Books about Delft and Tin Glaze Pottery

Including books about delftware, faience and tin-glazed wares from England, Holland and the Continent.

Archer, Michael and Morgan, Brian. Fair as China Dishes: English Delftware.
International Exhibitions Foundation, Washington, DC. 1977 128 pp, 90 catalogue entries, 5 colour plates, b/w ill. throughout, very good softcover. Bibliography. From the Collection of Mrs. Marion Morgan and Brian Morgan. Very Good $25.00 [17007] Order

Britton, Frank. English Delftware in the Bristol Collection.
Sotheby Publications, London. 1982 335 pp, hundreds of b/w ill. throughout, 26 colour plates. Appendices, selected bibliography, index. Very good in a similar dust jacket. Foreword by Arnold Wilson, Preface by Michael Archer. $250.00 [17006] Order

Christie's. Fine Dutch Tiles, from the estate of the late Mabel Brady Garvan, including tiles from the Eelco M. Vis Sale, New York, 1927.
Christie, Manson & Woods LTD., Amsterdam. 1980 61 pp plus 13 pages of plates, some color. 290 lots, includes prices realized. Dutch text. Very good softcover auction catalog, paper covers worn at corners. " . . . and from various other properties and European Ceramics, Including Delft" $40.00 [17540] Order

Christie's. Dutch Delft from the Collection of the late A. Vromen Jr.
Christie, Manson & Woods LTD., Laren N.H., The Netherlands. 1979 47 pp, lots 2801 through 2902, ill. throughout in b/w and color. Prices written in and includes prices realized list. Dutch text. Very good softcover auction catalog, light sunning to paper covers. $40.00 [17541] Order

de Lorm, A. J. Catalogus van Arnhems Aardewerk / Catalogue of Arnhem Faience.
Municipal Museum Arnhem 1961 134 pp, b/w ill., Dutch text, some English. " . . . van enkele verwante producten uit Hannoversch-Muden, Lenzburg en Matzendorf en van Italiaans aardewerk, gemerkt met een haan / . . .Arnhem Faience of a few relative produkts from Hannoversch-Muden, Lenzburg and Matzendorf and from Italian faience marked with a cock" Very good softcover, prior owner name. $25.00 [17187] Order

Drey, Rudolf E. A. Apothecary Jars: Pharmaceutical Pottery and Porcelain.
Faber & Faber, London. 1978 249 pp, b/w & color ill., extensive glossary, bibliography, index. Ex library with the usual library marks, pocket, etc, but a very good copy in a very good dust jacket. ". . . in Europe and the East 1150 - 1850, with a Glossary of Terms used in Apothecary Jar Inscriptions" $250.00 [16776] Order

Francis, Peter. Irish Delftware: An Illustrated History.
Jonathan Horne Publications, London. 2000 206 pp, 200 b/w figs., 20 colour, appendices, bibliography, index. Covers the Belfast Potthouse, Dublin; the World's End Pottery, Minor Potteries: Killiane, Co. Wexford; Rostrevor; Youghal; Little Patrict Street Pottery; Stoneybatter; Limerick, Carrickfergus Clay, etc. Fine in similar dust jacket. $75.00 [17347] Order

Garner, F. H. and Michael Archer. English Delftware.
Faber & Faber, London. 1972 xxi, 106 pp, followed by 130+ b/w ill., 8 color plates. index, bibliography. "Professor Garner's pioneering work on English delftware has come to be regarded as a classic. It was in fact the first book ever to attempt a reasoned classification of these attractive wares. . . . Much research has been done since English Delftware originally appeared. The formidable task of making the appropriate additions and revisions to the text for this new edition has now been undertaken by Michael Archer of the Department of Ceramics at the Victoria and Albert Museum, a specialist in the field. The book has nearly doubled in length. In particular, it gives extensive new information about the London, Bristol, Liverpool, Wincanton, Glasgow, Irish and American "pot-houses". The black and white illustrations have been expanded by forty pages and incorporate over a hundred new photographs." Very good in similar dust jacket. $85.00 [17268] Order

Garner, F.H. English Delftware.
D. Van Nostrand Co., Inc., NY. 1948 xii, 44 pp of text plus 96+ b/w ill, 4 colour plates, index, short bibliography. One of the first good references on delft or tin-glazed earthenware. From the Faber--Van Nostrand Monographs on Pottery and Porcelain. Very good red colored boards. A good standard reference. $30.00 [16944] Order

Lipski, Louis L. Catalogue of Exhibition: Teaware in English Delft 1700 -1800.
The Tea Centre, London. 1954 32 pp, 10 objects ill. in b/w, 100 catalogue entries, addenda sheet laid in. A curious little pamphlet concerning "delft". Exhibition held at The Tea Centre, Regent Street, London from 27 November, 1954 - 1, January, 1955. Very good softcover. $60.00 [17184] Order

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