Rare Book Antique Majolica Manufacturers / Marks Over 300 brilliant color photographs with identifying captions highlight this rare out-of-print book which provides a "comprehensive examination of the stunning art of majolica - the extremely popular, highly collectible Victorian earthenware that is enjoying a revival. [This scholarly text] traces the techniques, innovations, influences, and inspirations of the majolica artist."

MAJOLICA by Nicholas Dawes, Crown Publishers, Inc., NY, 1990.

This book, which is a collector's item in itself, covers by chapter: English Majolica and the Evolution of Style (TheAnglo-French Style and Formal Taste, Majolica in Romantic and Revivalist Taste, and Oriental-Style Majolica and Japonisme); The Making of Majolica (Glazes, Kilns, and the Genius of Leon Arnoux 'True Majolica,' Body Types and Molding Techniques); English Majolica Manufacturers and Their Marks (Minton, Table of Minton Datemarks, Wedgwood, George Jones, W.T. Copeland & Sons, Joseph Holdcroft, S. Fielding & Co., Brown-Westhead, Moore 7 Co., Royal Worcester, Other English Manufacturers, and English Registry Marks); Majolica in Continental Europe (The English Taste and Palissy Ware, Avisseau and the Followers of Bernard Palissy, Sarreguemines, Jijoin, and Limoges, Lorraine, Other French Manufacturers, German and Scandinavian Manufacturers, Majolica in Portugal); Majolica in America The Fledgling American Industry, Griffen, Smith & Hill - The Phoenixville Pottery; The Bennett Pottery; The Chesapeake Pottery, Morley & Co., The New Milford Majolica and Wannopee Pottery Companies, The Faience Manufacturing Company, The Hampshire Pottery, The Peekskill Pottery Company / Harrison's Pottery Works, The Philadelphia City Pottery / Jefferds and Co., The New York City Pottery, and Other American Manufacturers); Modern Reproduction Majolica (new Markets for Old Designs, Mottahedeh, The Haldon Group, and Porta); Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; and Index. This book is an invaluable reference for the serious collector, dealer, or historian of antique majolica / maiolica.

10.2 in. x 10.2 in. hardback with dust cover in very good+ condition. 192 pages.

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Scarce Book Antique Majolica Pottery Identification This early out-of-print book provides a pictorial survey of antique majolica/maiolica pottery with identifying captions and values (1986).

MAJOLICA POTTERY: AN IDENTIFICATION AND VALUE GUIDE Second Series by Mariann Katz-Marks, Collector's Books, Schroeder Publishing, KY, 1986.

This beautifully illustrated guide to Majolica is the second in a series and contains different illustrations from the first book. Chapter topics include: bowls, pieces with covers, pitchers, plates and platters, tea service, vases, miscellaneous, and marks. This second volume is not a repeat of the items shown in the first of the series. This is an essential volume for any collector of Majolica by a leading expert on the subject.

5 in. x 8.5 in. softback in very good condition. 126 pages.

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Rare Book Antique Portuguese Palissy Ceramics 'The great French sixteenth-century potter, Bernard Palissy, created a genre of rustic ceramic ware reproducing three-dimensional still lifes of natural objects, flora and fauna of all types, including small animals, reptiles, fish, and shells rendered in high relief and natural colors. His work influenced a school of artists that flourished in the Portuguese town of Caldas da Rainha, sixty five miles north of Lisbon, operating in at least twenty-five factories between 1853 and 1920. Here developed a particular style and color palette, as well as the ‘moss’ background only found in ceramics from this area.'

PORTUGUESE PALISSY WARE – A Survey of Cermaics from Caldas da Rainha, 1853-1920 by Marshall Katz, Hudson Hills Press, NY, 1999.

Lavishly illustrated with 159 color photographs, 'this volume surveys the work of the most important artists of the Portuguese Palissy revival, focusing on the two major figures, Namuel Cipriano Gomes Mafra and Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro, but also covering other important ceramists, including Jose Alves Cunha, Jose Francisco de Sousa, and Manuel Gustavo Bordalo Pinheiro. By the way of context, it provides background histories of both Portugal and Calda da Rainha.' This is an indispensable book for the collector, dealer, or historian of antique majolica pottery wares.

