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Faber and Faber 1968: first edition hardcover in dust jacket: approximately 7.5 x 10 inches tall: 8 colour plates, 14 monochrome plates, plus 95 pages of black and white photographic illustrations of delftware following 248 pages of text. Synopsis: Anthony Ray’s catalogue of the Warren Collection of English Delftware, built up by Mr and Mrs Robert Hall Warren between 1920 and 1939, and presented to the Ashmolean Museum in 1963. The author has expanded Mr Warren’s fully documented catalogue with the inclusion of references to recent literature, comparative material in some of the major delftware collections in England, shards excavated on pottery sites, and an introduction describing processes, practical aspects, and economics of manufacture, and a history of the delftware factories. The work includes previously unpublished material on the Bristol potteries, and photographs taken from every significant angle to illustrate objects seen in the round . Contents:- Preface by Nigel Warren. Authors preface. Introduction.1) The Manufacture of Delftware. 2) the Organisation of a Delftware Factory.3) the Decoration of Delftware. The History of the Factories.4) The London Delftware Potteries- Aldgate. Southwark. Lambeth. Vauxhall. Dutch potters in London.5) The Bristol Delftware Potteries- Brislington: The Collins Pottery. Brislington: the Delftware Factory. The Temple Back Pottery.The Limekiln Lane Pottery. Paul Townsend’s Pottery in Avon Street.The Franks Pottery on Redcliffe Backs. Other names connected with St Mary Redcliffe: Thomas and Hugh Taylor, Richard Riley. Joseph Flower. Some Bristol pottery decorators: John Niglett. Michael Edkins. John Bowen. 6) The Wincanton Pottery. 7) The Liverpool Delftware Potteries The Irish Delftware Potteries- Belfast. Dublin. Rostrevor, Co Down. Limerick. Technical Notes on Delftware 10) Technical notes on delftware- Clay. Tin-glaze. Colours. 11) Special Delftware Techniques. Powdered grounds. Bianco- sopra- bianco. The Catalogue. English Maiolica. Royal Delftware. History in English Delftware. Armorial Delftware. Delftware with Various Inscriptions. Delftware with Religious Themes. Delftware with Landscapes and Figures. Delftware Decorated with Animals, Birds and Fish. Delftware with Floral Decoration. Delftware with Oriental Decoration. Delftware Decorated with Various Ornamental Motif. Tiles. Appendices:- a) Analysis of the Warren Collection according to probable or possible attributions. b.Dated pieces in the Warren Collection. c. Table of marks. d.Shapes of plates and dishes. Bibliography. Index. Condition: red hardcover edges slightly rubbed: dust jacket edges rubbed and with small repairs: Price corner removed: contents very clean and good: overall firm, good and collectable.

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Anne’s Food

Something tasty for the weekend!

Blueberry Squares
makes 16

150 g unsalted butter
140 g sugar
3 eggs
2 tsp vanilla extract
150 g flour
200 g blueberries (frozen are fine)

Beat sugar and butter…