Isbn: 9780939802531 - english ceramics: the frances and emory cocke collection (3 Ergebnisse)

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Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. English text.; Paperback.; 23.5 x 30.5 cm.; 1.2 kg.; 255 pages with colour illustrations.; Used with signs of wear on the exterior and interior. Exterior shows edge wear and minor scuffs and scratches on the front cover, spine and back cover. Interior with minor signs of wear.; "Mrs. Cocke searched diligently for a number of years both in this country and in England, and succeeded in assembling well-rounded, interesting, and educational collection of English ceramics worthy of any museum. From its very first days, the collection was designed to be a study collection, to educate by illustrating the diversity of ceramic wares produced in England, with examples representing each variety of form and color and use. This was not a collection developed for collectors only but for everyone who wants to know. about the history or admire the beauty of our past. It is a collection that gives of itself. I suppose that in that way this collection reveals something about the wisdom of the collector who formed it. The collection comprises both useful wares and figures- wares that show the neoclassic, chinoiserie, and the baroque. It incorporates a dish from a family table, a teacup and saucer from a lady's tea service, and a vase or figure from a mantel shelf. It illustrates themes such as Aesop's fables, forms from nature, and the seasons of the year. No less than six inspiring figures of Neptune show the pagan god as produced by the grand porcelain factories of England in the glory of the rococo style and as expressed in the more austere neoclassic taste by the earthenware factory of Ralph Wood. This collection was actually started a generation ago, for it incorporates two Worcester jugs which belonged to Mrs. Cocke's mother and, of course, the Liverpool coffeepot which influenced our early ideas. Although I can see no good collection as being entirely complete, this one has achieved a rounded and cohesive unity, meriting presentation in this catalogue. This publication, like the collection itself, could be considered an introductory textbook. The collection was formed to enable the visitor, and now the reader, to learn more of these beautiful, yet fragile objects produced in England in the eighteenth and adjoining centuries." introduction by John C. Austin, Curator of Glass and Ceramics Colonial Williamsburg Collections.…