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  English and American Historical Subjects on Pottery - A Selected Bibliography
 
 

 

Information or research assistance regarding historical subjects on pottery is frequently requested from the Smithsonian Institution. The following selected bibliography has been prepared to assist those interested in this topic.

Arman, Linda and David Arman. Anglo-American Ceramics Part I - Transfer Printed Creamware and Pearlware for the American Market 1760 - 1860. Portsmouth, RI: Oakland Press, 1998.

Barber, Edwin Atlee Anglo-American Pottery, Old English China with American Views. Philadelphia: Patterson & White Company, 1901.

Burgess, Arene Wiemers. A Collector's Guide to Souvenir Plates. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., 1996.

whplate.jpg (18021 bytes) Plate made by Joseph Stubbs, Dale Hall Works, Burslem, Staffordshire, England, about 1812 - 1829. Image: Philadelphia, Bank of the United States; Image Source: 1800 Engraving by W. Birch and Son, Pennsylvania, from the Elloise Baker Larsen Collection; Catalog Number 62.917M

Camehl, Ada Walker. The Blue-China Book: Early American Scenes and History Pictured in the Pottery of the Time. New York: Dover Publications, 1971. (Reprint of the 1916 edition with a new introduction. and checklist of British blue-china potters by Geoffrey A. Godden.)

Clements, Monica Lynn and Patricia Rosser Clements. Popular Souvenir Plates. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Pub., 1998.

Davey, M. H. and D. J. Mannion Fifty Years of Royal Commemorative China, 1887-1937. Hemel Hempstead, U.K.: Dayman Publications, 1988.

Flynn, Douglas H. and Alan Bolton. British Royalty Commemoratives : 19th & 20th Century Royal Events in Britain Illustrated by Commemoratives. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., 1997.

Halsey, R. T. Haines. Pictures of Early New York, on Dark Blue Staffordshire Pottery, Together with Pictures of Boston and New England, Philadelphia, the South and West. New York: Dover Publications, 1974. Reprint of the 1899 edition with a new introduction by Marvin D. Schwartz.

Klamkin, Marian. American Patriotic and Political China. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1973.

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Cup made by Glasgow Pottery Company; Trenton, NJ; Second Half 19th century; Image: Signature of John Hancock; From the Marcus Benjamin Collection; Catalog Number 379,740

Teapot made in Staffordshire, England; Early 19th century; Image: Fulton's steamboat on the Hudson, flying United States flag; From the Elloise Baker Larsen Collection; Catalog Number 62.1039

Larsen, Ellouise Baker. American Historical Views on Staffordshire China. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co., 1939. Reprint. New York: Dover Publications, 1975.

May, John. Victoria Remembered: A Royal History, 1817-1861, entirely illustrated with commemoratives. London: Heinemann, 1983.

May, John, and Jennifer May. Commemorative Pottery 1780-1900: A Guide for Collectors. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 1972.

McCauley, Robert H. Liverpool Transfer Designs on Anglo-American Pottery. Portland, ME: The Southworth-Anthoensen Press, 1942.

Moore, N. Hudson. The Old China Book: Including Staffordshire, Wedgwood, Lustre, and Other English Pottery and Porcelain. Rutland, VT: C. E. Tuttle Co., 1974.

National Portrait Gallery. Wedgwood Portraits and the American Revolution. Washington, DC: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, 1976.

soplate.jpg (16343 bytes) Souvenir Plate made by Edwin Bennett Pottery Company, Baltimore, MD about 1856 - 1890; Image: U.S. Battleship Maine; From the Marcus Benjamin Collection; Catalog Number 379,456

Pugh, P. D. Gordon. Naval Ceramics. Newport, Ceramic Book Co., 1971.

_____. Staffordshire Portrait Figures and Allied Subjects of the Victorian Era. New York: Praeger, 1971.

_____. Heraldic China Mementoes of the First World War. Newport: Ceramic Book Co., 1972.

Snyder, Jeffrey B. Historical Staffordshire: American Patriots & Views: With Price Guide. Rev. & expanded 2nd ed. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., 2000.

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Prepared by the Collections of Ceramics and Glass,
Division of Home and Community Life, in cooperation with Public Inquiry Services,
Smithsonian Institution

 
 


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