Dimensions
195 x 253 x 22mm
Third Edition.
The oriental landscapes and patterns of the blue and white porcelains imported in their millions from China greatly influenced the English earthenware industry of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The Staffordshire potters copied Chinese motifs directly, or developed oriental themes of their own, but it was Josiah Spode more than any other potter who responded to the Chinese influence and made the Willow pattern, and other designs after the Chinese, very much the trademark of his company.
The blue Willow pattern is still the best known of all designs on pottery or porcelain and this book has become the principal reference work on the willow pattern. It gives a detailed account of the introduction of the pattern by Josiah Spode; records the expansion of the Staffordshire potteries; and shows the development of technologies allied to potting - notably the use of cobalt oxide as a colourant, and the process of transfer printing.
Patterns and their variants, from Spode and other potteries, are illustrated and fully described in this invaluable guide for specialist collectors, museum dealers and potters.
