This is an important reference book on 18th-century Worcester porcelain as well as a comprehensive catalogue of one of the finest private collections in the world. Simon Spero and John Sandon, highly respected authorities with their advantage of some 60 years' combined experience, have joined forces to provide a highly informative text and detailed individual catalogue entries with sections on redecoration, excavations, a survey of marks, a useful bibliography and a comprehensive index. A special feature of this book is its lavish use of colour with hundreds of wonderful full-colour illustrations depicting some 300 individual pieces from this unique collection. As these are fully supported by an authoritative and informative text, written by the leading experts on the subject, the result is an important work of reference which should demand a place on the bookshelves of not only those with an interest in Worcester, but also all lovers of fine porcelain. It represents outstanding value for money and is an opportunity to acquire a work of quality and scholarship which is unlikely to be repeated.
