Post 8vo, cloth limp, with numerous Illustrations and a List of Marks, 4s. 6d. A Handbook of Pottery and Porcelain; or, History of those Arts from the Earliest Period. By HODDER M. WESTROPP. "Collectors, amateurs, and all who take an interest in the potter's art, will find this work very instructive. All the famous manufactories, whose works have become historical, are briefly dealt with, and their marks given, with accompanying descriptions, dates, &c. An immense amount of information has been most skilfully condensed, and the work is issued in tasteful form, with many admirable illustrations."-DAILY CHRONICLE. "Mr. Westropp has spared no pains to make his handbook useful to the collector and interesting to the general reader. The book is well and copiously illustrated. His list of manufactories is very complete, and his series of trade marks will be a great safeguard to buyers."—GRAPHIC. ... · CHATTO & WINDUS, PICCADILLY, W. PREFACE. In preparing this little book, the authorities principally consulted are Brongniart, Salvétat, Ebelmen, Roscoe, Jewett, Shaw, Binns, Stanislas Julien's tranlation of a Chinese work, Zeigler, Jacquemart, Marryat, Birch, besides various reports and articles in technical and other reviews and journals. I am also indebted to several potters and decorators for valuable information. I have endeavored to give in as small a compass as possible a clear account of the manufacture and decoration of pottery of all kinds, and even at the risk of repetition have tried to be perfectly clear; always endeavoring to imagine myself explaining the various processes to persons. utterly ignorant of the subject. Any such persons, if desirous of knowing more, will find the names given of the principal works on pottery. No illustrations of machinery, firing apparatus, etc., are given, because they could not be made thorough enough to be of use to potters, and few others could understand the working drawings which can be found in full in |