Lovely Hull Pottery book by Felker Lovely Hull Pottery, Felker. Wallace-Homestead 1974. Out of print. 48 pages on board, 23 color plates. Spiral bound. Lines illustrated include Tulip, Magnolia, Woodland, Wild Flower, Rosella, Water Lily, Parchment and Pine, Open Rose, Narcissus, Orchid and other various designs. Owners name on title page and on price guide.

keywords: antique collectible reference pottery porcelain book
Circa: 1974
Publisher: Wallace-Homestead  

Collecting Shawnee Pottery Book Collecting Shawnee Pottery, by Mark E. Supnick. L-W Books 1989. Paperback, 76pgs. 28 color plates, 5 ½" x 8 ½". Each plate has an itemized description of figures on the preceding page. Features planters, cookie jars, vases, teapots. Very good condition. Upper right cover corner appears to have had a price tag removed with a sharp object.

keywords: antique collectible reference

Circa: 1989
Publisher: L-W Books  

Deruta Pottery book by Fiocco and Gheradrdi Titled La Ceramica Di Deruta dal XIII al XVIII secolo, Deruta Pottery from the 13th to the 18th Century, by C. Fiocco and G. Gheradrdi. 1994, Volumnia Editrice, Perugia. Hard back, 366 pages, #973, both Italian and English text and descriptions. Contains outstanding color and black and white plates the bible on Deruta pottery. Comes in the original slipcover, dust jacket excellent - book is mint.

keywords: antique collectible reference pottery porcelain book
Circa: 1994
Publisher: Volumnia Editrice  

Flow Blue China / Mulberry Ware book by Petra Williams Outstanding reference book on Flow Blue china and Mulberry Ware, from about 1835 - 1910. It is a companion to her first two books on Flow Blue china - this is subtitled "Similarity and Value Guide". Pages show a color photo of a piece, with its proper name, maker, a detailed description of the scene, marks on the piece, and the date made. Ms. Williams groups the patterns by scene type, such as the "Oriental" and "Floral" categories. Nice index of patterns in the back. Hardback - 9" x 6" - in gently used condition. Pub. 1986, Fountain House East, Jeffersontown, KY, this is the "revised edition", 209 pages.

Key words: romantic staffordshire china
Circa: 1986
Publisher: Fountain House East  

Two Arts & Crafts Movement Reference Books The first book is "Arts & Crafts Design" "A Selected Reprint of Industrial Arts Design" by William Varnum, 1995 Gibbs Smith Publisher. Paperback 248 pages. 128 black and white photos and 65 line drawings - in very good condition with only light wear to covers.

The second book is "Collector's Style Guide Arts and Crafts" by Malcolm Haslam. Ballantine Books, 1988, 168 pages, softbound. Color and black and white photos of Arts & Crafts Movement pieces - separate chapters for furniture, metalwork, ceramics, books, jewelry - lists of makers. Light wear to covers - generally very nice condition.

Keywords: antique collectible reference book glass
Circa: 1995
Publisher: Gibbs Smith  

Vintage Magazines with Tile and Pottery Articles Great group of 9 old trade magazines, all with invaluable reference articles on antique tiles and Arts & Crafts Movement pottery companies. Included are: the Antiques Journal from May 1970 and July 1977; Spinning Wheel (antiques magazine) from: Nov. 1970, Dec. 1970, Nov. 1971, Dec. 1971, Jan. 1973, June 1973, Sept. 1973, and a subject index to Spinning Wheel magazine for 1977.

Here are some of the articles in these magazines: California Art Tile (E.A. Batchelder), Nathan Clark's Pottery in NY state, "Tiles tell a Story" by Barbara White Morse , Isaac Broome Tiles, Rookwood's printed ware, Zsolnay pottery, Buying a Low Art Tile Stove (parts 1 and 2), University City Pottery and Taxile Doat, stove plates (Bucks County examples), the AETCO tiles of Walter Crane, University of North Dakota Pottery, Moravian Tiles (Henry Mercer), Aesop's Fables interpreted in tiles. All magazines are in generally very good condition.

Keywords: art tiles ceramic antique vintage pottery tile collectible reference catalog book



Circa: 1970
Publisher: Antiques Journal  

The Kovel's Collectors' Guide to American Art Pottery This still remains one of the better pottery reference books. Published in 1974 by Crown Publishers, 368 pages, hard bound, 10 1/4" x 7 1/8". Has a terrific index, very decent marks, photographs, drawings, and catalog pages - one section of color photographs. Dust jacket has tears, owners name on inside cover - interior pages clean and bright. Covers pottery and quite a few tile companies. (#BKKovelAP)

Keywords: antiques collectible ceramic tile reference books

Circa: 1974
Publisher: Crown Publishers  

Red Wing Collectibles Book Red Wing Collectibles, by Dan & Gail DePasquale and Larry Peterson. 1985, values updated 1990. Collector Books. Paperback 5 ½" x 8 ½". Color illustrations on all pages except for those sections illustrating marks and the value guide. The largest portion of the book illustrates their stoneware (churns, jugs, crocks) and their advertising ware. Very good condition. Bottom front right cover bent.

keywords: antique collectible reference pottery

Circa: 1985
Publisher: Collector Books  

Weller Art Pottery in Color Purviance and Schneider are the authors of this out of print paperback book from 1971 on a well known Zanesville, Ohio pottery company. There are 24 color plates, each with its own description page, on cardboard like paper, spiral bound. Shows marks, names company lines and artists, Lonhuda, Louwelsa, Dickens ware, Turada, Aurelian, Sicard, Jap Birdimal, Selma, Forest, lamp bases, Hudson, Cameo Jewel, Woodcraft, Muskota, Marengo, Zona, figurines, Pumila, Chase, Elberta, and much more! Comes w/a 1977 Price List. Very good interior condition - wear to covers.

keywords: antique collectible reference pottery porcelain book
Circa: 1971
Publisher: self published  

Zanesville Art Pottery in Color Purviance and Schneider are the authors of this out of print paperback book from 1968. 23 color plates, each with its own description page, on cardboard like paper, spiral bound. Covers companies from Zanesville, Ohio, such as S. A. Weller, including a list of lines made & decorators, J. B. Owens Pottery Company, Roseville Pottery, American Encaustic Tiling Company, the Mosaic Tile Company, and 1 page on smaller firms such as Zanesville Majolica Co., Zanesville Stoneware, Peters & Reed, and Arc En Ceil. Very good to excellent condition - minor wear to covers.

Key words: reference book books ceramic collectible art
Circa: 1968
Publisher: privately published