| #3803275 in Books | Shire | 2009-07-21 | 2009-07-21 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 207.26 x2.67 x5.76l,.18 | File Name: 0747802211 | 32 pages |
||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| A good basic introduction, but it really needs more color...|By ewomack|This tiny book, barely over 30 pages, gives a good basic overview of English slipware. From its migration to England from Holland and Germany in the 16th century, to its arguable peak in Staffordshire in the 17th Century, to its 19th century decline in the industrial era and eventual revitilzation in resp|About the Author|David Barker is Keeper of Archaeology at the City Museum and Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent, which houses one of the world's greatest collections of ceramics. He specialises in the archaeological study of Staffordshire ceramics and is responsible
Slipware has been one of the most popular types of pottery in Britain since its introduction over four centuries ago. By the seventeenth century the decoration of pottery with slip, or clay mixed to a creamy consistency, had become widespread and the technique was perfected by the potters of England and Wales. Although confined largely to the lower end of the social spectrum, their simple but lively decoration, together with their relatively low price, guaranteed their ...
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