Ceramic Wares

A superb visual encyclopædia. for collectors, practitioners, and students of ceramics who are in need of technical and yet handy referencing to those types and techniques known first by their materials and second by their manufacturers: under the listing for a given ware type, thorough descriptions of physical makeup and techniques for making are followed by names, dates and places of manufacture where exemplary pieces can be found.
I discovered, thanks to this ebook, that a ceramist had to be a chemist in order to master his art. The amount of information given in this ebook is simply astonishing; one finds not only detailed descriptions, but recipes for glazes and special finishes. E-dition

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For example, under AGATEWARE are credits directing the reader to the English manufactories of Wedgwood, Astbury, and Whieldon as originators and standard-makers for European agateware since the 18th Century. All entries are cross-linked and you can easily access the alphabetical index from the menu to jump from A to Z or use the Lexicon to find a specific entry.
Each page has a drop-down list of the entries for that page to quickly jump to the item that interests you the most.

An appendix provides specifically historical treatments for the three most general types - "earthenware", "stoneware", and "porcelain" - by placing their oriental and occidental origins of manufacture.

This ebook is fully illustrated, over 200 pictures. All the pages can be searched or you can extend your search to the whole ebook. An alphabetical index, a lexicon, cross-links make the navigation of this ebook a simple thing personal notes editor and web browser make this ebook a complete tool for the student or the pro.