This new, beautifully illustrated study is the first to give a broad picture of the pottery trade in the 17th to 19th centuries, covering all the main types of ware. It provides an overview of how trade influenced production and explores themes such as fashions for collecting and the export market. English Pottery sets out to fill the gap between the literature increasingly preoccupied with specialised areas of British ceramics, and recent catalogues which examine private collections of fine hand-picked specimens. Based around the comprehensive collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum, which curators began to assemble as early as the 1840s, the book explores the wider story of the development of British ceramics, dividing the subject variously by material, form, decoration and broader themes. Methods of manufacture are fully explored, as well as the trade in pots and the passion for collecting. Intended as a companion to Hilary Young's English Porcelain 1745-1795, this book is wider in scope and provides a much-needed overview of the richness and variety of the British ceramic tradition.
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Product Description:
Based on the unrivalled collections of British ceramics in the V&A, this book charts their development from simple drinking vessels of the 17th century to the sophisticated enamelled tableware of the 1800s. The narrative describes changes in taste and manners as British potters assimilated and adapted new influences from Europe and the Far East. With photographs of nearly 150 carefully chosen pieces, this volume presents an expert yet highly accessible view of a rich seam of British material culture.
About the Author:
Robin Hildyard is a Curator in the Ceramics and Glass department at the V&A. He is a leading expert in English pottery and early English glass. He is the author of numerous ceramics publications. He was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 1987.
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- PublisherV & A Publications
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 1851774424
- ISBN 13 9781851774425
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages240