William Bowyer Honey
European Ceramic Art, From the End of the Middle Ages to About 1815: A Dictionary
of Factories, Artists, Technical Terms, Et Cetera
Faber & Faber, Limited, London: n.d. but c. 1948
Limited edition, No. 24 of 100 printed for The Book Collectors Society Octavo,
full green leather, gilt stamped decoration
Marbled endpapers, top edge gilt
788 pp with bibliography
10.75 x 8 inches
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European Ceramic Art Guide
William Bowyer Honey, c. 1948
William Bowyer Honey, c. 1948
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This comprehensive guide to antique European ceramics is organized alphabetically as a dictionary (and enclopedia) of markers and terms of art, accompanied by line illustrations and illustrations of makers' marks. There are also color photographic illustrations.
Honey was the Keeper of the Department of Ceramics at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London. According to the preface, he intended the book to be a "comprehensive guide to most of the historical and aesthetic aspects of post-medieval ceramic art in Europe." The attractive full green leather binding features a gilt griffin figure on front cover and gilt decoration on spine. The combination of fine binding and useful content makes it an excellent addition to the ceramics collector's library.