Oversize 9.4 in. x 12.3 in. hardback with dust cover in new condition. 140 pages.

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Delftware Antique Ceramic Tiles / Book 195 Color Photos 195 full-color illustrations with in-depth captions supplement a rich narrative in this comprehensive pictorial text on antique Delftware tiles.

DELFTWARE TILES by Hans van Lemmen, The Overlook Press, Woodstock, NY, 1997.

In this volume, we find 'the definitive visual history of Holland’s signature form of decorative art. The mania for the blue and white ceramic tiles has never been stronger among designers, collectors and other fans of delft. This stunning visual history details the three-hundred year history of delft tiles and presents in full color nearly two hundred examples of the most outstanding delftware ever produced, from the classic blue and white tiles, with their figures and landscapes to multi-colored fruit and flowers, religious and mythological scenes, and elaborate patterns covering entire walls in historic homes and palaces throughout the world. The Dutch vogue for tiles in the seventeenth century as objects of utility and decoration was fueled by an expanding middle class who saw the tiles as an emblem of class status. From Holland, the craze spread, as royalty and the upper classes from around the world used the tiles for decoration, including wealthy Americans, who decorated fireplace mantles with tiles in such stately homes as the Van Cortlandt manor in upstate New York and the Governor’s palace in Williamsburg, Virginia. Covering every aspect of the history, creation, themes, and collecting of delftware tiles, this beautiful book will be a source of reference and delight for designers, historians, ceramists, collectors and all lovers of tiles.'

Oversize / heavy 9.5 in. x 12.25 in. hardback with dust cover in protective plastic sleeve in near new condition. 224 pages.

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Antique Majolica Pottery Identification / Scarce Book Hundreds of color photographs with identifying captions highlight this early out-of-print book on antique majolica pottery.

MAJOLICA POTTERY by Mariann K. Marks, Collector Books, KY, 1983/1985.

Profusely illustrated in color, this scarce pictorial guide pictures antique majolica pottery with captions that tell dimensions, maker and marks (when known), colors and estimated price ranges [date of publication]. A special section at the end entitled 'Marks' identifies such makers as Worcester, Jones, Holdcroft, Griffin Smith & Hill, Edwin Bennett and Wellsville. Figurals in groups and single, baskets, boxes, pitchers, vases—all manner of decorative and useful kitchen items made in this colorful style are shown in patterns that often accentuate birds, floral design, and other natural motifs. This is one in a famous series of collector guides from this subsidiary of Schroeder Publishing. Values are good for date of publication. This is a great book to add to your reference library if you are a collector but also is enjoyable to browse through if you have an interest in decorated pottery.

5.3 in. x 8.4 in. softback in very good condition. 143 pages.

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Rare Book Majolica Faience Delftware Pottery 'For almost three centuries tin-glazed earthenware dominated the European pottery market. Known variously as maiolica, faience and delftware, it lent itself to the expression of a succession of tastes and fashions that swept the Western world and that were manifest in every area of the applied and fine arts.' This scarce out-of-print book provides an in-depth survey of

TIN-GLAZED EARTHENWARE FROM MAIOLICA, FAIENCE AND DELFTWARE TO THE CONTEMPORARY by Daphne Carnegy, Chilton Book Co., PA, 1993.

Superb color and black-and-white photographs, identifying captions, and an extremely rich narrative combine to make this text an invaluable reference. This book 'has been designed as an introduction and practical hand book to the subject. It is also intended as an inspiration for other potters and a source of delight for all those interested in ceramics.' In addition to reviewing the history, makers, and types of majolica, this book also reviews the techniques and processes of manufacture. This is a must-buy book for the serious collector, dealer, or historian of antique pottery.

8.8 in. x 11.1 in. hardback with dust cover in like-new condition. 176 pages.

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