No comments about Old Bristol potteries;: Being an account of the old potters and potteries of Bristol and Brislington, between 1650 and 1850, with some pages on the old chapel of St. Anne, Brislington,.

No comments about A manual of marks on pottery and procelain: A dictionary of easy reference.

No comments about New Perspectives on the Art of Ceramics in China.

1 comments about Crooke's manual of marks, pottery & porcelain.

1. My grandmother bought/sold/traded antique pottery and porcelain in the Seattle area for many years. She haunted the antique shops but it was the junkyards that drew her day after day, no matter the season.
   
   Mind you, picking junk was not her task, as she defined it. She was the treasure hunter, very often finding valuable things others had overlooked. Her passion was pottery and porcelain. It kept her supported as well, although I really never knew much about that part of it. My mom would not allow me to take these 'junker junkets' with her and I suspect that was as much for my grandmother's sake as anything. It seemed I was quite clumsy as a child. Might have been. Sometimes still am. Doesn't matter.
   
   I was reminded of her passion a few weeks ago, when a much-treasured little manual came to light from among storage boxes in our garage.
   
   It is a small paper manual (4"x6"), published by E.E. Crooke in Indianapolis, Indiana. Copyright December 1, 1937. The original price was One Dollar.
   
   It is still in its original brown mailing envelope. No, the marks from the post office are not visible because she also collected stamps. She'd apparently taken her scissors to this mailing envelope, neatly removing the stamp.
   
   Her name is handwritten in very old-fashioned writing, right on the very top of the front cover. Her ink-stamped name and address are again stamped inside the back cover and in a couple places inside. Otherwise this little booklet is in perfect condition. She was taking no chances on its being mistaken for another junker's possession.
   
   As far as the booklet itself is concerned, it would be invaluable to those who also search dusty attics and barns for old potteries. All the information in this manual has been personally researched by its author and publisher. He wrote this book not for the general public, but for those who were like himself as interested in the old pottery marks and their identifications.
   
   Writers can sign their works, as can artists and photographers. Pottery and jewelry must be marked by the artist in some individual manner, preferably a symbol, one easily placed onto the finished product.
   
   This manual is a 62 page list of the symbols hand-drawn by the author, with information about each artist or manufacturer, and where the reader can gain further information.
   
   It is, all by itself, a Treasure.

No comments about Shu fu type wares excavated in the Philippines (Manila Trade Pottery Seminar. Introductory notes).

No comments about Bergesen's British Ceramics Price Guide.

No comments about Chats on English china (The Chats series).

No comments about The collectors guide to Frankoma pottery.

No comments about Jan Van Der Vaart: Ceramics.

1 comments about Lady Head Vases.

1. A wonderful source of information for the collector, (buyer or seller) of Lady Head vases. The pictures and text provide comprehensive information for the seeker of these fine collectibles. After referring to a friend's copy of Zavada's book, I had to get my own.