Rare Book English Antique Enamel Ceramic Boxes Wonderfully illustrated in color, this rare out-of-print book provides an in-depth survey of antique

ENGLISH ENAMEL BOXES – FROM THE EIGHTEENTH TO THE TWENTIETH CENTURIES. By Susan Benjamin, Orbis, London 1978/1983.

As English enamels rarely carry any identification marks, the problem, which has always confused collectors, is the attribution of a particular piece to its source of manufacture. With 80 beautiful color plates, illustrating over 230 different objects, the author shows how pieces can be dated and attributed, tracing the histories of the different factories and revealing their individual characteristics. Covered by chapter are: Introduction; History and Techniques of Enamelling; Manufacturing Processes; York House, Battersea; London; Birmingham; South Staffordshire; Liverpool, Continental Painted Enamels; Fakes, Forgeries and Replicas; Decline and Revival of a Craft; Collecting; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography and Index. This book is a work of scholarship on this subject, which makes it invaluable resource reference book to those who collect antique boxes.

7.7 in. x 10 in. hardback with dust cover in very good+ condition. 128 pages.

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