Excerpt from Chats on Old Earthenware<br><br>The two volumes - Chats on English China, which mainly consists of an outline history of English china, with hints as to its collection, and the present volume, Chats on English Earthen ware, with a faithful re'mme' of the work of the old English potters - together form a record of what has been done by the potter in England, and are intended to be practical working handbooks for the collector of old English china and English earthenware.<br><br>The illustrations in this volume have been care fully chosen to illustrate the letterpress, and to enable readers to identify specimens that may come under their observation.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.