of art tiles produced across the length and breadth of the United States from the late nineteenth through the twentieth centuries. Tile installations of great beauty include panels, individual tiles, and inserts adorning building facades, interiors, furniture, and garden ornaments. These volumes explore the wildly varying themes and distinctive art styles of six regions of the nation. Among the 161 companies represented are A. E. Hull,...
Over 4500 images appear in this beautiful and comprehensive, four-volume set. This massive compilation reveals the great diversity and intrinsic beaut...
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328,72 zł |
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The Encyclopedia of American Art Tiles: Region 4 South and Southwestern States; Region 5 Northwest and Northern California
ISBN: 9780764322358 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Over 4500 images appear in this beautiful and comprehensive, four-volume set. This massive compilation reveals the great diversity and intrinsic beauty of art tiles produced across the length and breadth of the United States from the late nineteenth through the twentieth centuries. Tile installations of great beauty include panels, individual tiles, and inserts adorning building facades, interiors, furniture, and garden ornaments. These volumes explore the wildly varying themes and distinctive art styles of six regions of the nation. Among the 161 companies represented are A. E. Hull,...
Over 4500 images appear in this beautiful and comprehensive, four-volume set. This massive compilation reveals the great diversity and intrinsic beaut...
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346,03 zł |
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20th Century Decorative British Tiles: Commercial Manufacturers, J-W: Commercial Manufacturers, J-W
ISBN: 9780764324673 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For the first time, this book uncovers the fascinating history and diverse design of decorative ceramic tiles in Britain during the 20th century. Following extensive research and study, author Chris Blanchett, a well-known British tile enthusiast and collector, has compiled the story of the companies and their products, including the major influences that affected design and manufacture during this vibrant period. Together with its companion title, this publication contains nearly 2500 striking color photographs and illustrates the work of over 110 companies, large and small. Among the firms...
For the first time, this book uncovers the fascinating history and diverse design of decorative ceramic tiles in Britain during the 20th century. Foll...
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346,03 zł |
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Glidden Pottery: Alfred Mid-Century Highstyle Stoneware
ISBN: 9781612330167 / Angielski / Miękka / 226 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is the fascinating story of the company and the people who produced Glidden pottery. The first section of the book tells about the history of the company, the important designers who worked there, and the wonderful designs they created. The second section of the book contains a richly-illustrated catalog of Glidden pottery. The photo illustrations show the patterns and shapes produced by the company, arranged by number, at a level of detail never before available. The catalog also features the authors informative commentary about individual pieces. This book is the most complete...
This book is the fascinating story of the company and the people who produced Glidden pottery. The first section of the book tells about the history o...
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381,95 zł |
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1800 Marks on American Pottery and Porcelain
ISBN: 9780895380401 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The most common marks that appear on antique American ceramics in todays markets are presented in alphabetical order. Pottery factories from the 1840s to 1930s and beyond are included. Each hand-drawn mark shown with the factory name, address and date ra.
The most common marks that appear on antique American ceramics in todays markets are presented in alphabetical order. Pottery factories from the 1840s...
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61,59 zł |
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Collecting Fiesta, Lu-Ray & Other Colorware
ISBN: 9780895381095 / Angielski / Twarda / 182 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Over 150 lines of solid-colored dinnerware were produced in the United States from 1930 to 2000. This book focuses on the most popular lines from four major and five minor companies. Homer Laughlin's Fiesta; Taylor, Smith and Taylor; Knowles's Lu-Ray; and Mr. Clemens lines led in popularity. Behind them came Zephyr, Georgette, Sevilla, Romany and Rancho, and Camwood Ivory lines. Each of these companies is fully discussed, with their marks, colors and items identified and valued for today's antiques market.
Over 150 lines of solid-colored dinnerware were produced in the United States from 1930 to 2000. This book focuses on the most popular lines from four...
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190,02 zł |
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An Overview of Homer Laughlin Dinnerware
ISBN: 9780895381187 / Angielski / Twarda / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For over 140 years, the Homer Laughlin Company, of East Liverpool, Ohio, made popular ceramic plate shapes, each with different decorative treatments that are identified by numbers and date codes. This book shows, in 805 color photographs, 43 dinnerware.
For over 140 years, the Homer Laughlin Company, of East Liverpool, Ohio, made popular ceramic plate shapes, each with different decorative treatments ...
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190,02 zł |
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Royal Copley: Identification and Price Guide
ISBN: 9780887407390 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Originally sold in five-and-ten-cent stores during the 1940s and 1950s, expertly modeled and colorfully decorated Royal Copley figurines, banks, planters, and other items have become one of today's hottest ceramic collectibles. In this first new book on the subject in 10 years, Mike Schneider uses more than 500 color photos to present 875 pieces of Royal Copley, including many previously unknown examples that have never appeared in a book before. Estimated values, based on the current market, are included in the captions, along with measurements and information about marks. Also included is a...
