Oriental Lowestoft With Special reference to the Trade with China and the Porcelain Decorated for the American Market
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. First edition, limited to 1000 copies. Hardbound. Blue cloth with embossed title. viii, [2], 166, [2], 16 double-sided bw plates and 4 color plates (inc. frontispiece). VG, previous owners' bookplate inside front cover. Item #105614
The expression "Oriental Lowestoft" has become a generic name for any porcelain made in China for export to Europe and America. This is the result of erroneous attribution by Chaffers in 1863). and is the subject matter of this book, not exclusively porcelain made at the Lowestoft factory although there is a history of that factory and a description of their output. Great copy of the first edition. With Special reference to the Trade with China and the Porcelain Decorated for the American Market. 7 chapters cover trade in oriental porcelains, the East India Companies, Jesuits in China, decoration for Western markets, pieces made for the American market, American Marine Lowestoft, famous American decorative pieces, US arms, arms of individual states and cities, and more.
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