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• TITLE: Collecting Old English Lustre Ware

• AUTHOR: W. Bosanko

• PUBLISHER:  George H. Doran Company, New York, 1916

• EDITION: First Edition

• Binding: Hardcover

• DISCUSSION: Text extracted from opening pages of book: COLLECTING OLD LUSTRE WARE By W. BOSANKO With rosy lustre purpled o'er: Pope, Odyssey ii. LONDON WILLIAM HEINEMANN SILVER LUSTRE TEAPOT ( Trial piece by John Hancocfy The original of the teapot shown above was presented by Mr. W, H. Slater of Derby, who was a designer at Hanley Staffordshire Potteries, to Mr. F. Lawden of Hanley, now at Boscombe, Bourne mouth. Mr. Lawden states that Mr. Slater - was a distant relative of the Hancocks of Worcester and of the John Hancock who invented lustre, according to his own statement and also the statement of Shaw the Staffordshire historian. Mr. Slater assured Mr. Lawden that this was a trial pot by John Hancock and had been in the family up to the time of his presenting it to the recipient. Mr. F. Lawden has been in possession of it for many years. W. B. EDITOR'S PREFACE I BELIEVE this to be the first book on old English lustre ware ever published even in casual articles or chapters of other books the information available in print has hitherto been meagre. Yet there are many collectors of old lustre ware it still abounds, there is plenty of it to hunt for, and prices are not yet excessive. By the aid of this informative book and the study of museum examples a beginner may equip himself well, and may take up this hobby hopefully, certain of finding treasures of rejoicing for the eye. The author of this very uncommon and useful book is an enthusiast and an expert collector, resident in a district which is traditionally associated with lustre pottery. He has gone about his collecting in the spirit of research he has not been content merely to amass, he has sought to know all about his hobby and in thisbook he compares, classifies, and arranges lustre wares comprehensively, in a way that nobody else has tried to do. The illustrations, skilfully selected and finely rendered, are almost an education in themselves, and they show that the author has made of his collecting' an art as well.. Pp.[i]-xv,(1),[1]-112, including frontis. Illustrated. Small 8vo, pressed and decorated green cloth. A volume in The Collectors' Pocket Series (edited b y Sir James Yoxall).

I was an avid English pottery collector (and seller), having over 1000 pieces of the maritime pink lustre Sunderland pottery in my collection. I have divested myself of the collection, and I am selling all the reference books I had.

• CONDITION: In fair to good condition. Inscription on front page, "For my own little Doody". Please see pictures.

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