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JAPANESE POTT ERY • CHINESE POTT ERY • MEXICAN POTT ERY • MAJOLICA POTT ERY 143 Noritake Collectibles A to Z: A Pictorial Japanese Export Ceramics: 1860-1920. Nancy Chinese Export Porcelain, Standard Pat- Record & Guide to Values. David Spain. N. Schiffer. The world now applauds the exquisite terns and Forms, 1780-1880. Herbert, Peter, Japanese Noritake porcelain dishes and fi gu- ornamental ceramics made in Japan in the late 19th and Nancy Schiffer. Chinese export porcelains rines are represented here by more than 1000 century for export to Europe and America. Here of the late 18th to late 19th centuries are fully pieces in classical, Art Nouveau, and Art Deco the breathtaking beauty of intricate decoration on discussed in this book. Lists and photography styles with both luster and non-luster fi nishes. Satsuma, Imari, Kutani, Hirado and other ceramics profusely illustrate all of the standard patterns: A wide variety of post-war bone china fi gurines is displayed in over 500 color photographs with a over 1000 items illustrated in black and white and recent collector-series items appear with carefully researched text, descriptive captions, and and more than 100 in color. Covers Canton, current prices for collectors. information about the current world market. Fitzhugh, Rose Medallion, Bird and Butterfl y, Size: 8 1/2" x 11" • 1243 photos Size: 8 1/2" x 11" • 516 color photos and the other associated patterns. Index • 304 pp. Price Guide/Index • 224 pp. Size: 8 1/2" x 11" • 682 photos • 256 pp. ISBN: 0-7643-0057-1 • hard cover • $49.95 ISBN: 0-7643-1043-7 • hard cover • $49.95 ISBN: 978-0-916838-01-0 • hard cover • $39.99 Collecting Noritake, A to Z: Art Deco The Golden Age of Karatsu Stoneware. China for America, Export Porcelain of the & More. David Spain. More than 750 color François Villemin. Over 400 color photos and 18th and 19th Centuries. Herbert, Peter, and photos display non-dinnerware porcelains made text reveal the unique character of 16th and Nancy Schiffer. Porcelain dishes made in China for by the Noritake Company from about 1908 to 17th century Karatsu stoneware, ranked with 18th- and 19th- century American families from the 1970s. Emphasis is on 1920s works with Raku and Hagi among Japan’s top three ceramic Maine to South Carolina and west to Mississippi Art Deco characteristics. The backstamps are wares. Explore the table and kitchenware, the and California are presented with family crests, presented and a thought-provoking essay on bowls and cups used in the worlds of tea and initials, names, and original decorations. the historical and cultural roots of Art Deco saké. Read the descriptions of their features and Size: 8 1/2" x 11" • 289 photos & drawings Size: 8 1/2" x 11" • 773 color photos purpose within Japanese culture. Index • 224 pp. Price Guide/Index • 205 pp. Size: 8 1/2" x 11" • 406 color photos • ISBN: 0-916838-23-4 • hard cover • $39.95 ISBN: 0-7643-0740-1 • hard cover • $39.95 Index • 192 pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-4405-3 • hard cover • $69.99 Noritake Fancyware A to Z: A Pictorial Figural Japanese Export Ceramics. Nancy Chinese Snuff Bottles : A Guide to Addic- Record and Guide to Values. David Spain. N. Schiffer. Figures of courtesans, gods, demons, tive Miniatures. Trevor Cornforth and Nathan Ceramic fancywares produced by Noritake, special characters, and animals in Japanese Cheung. The history of snuff and its specialized including bowls, boxes, fi gurines, lamps, plaques, export ceramics of the late 19th and early 20th bottles from the 17th century to the present in teasets, vases and other delicate porcelains, are centuries are highly decorative and appealing America, Europe, and China. Descriptive text displayed in over 1,000 stunning color images. to many. This study presents an engaging text and over 650 diverse snuff bottles of glass, While concentrating on the wares produced be- and over 265 color photographs of beautiful stone, porcelain, enamel, wood, ivory, amber tween 1921 and 1941, fancywares from as early and amusing fi gures in Hirado, Imari, Kutani, and other materials with distinctive interior and as 1908 and as recently as the 1980s are also Satsuma, Studio works, and Sumida wares. exterior decorations. Each bottle fully described portrayed. Values are included in the captions. Size: 8 1/2" x 11" • 300+ color photos with a value range. Size: 8 1/2" x 11" • 1037 color photos Price Guide • 208 pp. Size: 8 1/2" x 11" • 657 color photos Price Guide/Index • 320 pp. ISBN: 0-7643-1503-X • hard cover • $49.95 Price Guide • 224 pp. ISBN: 0-7643-1507-2 • hard cover • $59.95 ISBN: 0-7643-1591-9 • hard cover • $69.95 Imari, Satsuma and Other Japanese Export Noritake Dinnerware: Identifi cation Made Ceramics. Revised and Expanded 2nd Edi- The Handbook of Chinese Snuff Bottles. Trevor