19th Century Lustreware

The author is one of the foremost authorities on lustreware and has incorporated all the latest research into his text. In some cases this has necessitated a rethinking of previously held theories and this adds greatly to the book's interest for collectors. The reader is taken from lustreware's beginnings in 1805 through its heyday in the first half of that century, with later lustrewares also touched on. The techniques of lustring are described in some detail and there is a comprehensive coverage of the companies and personalities involved in its manufacture - everything, in fact, that the collector needs to know.