English Pottery Contributor(s): Poole, Julia E. (Author) |
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ISBN: 051159724X ISBN-13: 9780511597244 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $191.25 Product Type: Open Ebook - Other Formats Published: September 2010 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Art - Crafts & Hobbies | Pottery & Ceramics |
Dewey: 738.09 |
Series: Fitzwilliam Museum Handbooks |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This beautifully illustrated book gives a colorful impression of the vitality and diversity of English pottery made between the late thirteenth and the late twentieth century. It describes the main types of earthenware and stoneware, and discusses the most important technical, stylistic and social influences that shaped their development. The sixty-four pieces of pottery shown in a historical sequence are in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, which houses one of the world's most extensive and varied collections of English pottery. |