Originally sold in five-and-ten-cent stores during the 1940s and 1950s, expertly modeled and colorfully decorated Royal Copley figurines, banks, plant...
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143,79 zł |
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Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: Great Britain, Fascicule 16: The National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh
ISBN: 9780197260777 / Angielski / Twarda / 68 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The latest in a major series to illustrate all the ancient Greek pottery in public and private collections, this is the first Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum fascicule devoted entirely to a Scottish collection. The collection represents a wide range of pottery, including Bronze and Iron Age Greek, classical Attic, archaic Corinthian, Etruscan, South Italian, Daunian, and bucchero. The book also provides up-to-date descriptions of each vase with measurements, bibliographies, and pointers to comparative material; full illustrations with new photographs; and a profile of drawings of the more...
The latest in a major series to illustrate all the ancient Greek pottery in public and private collections, this is the first Corpus Vasorum Antiquoru...
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324,45 zł |
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Playtime Pottery and Porcelain from United Kingdom and United States
ISBN: 9780887409585 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Here is a wide range of children's play dishes of worldwide distribution to help you identify and date sets. Over 400 full-color photographs, showing thousands of pieces as well as trademarks and markings, accompany the description of tea sets, dinner sets, and other children's play items. Organized by their country of orgin and in chronological order, the descriptions include the number of pieces in a complete set, size, color, and decoration techniques, and fascinating historical facts about the manufacturers, characters and designs. Items range from 1770 to the present. Now you will be...
Here is a wide range of children's play dishes of worldwide distribution to help you identify and date sets. Over 400 full-color photographs, showing ...
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143,79 zł |
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The Collector's Guide to Pottery Birds Made in Czechoslovakia
ISBN: 9781595944627 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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215,88 zł |
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The Contexts of Painted Pottery in the Ancient Mediterranean World (Seventh - Fourth Centuries BCE)
ISBN: 9781407309514 / Angielski / Miękka / 124 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The papers that form up this collection of studies originate in a session organized by the present author at the 15th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists at Riva del Garda, in 15-20 September 2009. Contents: Introduction (D. Paleothodoros); 1) Early Sixth-Century Directional Trade: The Evidence of Attic Early Black-Figured Pottery (A. Alexandridou); 2) Sex and the Athenian woman: A contextual analysis of erotic vase-paintings from attic graves of the 5th century BC (D. Paleothodoros); 3) Red-Figure Pottery from Minoa on Amorgos (M. Manoledakis); 4) Forme, immagini e...
The papers that form up this collection of studies originate in a session organized by the present author at the 15th Annual Meeting of the European A...
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243,34 zł |
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Clasificación tipológica de la cerámica del yacimiento de la Edad del Bronce de la Motilla del Azuer (Ciudad Real, España)
ISBN: 9781407309675 / Hiszpański / Miękka / 354 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A detailed study of ceramics from the Iberian sites commonly known as 'Las Motillas' - arguably the most singular form of prehistoric settlement on the Iberian Peninsula. Located in the central area of Spain called 'La Mancha' they date to the Bronze Age (2200-1500 cal. BC), with the sites characterised by artificial tells produced by the destruction of complex fortifications with concentric stone walls. These sites were believed to be funerary barrows until the 1970s, when the systematic excavation of La Motilla del Azuer (near Daimiel (Ciudad Real), on the left bank of the Azuer River) was...
A detailed study of ceramics from the Iberian sites commonly known as 'Las Motillas' - arguably the most singular form of prehistoric settlement on th...
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652,94 zł |
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Twenty Centavos
ISBN: 9780983258247 / Angielski / Miękka / 308 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Twenty Centavos Does an artist really see things differently? Painter Paul Zacher, preparing for a gallery show in the Yucatan, is unwillingly drawn into a murder investigation in his home town of San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. A prominent antiques dealer has been shot in the head, and a twenty centavo coin found in his mouth. Zacher draws on the help and expertise of his Mexican girlfriend, Maya Sanchez, and his retired detective friend, Cody Williams, to comb the prosperous expatriate community for clues as he tries to stay out of the way of the police. The action ricochets from the...
Twenty Centavos Does an artist really see things differently? Painter Paul Zacher, preparing for a gallery show in the Yucatan, is unwillingly drawn i...
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82,54 zł |
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Royal Coronations
ISBN: 9780747812203 / Angielski / Miękka / 64 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1953, Britain celebrated the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, an event greeted at the time with widespread, nationwide enthusiasm. Sixty years on, the images and memories of the event still resonate, partly for their nostalgic appeal, but also as a reminder that while the monarchy of the modern age has had to move with the times, the affirming ritual of the coronation, with its pageantry, theatre and symbolism, is centuries old. This book takes a thematic look at the phenomenon of the coronation from its earliest origins and the meaning of the ceremonial rituals, to the precise...
In 1953, Britain celebrated the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, an event greeted at the time with widespread, nationwide enthusiasm. Sixty years on,...
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48,62 zł |