Tunbridge Ware; and related European decorative woodwares - Killarney-Spa-Sorrento

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First published 1989. Provides a history of the Tunbridge wares industry with much about products [decorative woodwares often intended as souvenirs] and their makers and their identification. Published especially for collectors. Structured in three parts, viz: Part 1] 'Tunbridge ware - the pre-mosaic period' - 'Tunbridge - the well and the ware' / 'The London Tunbridge ware industry' / 'The Brighton Tunbridge ware industry' / 'Tunbridge ware production and sale at other centres' / 'The nature of Tunbridge wares prior to c1830'; Part 2] 'Mosaic Tunbridge wares from c1839' - 'The new nosaic wares' / 'The Victorian Tunbridge ware industry, 1830-75' / 'Methods of production' / 'Victorian Tunbridge ware designs and their sources' / 'The industry in decline, 1875-1939' / 'Modern craft workers in Tunbridge ware' / 'Tunbridge ware makers' - providing profiles of Tunbridge, Tonbridge, Brighton, Worthing / Weymouth makers; Part 3] 'Related decorative woodwares' - 'Killarney inlaid woodwares '/ 'Spa woodwares' / 'Sorrento woodwares' / 'A note on Mauchline and Scottish souvenir woodwares'. Appendices include a schedule of 'Tunbridge ware manufacturers and retailers' [pp246-61] Much about Burrows family; Thomas Barton; Boyce, Brown & Kemp; Hollamby family; George Wise