Makers’ names, pattern names and accompanying photographs, and a listing of the items made in that pattern (i.e. bowls, tureens, platters, plates, etc.) make this early book an indispensable resource reference work.  

ANGLO-AMERICAN CHINA: Part II : Being a Listing and Description of OTHER THAN AMERICAN VIEWS… by Sam Laidacker , self-published, Bristol, PA, 1951.

This informative text is the second of a two-part publication.  Part I of this two-volume set (Book - Part I not a part of this listing) deals with American scenes on china wares while Part II, here, is “a listing and description of OTHER THAN AMERICAN VIEWS appearing on transfer decorated wares produced by Staffordshire and other English potters in dark blue, light blue, blue, pink, purple, sepia, black, green and yellow and shades and combination of those colors on all types of articles for useful and decorative purposes.”

This book focuses on wares produced during 1815-1860.  Copiously illustrated in black and white, this book discusses, the work of Adams, Bell, Carey & Sons, Challinor, Clew, Davenport, Geddes, Hall, Herculaneum, Jackson, Jones & Son, Mason, Mayer, Phillips, Podmore, Walker & Col, Spode, Ridgway, Riley, Rogers, Stevensons, Stubbs & Kent, Tams, Wedgwood, Wood and a miscellany of unknown makers.  This practical handbook, with its great attention to marks, will be an invaluable reference source for the dealer, collector or curator of British pottery and porcelain.  See also description of Laidacker’s Anglo-American China, Part I.     

6” x 9.2” gold-imprinted hardback in very good condition.  144 pages.

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