PORCELAIN [Paperback] EILEEN ALDRIDGE

Item Condition: Used; Very Good

For the amateur collector this is an
indispensable handbook, tracing the
development of porcelain from the first
appearance of the exquisite Chinese
wares in the Middle Ages, through the
quest for a European equivalent to the
great flowering in the 18th and
19th centuries of Meissen, Sèvres,
Capodimonte, Chelsea, Wedgwood
and Copenhagen. Fascinating details
of factories, painters, patrons, styles,
colours and marks fill the book from
beginning to end. VWith the historical
background defined, the author goes
on to give practical advice on the
detection of forgeries and on the
delicate art of restoration.