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Miller's Collecting Pottery & Porcelain: The Facts at Your Fingertips
Miller's Collecting Pottery & The Facts At Your Fingertips explains the difference between the major groups of ceramics such as hard paste and soft paste porcelain, earthenware and stoneware, and covers the major European and American factories, as well as East Asian, Islamic and Russian ceramics. The book embraces traditional collecting areas such as Sevres, Worcester and Delft along with the new collectables such as Poole, Wade and Doulton figures.
The authoritative text provides historical background with tips on what to look for, what factors affect value, the pitfalls to avoid and what sort of price you should pay. There is also useful advice on buying from auctions, dealers, fairs and even flea markets; how to conserve and display a collection; and how to insure it. Also included are listings of major auction houses, antiques centers and public collections, together with a glossary of terms.
The authoritative text provides historical background with tips on what to look for, what factors affect value, the pitfalls to avoid and what sort of price you should pay. There is also useful advice on buying from auctions, dealers, fairs and even flea markets; how to conserve and display a collection; and how to insure it. Also included are listings of major auction houses, antiques centers and public collections, together with a glossary of terms.
176 pages, Hardcover
First published September 18, 1997
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About the author
Janet Gleeson
22 books43 followersJanet Gleeson was born in Sri Lanka and has a degree in both art history and English. She has worked at Sotheby's, as well as at Bonham's Auctioneers, where she headed the Old Master Painting Department. A former art and antiques correspondent for House and Garden and editor for Reed Books, Janet Gleeson has contributed articles to numerous publications, including The Antiques Collector, Country Life, and Apollo.
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January 12, 2025
The title says it all.
Well not really. This is an in-depth book on all of the aspects of obtaining display and maintaining collections focusing on Pottery and Porcelain but not exclusive to them.
This is one of those books that is best to read every word from front to back instead of thinking of it as just a reference to your favorite collection focus.
My collection which is overlooked but still fits in the many categories is porcelain notgeld. But even that we get colored maps of origin locations and times.
There are no monetary amounts so this is not a price guide so this book can not be dated except for any recent additions.
This is definitely a place to start.
Well not really. This is an in-depth book on all of the aspects of obtaining display and maintaining collections focusing on Pottery and Porcelain but not exclusive to them.
This is one of those books that is best to read every word from front to back instead of thinking of it as just a reference to your favorite collection focus.
My collection which is overlooked but still fits in the many categories is porcelain notgeld. But even that we get colored maps of origin locations and times.
There are no monetary amounts so this is not a price guide so this book can not be dated except for any recent additions.
This is definitely a place to start.
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