The Price Guide To Pot-Lids: And Other Underglaze Colour Prints On Pottery
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
For collectors and connoisseurs of Victorian decorative ceramics, The Price Guide to Pot-lids and Other Underglaze Colour Prints on Pottery by A. Ball stands as an indispensable reference work, cataloguing the richly illustrated ceramic pot-lids that were produced in vast numbers during the 19th century. These small, circular ceramic covers — once used to seal jars of bear's grease, fish paste, and cosmetics — became celebrated as miniature works of art, bearing vivid multicolour transfer-printed scenes ranging from pastoral landscapes to royal portraits and exhibition buildings. Ball's authoritative guide presents a comprehensive survey of known designs, offering detailed pricing information, historical context, and classification that serves both the seasoned specialist and the curious newcomer to the field. The work illustrates the remarkable intersection of industrial manufacture and artistic ambition that defined the Staffordshire potteries at their Victorian peak, and its meticulous documentation raises a humble household object to its rightful place as a serious subject of antique study — leaving the reader to wonder just what other everyday artefacts of the past are waiting to be rediscovered and revalued.
Author: A. Ball
Format: Hardback
Genre: Antiques & collectibles
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
For collectors and connoisseurs of Victorian decorative ceramics, The Price Guide to Pot-lids and Other Underglaze Colour Prints on Pottery by A. Ball stands as an indispensable reference work, cataloguing the richly illustrated ceramic pot-lids that were produced in vast numbers during the 19th century. These small, circular ceramic covers — once used to seal jars of bear's grease, fish paste, and cosmetics — became celebrated as miniature works of art, bearing vivid multicolour transfer-printed scenes ranging from pastoral landscapes to royal portraits and exhibition buildings. Ball's authoritative guide presents a comprehensive survey of known designs, offering detailed pricing information, historical context, and classification that serves both the seasoned specialist and the curious newcomer to the field. The work illustrates the remarkable intersection of industrial manufacture and artistic ambition that defined the Staffordshire potteries at their Victorian peak, and its meticulous documentation raises a humble household object to its rightful place as a serious subject of antique study — leaving the reader to wonder just what other everyday artefacts of the past are waiting to be rediscovered and revalued.