Collecting as a Pastime
by Charles Rowed
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About this eBook
- Author
- Rowed, Charles
- Credits
- Produced by Chris Curnow, Elisa and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- NK: Fine Arts: Decorative and Applied Arts, Decoration and Ornament
- Subject
- Collectors and collecting
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 49556
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/49556
- Release Date
- July 31, 2015
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.COLLECTING AS A PASTIME — RAISON D’ÊTRE — CONTENTS — LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- 2.REFLECTIONS
- 3.FIRST COURSE Grandfather Clocks and Old Furniture — LACQUER CLOCKS — BAROMETERS — DRESSERS, CHAIRS, ETC. — MAHOGANY GATE-LEGGED TABLE — BUREAUX AND CABINETS — DATED FURNITURE — MAHOGANY CHESTS OF DRAWERS — TEA CADDY
- 4.SECOND COURSE Old Pewter — MARKS — PEWTER CANDLESTICKS — CHURCH PEWTER — FAKED PEWTER — PLATES AND DISHES — Tappit Hens ( Plate XIX , facing p. 43). — BRITANNIA METAL — MISCELLANEOUS PIECES — The “Odamifino” ( Plate XXVI , facing p. 74.). — CLEANING — THE TINSMITH — Conclusion — THE PEWTER POT — INSCRIPTIONS. — THE MYSTERY PIECE ( See Plate XXVII , facing p. 75).
- 5.THIRD COURSE Old Brass and Copper
- 6.FOURTH COURSE Old Mortars
- 7.FIFTH COURSE Old Pottery — SALT GLAZE — TOBY JUGS ( See Plate XXXIII ) — LIVERPOOL POTTERY ( See Plate XXXV ) — SUNDERLAND ( See Plate XXXIV ) — DON POTTERY ( See Plate XXXV ) — TURNER LANE ENDS ( See Plate XXXVI ) — WEDGWOOD ( See Plate XXXII ) — PUZZLE JUGS ( See Plate XXXIV ) — NELSON JUGS ( See Plate XXXII ) — MASK JUGS ( See Plate XXXIV ) — DELFT ( See Plate XXXV ) — ROCKINGHAM (BROWN) ( See Plate XXXIII ) — LUSTRE ( See Plate XXXIII ) — WOOD, ENOCH AND RALPH ( See Plate XXXII ) — BROWN AND BUFF STONEWARE ( See Plate XXXIV ) — TRANSFER PRINTING — NOTES ON THE GROUPS — Pretty Poetry Printed on Pottery — WILLOW PATTERN ( See Plate XXXVII )
- 8.SIXTH COURSE Old China — BOW ( PLATE XL ) — CHELSEA ( PLATE XXXIX ) — LOWESTOFT ( PLATE XL ) — BRISTOL — MINTON (SHELF 1, PLATE XLI ) — SWANSEA ( PLATE XLI ) — BLUE DRAGON ( PLATE XL ) — WORCESTER (SHELVES 3 AND 4, PLATE XL ) — NEWHALL — DERBY (SHELF 4, PLATE XXXIX ) — SPODE (SHELVES 2 AND 3, PLATE XXXIX ) — LEEDS — FRENCH PORCELAIN
- 9.SEVENTH COURSE Old Horse Amulets
- 10.FINAL COURSE Sheffield Plate and Old Silver Told by the Plateau
- 11.Untitled
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