English Decorated Trays (1550-1850)
Newport, Mon, England: The Ceramic Book Company, 1964. Hardcover. Smooth green boards, gilt letters on spine & front cover, xii, 213 pp. 455 bw and color plates. VG- (minor foxing to endpapers and page edges, slightly shaken, cover corners slightly bumped). Item #29586
"Trays have for many centuries been in constant use in almost every domestic sphere for the carrying of food and other small commodities, and for the temporary storing of minor personal possessions." (intro) Nine chapters and an appendix address these creations either by material used or by origin: gold trays, silver and silver-gilt trays, Sheffield Plate, Paktong and Pewter, Japanned Metal trays, Papier-Mache trays, pottery and porcelain trays, wood and parquetry trays, Turbridge Ware trays, and metal trays. Well illustrated.
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