Pottery & Porcelain A Guide to Collectors by Patrick Litchfield ,VGC. Containing 150 Illustrations or Specimens of Various Factories,7 Coloured Plates,& Marks & Monograms of all the Important Makers. 10 1/2 inches by 7 approx. Hand signed by author and dedicated to his late brother John,1900.Georgeous gilt decorated & bevelled boards.Covers all the top makers,Sevres,Dresden ,Chelsea & Bow,Adams,Leeds, Abruzzi Ware,Burslem etc etc and also contains chapters on forming a collection,,hints & cautions etc. Make no mistake this is not a run of the mill pottery book.It is a large format and lavish item ,with masses of information on fine china, makers & their wares & marks and a very hard to find item,especially signed. Litchfield was a well known top flight dealer,and ran the Sinclair Galleries in the Shaftesbury Avenue in London's west end in the Victorian era.
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