Easy. Robin Brewer. Noritake dinnerware now tion. Nancy N. Schiffer. Imari, Satsuma, Banko Cornforth and Nathan Cheung. Explore the history, can be identifi ed easily with the author’s unique and Sumida wares, the best known of the old types, and value ranges of Chinese snuff bottles from approach in fi nding a matching pattern or a Japanese export ceramics, are shown here in the 17th century to the present concentrating mostly similar shape that corresponds on his carefully 600 photos of variations by skilled decorators. on affordable examples. Here 340 diverse bottles of compiled time line. Indexed by both name and Makers’ and decorators’ marks, unusual shapes, stone, glass, enamels, porcelain, and other materials number, the vast variety of Noritake dinnerware design variations, and hard-to-fi nd examples are described & shown in beautiful color photographs. is displayed in over 1,200 color photos and appear with identifying captions and concise text. You’ll want to own some. described with price guide. Size: 8 1/2" x 11" • 600 color photos Size: 6" x 9" • 340 color photos • Price Guide • 160 pp. Size: 8 1/2" x 11" • 1,258 color photos Price Guide/Index • 204 pp. ISBN: 0-7643-1590-0 • hard cover • $29.95 Price Guide/Name and No. Indices • 192 pp. ISBN: 0-7643-0990-0 • hard cover • $49.95 ISBN: 0-7643-0925-0 • hard cover • $39.95 ANTIQUE MEXICAN POTTERY The Wonderful World of Nippon Porcelain, Noritake for Europe. Pat Murphy. The fi rst 1891-1921. Kathy Wojciechowski. Thousands Cerámica: Mexican Pottery of the book dedicated to Japanese Noritake ceramics of Nippon Japanese porcelain items well known 20th Century. Amanda Thompson, exported to Europe from 1891 to 1939. Over by their different styles of decoration—Moriage, with the California Heritage Museum. 580 color photos display these porcelains, from Coralene, Cobalt, molded-in-relief, and tapestry. Mexican ceramics of the 20th century tablewares to vases. Decorative motifs range Included are plaques, dishes, lamps, dolls, vases, organized by geographic area, style, fam- from Arts & Crafts to Art Deco. The text in- smoking accessories, and other forms. Over 830 ily, and artisan. Over 1,200 pieces, each cludes a complete guide to collecting. Values photos with identifying captions, text, and 130 accompanied by a detailed description, are included in the captions. different manufacturers’ marks. including the artist, style, origin, date of Size: 8 1/2" x 11" • 584 color photos Size: 8 1/2" x 11" • 963 photos & marks • Value production, and size. Price Guide • 192 pp. Guide • 280 pp. Size: 11" x 8 1/2" • 590 color photos • 208 pp. ISBN: 0-7643-1354-1 • hard cover • $49.95 ISBN: 0-88740-377-8 • hard cover • $49.95 ISBN: 0-7643-1248-0 • hard cover • $49.95 “MADE IN JAPAN” Ceramics: 1921-1941. Barbara Mata Ortiz Pottery Today. Guy Berger. This Japanese Porcelain 1800-1950. Revised Ifert. Here is an excellent reference for the multitude distinctive pottery was made at the village & Expanded 2nd Edition. Nancy Schiffer. of ceramics items marked “MADE IN JAPAN” that of Mata Ortiz, Mexico. It evolved from Juan Popular Japanese porcelain of the 19th and were exported between 1921 and 1941. Color photos Quezada’s fi rst efforts in 1955 into a business 20th centuries, including Kakiemon, Nabeshi- show hundreds of household ceramics arranged in that involves the village and now employs around ma, Arita, Hirado, Fukagawa, Imari, Kutani, an easy-to-fi nd alphabetical order from ash trays to 350 potters. Six distinct styles are presented. It Satsuma, and individual craftsmen’s works. The wall pockets. Here are many humorous and novelty includes a fascinating discussion of the bird motif European-infl uenced styles of the 20th century, designs for everything from planters to sugar bowls. in this and Acoma Pueblo (New Mexico) pottery. such as Nippon, Noritake, and Occupied Japan, Size: 6" x 9" • 350 color photos Size: 9" x 12" • 236 color photos • 176 pp. are also presented. Price Guide • 160 pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-3470-2 • hard cover • $49.99 Size: 9" x 12" • 600 photos • Index • 304 pp. ISBN: 0-88740-613-0 • soft cover • $16.95 ISBN: 0-7643-0899-8 • hard cover • $59.95 ANTIQUE CHINESE POTTERY INTERNATIONAL ANTIQUE POTTERY: MAJOLICA Shape & Decoration in Japanese Export Ceramics. Nancy N. Schiffer. Famous Satsuma, The Ceramics of China: 5000 B.C. to 1900 Majolica. Revised 4th Edition. Mike Schneider. Color Imari, Hirado, Kutani, and other ceramic styles A.D. Gloria & Robert Mascarelli. Over 7000 photographs display popular Majolica ceramic pitchers, are explored in this new study. Important dec- years of Chinese pottery and porcelain, from platters, plates, leaf plates, syrups, cigarette holders, orators are identifi ed and their unusually fi ne Neolithic times through the fall of the Qing ashtrays, humidors, and other forms.