Ceramic Art of Great Britain from Pre-historic Times Down to the Present Day; being a history of the ancient and modern pottery and porcelain works of the kingdom and of their productions of every class
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- Author(s) Jewitt, Llewellynn
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1878
- Pages 2 vols; 531pp & 569pp; illus
- Publisher Virtue & Co
- Place Published London
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Revised 1883. From the 18th century largely comprises profiles of individual businesses, many of which businesses were slight. These are structured on a district basis. Has chapters: Volume 1]: 'Romano-British pottery ...'; 'Anglo Saxon pottery ...'; 'Pottery of the Norman and medieval periods ...'; 'Pottery in England in the eighteenth century ...'; 'The Fulham Works ...' [ie central London]; 'Chelsea ...'; 'Worcester ...'; Salopian ...'; 'Plymouth ...'; 'Bristol ...'; 'Nottingham ...'; Volume 2]: 'Tyne, Tees and Wear ...'; 'Liverpool ...'; 'Derby ...'; 'Chesterfield ...'; 'Stoke on Trent ...'; 'Burslem ...'; 'Hanley and Shelton ...'; 'Etruria ..'; 'Longton ...'; 'Tunstal ...'; 'Swansea ...'; 'Irish ceramics ... '; 'Scotland ...'. See also G A Godden, , 282pp, 1972, which re-presents the material within a different structure and also provides a general commentary on the book