Antique French Porcelain Makers Types Development - Vincennes-Sevres Etc. / Book

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”Apart from occasional monographs on specialized aspects of the subject, George Savage’s book is the first comprehensive work in its field since 1906.”  Supplemented by 4 color and 214 black-and-white photographs and 215 porcelain marks, this early out-of-print book is an in-depth scholarly survey of
SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURY FRENCH PORCELAIN
by George Savage, Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd., NY, 1960/1969.
This comprehensive study “begins with a brief survey of the historical background, and throughout the text sets the factories and wares in their social background.  The peerless standard set by the French made their products much sought-after and they became the target for fakers and forgers.  The author gives a great deal of information that will fortify the collector against foolish mistakes.  He lucidly explains styles, decorative motifs, the work of famous modellers and decorators and, of course, colors, gilding and chemical constituents of bodies.”
This text covers by chapter: A Survey of French Decorative Art in The Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries; The Earliest French Porcelain; The Chantilly Factory; The Later Soft Porcelain Factories; Vincennes-Sevres; Hard Porcelain in France; The Factories of Alsace and Lorraine; The Later Paris Factories; Tournai and St. Armand-les-Eaux; Forgeries; Marks, Date Letters, Artists Marks; Bibliography; and Index.  This invaluable book belongs in the permanent reference library of the collector, dealer, or historian of European pottery and porcelain.
6” x 8.9” hardback with dust cover in very good condition.  243 pages plus photo plates.
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