Research Catalog

Title

World ceramics ; an illustrated history / edited by Robert J. Charleston. [Authors]: John Ayers [and others]

Author

Charleston, R. J. (Robert Jesse), 1916-1994.

Publication

New York : McGraw-Hill, [1968]

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Additional Authors

Ayers, John.

Description

352 pages : illustrations (part color), maps; 35 cm

Subject

• Pottery > History
• Porcelain > History
• Geschichte
• Keramik

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. 8.

Contents

The nature of ceramic history; summary of basic techniques -- Mesopotamian pottery -- Slip-painted pottery of Iran and Afghanistan -- The Fatimid pottery of Egypt -- Sgraffiato wares of North and North-West Iran -- Seljuq fine wares of Iran -- Seljuq pottery of Mesopotamia (Raqqa and Rustafa) -- Seljuq pottery in Asia Minor -- Persian pottery -- Mamluk wares of Egypt and Syria -- Blue-and-white wares of Iran and Syria -- Ottoman-Turkish pottery -- Pottery of the Safavid and Kajar periods of Iran -- Europe: the lead-glaze tradition and salt-glazed stoneware -- Byzantine pottery -- Stoneware -- Europe: the tin-glaze tradition -- The development of maiolica (majolica) -- The influence of China and dominance of Delft -- The 18th century: the dominance of France and influence of European porcelain -- European porcelain -- Early soft-paste porcelain -- German hard-paste porcelain -- The dominance of Sèvres -- French soft-paste porcelain -- French hard-paste porcelain -- Staffordshire and the rise of industrialism -- Lead-glazed and variegated wares -- White salt-glazed stoneware -- Creamware -- The role of Thomas Whieldon -- Wedgwood pottery -- Other Staffordshire potters -- The Leeds pottery and other centres -- Pottery in an industrial age -- The modern movement in industrial ceramics -- Artist-potters from 1860 -- Glossary of terms -- Factory marks.

LCCN

68024604

OCLC

• ocm00443514
• 443514
• SCSB-5390966

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries