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George James Cox. Pottery, for Artists, Craftsmen & Teachers
Pottery, for Artists, Craftsmen & Teachers
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
APPENDIX I
APPENDIX II
Glossary
POTTER’S TERMS
MATERIALS, TERMS, ETC
SEGER CONES. (STANDARD CONES. ABOUT 10° HIGHER.)
MEASURES, WEIGHTS, ETC
BOOKS OF REFERENCE
APPLIANCES AND MATERIALS, ETC
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George James Cox
Published by Good Press, 2021
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In China the art decadence of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, coupled with internal revolutions, has sadly dimmed her plots, dispersed her potters, and all but destroyed her priceless traditions.
For the further development of pottery in Europe and America and Asia the student has many excellent books to consult. From the seventeenth century the ramifications are rapid and all-embracing, giving, however, more joy to the collector than to the artist. Modern work has made an enormous advance in the science of the craft. Since the “Eighties” it shows signs of a renaissance in æsthetics. Lustres of all shades, crystalline, star, and crackle glazes with safe methods of oxidizing and reducing in the fire, have been brought to perfection. Yet, with some few exceptions, commerce seems writ large upon them all and their very perfection of finish damns them in the eyes of an artist. Whichever way he looks, he must return again and again to refresh his eyes with the inspiring examples of the best that has survived from the near and far East.
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