Porcelain figurines / Nathaniel Harris
1975, 2nd Edition. Berkshire, Eng. : Sampson Low. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #339389
ISBN: 0562000100
Physical description: 79 pages: illustrations (some colour); 30 cm. Contents: The Development of Porcelain -- The Search for the Secret -- How Figurines are Made -- Meissen -- The Secret Spreads -- 18th-Century Themes: Chinoiserie -- 18th-Century Themes: The Commedia dell'Arte -- Some German Centres -- French Porcelain: Sevres and Neo-Classicism -- 18th-Century Themes: Gods, Heroes and Nymphs -- 18th-Century Themes: The Arcadian Dream -- Other Continental Centres -- English Figurines -- Chelsea -- Bow -- Derby -- Worcester -- Longton Hall -- Plymouth and Bristol Hard-paste -- Lowestoft -- Rockingham -- The Victorian Period -- Parian Ware -- Modern Figurines. Subjects: Porcelain. Porcelain, European Collectors and collecting. Figurines Collectors and collecting. Porcelain, European. Figurines. European porcelain figurines, to 1974 Collectors' guides. Genre: Illustrated.
Price: €12.95