Books about Antique British Porcelain

Including titles on Antique English Porcelain from the Major Factories

Barker, David and Sam Cole (eds). Digging for Early Porcelain: The Archaeology of Six 18th century British Porcelain Factories.
Authors and City Museum and Art Gallery, Stoke. 1998 96 pp, b/w ill. throughout, some color. Covers six porcelain manufactories and includes the following sections: William Littler at Longton Hall by David Barker & Sam Cole; Moulded Porcelain Wares made by William Littler at West Pans by Dr. Minnie Holdaway; The Longton Hall - West Pans Puzzle by David Barker and Sam Cole; The Limehouse Story by John Potter; Porcelain Production in Newcastle-under-Lyme by Miranda Goodby; Early Worcester by Sam Cole. Of interest to both archaeology and porcelain collectors. Very good softcover. $45.00 [17281] Order

Barrett Franklin A. Caughley and Coalport Porcelain.
F. Lewis, Leigh-on-Sea. 1951 108 pp followed by 162 b/w ill. Blue cloth covers. End papers foxed and some scattered marginal foxing not affecting content. Hand numbered 116 of a limited edition of 500. $95.00 [15244] Order

Boney, Knowles. Liverpool Porcelain of the Eighteenth Century and its Makers.
Portman Press, London. 1989 viii, 223 pp, 300+ b/w ill. Very good in a similar dust jacket. $25.00 [13920] Order

Dragesco, Bernard. English Ceramics in French Archives.
, London. 1993 32 pp, 4 b/w figures, appendices in French. Includes The Writings of Jean Hellot, The Adventures of Jacques Louis Brolliet, and The Identification of the 'Girl-in-a-Swing' Factory. Very good softcover. $30.00 [17368] Order

Fisher, Stanley W. Worcester Porcelain.
Ward Lock & Co., Ltd., London. 96 pp, 97 b/w plates. From the Collector's Monographs series. Very good in a similar dust jacket. $15.00 [15001] Order

Fisher, Stanley W. The Decoration of English Porcelain: A Description of the Painting & Printing on English Porcelain of the Period 1750 to 1850.
Derek Verschoyle Ltd., London. 1954 213 pp, 137 b/w ill., index. Vg in chipped dj, prior owner label. $15.00 [15348] Order

George, Anne M. (foreword). Dr. John Wall, 1708 - 1776: A Commemorative Loan Exhibition of Dr. Wall Period Worcester Porcelain.
Albert Amor Ltd, London. 1976 52 pp, 86 catalogue entries, b/w ill. throughout, 10 color plates. Softcover gallery exhibition catalog. Very Good. $30.00 [14523] Order

Godden, Geoffrey A. New Hall Porcelains.
Antique Collectors' Club, Woodbridge, Suffolk. 2004 438 pp 457 b/w, 82 colour ill., bibliography, index. Fine in a similar dust jacket. $100.00 [17307] Order

Holgate, David. New Hall.
Faber & Faber, London. 1987 xii, 243 pp, 371 b/w ill., 19 colour plates, bibliography, index. First published in 1971 as 'New Hall and Its Imitators' this is a completely revised, rewritten and expanded edition containing over 100 extra illustrations, many of which are in the greatly expanded section on the New Hall Pattern Book. Very good in similar dust jacket. 17114 $95.00 [17114] Order

Holgate, David. New Hall and Its Imitators.
Faber & Faber, London. 1971 xvi, 112 pp, 8 colour plates, followed by 257 b/w ill. Index, bibliography. ' . . . By persistent observation, comparison and documentary research, Mr. Holgate has finally succeeded in establishing the shapes and decoration of genuine New Hall and the way it was developed between 1781 and 1835; and he has reconstructed much of the New Hall pattern book.' Probably the first comprehensive New Hall reference since Stringer's 1949 work. Includes ill. of New Hall Hard Paste, New Hall Bone China, some Chamberlain's Worcester, Minton, Caughley, Coalport, Factory X and Factory X, Y, and Z. Very good in similar dust jacket. $85.00 [17129] Order

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