ORDER NOW!
My book The Origins of Worcester Porcelain is
available for purchase. The book comprise 592 pages in A4 size. There
are over 1250 colour images in the book and sample pages are available
upper right (two separate pages on each web page - scroll down if
required). THIS BOOK HAS ALREADY BEEN PURCHASED BY CERAMIC ENTHUSIASTS
IN THE UK, CANADA, USA, JAPAN, AUSTRALIA & NZ. MAJOR MUSEUMS &
UNIVERSITIES SUCH AS THE V&A, THE BRITISH MUSEUM, YALE, METROPOLITAN
MUSEUM OF ART NY, ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM, SEATTLE ART MUSEUM & COLONIAL
WILLIAMSBURG NOW HAVE THIS BOOK IN THEIR LIBRARIES.
Comments received include: I HAD NO IDEA YOU HAD
EMBARKED ON A WORK OF SUCH MONUMENTAL SCALE! A GOLDMINE OF CAREFULLY
DIGESTED INFORMATION. CONGRATULATIONS, A TRIUMPH; ...
A WONDERFUL PRODUCTION. THE AMOUNT OF RESEARCH INVOLVED IS VERY EVIDENT...;
EXTREMELY IMPRESSIVE, VERY PROFESSIONALLY PRODUCED WITH EXCELLENT
PHOTOS; A GREAT ACHIEVEMENT; WHAT A TOUR
DE FORCE IN EVERY SENSE; I AM FULL OF ADMIRATION.
TO ORDER:
Payment can be made in four ways: collect & pay
cash, cheque, by Bank Transfer (email for details) or by by Paypal
to: ray@surfworcester.co.uk
PDF FLIER AVAILABLE
- CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD
I do not have facilities to accept payments by credit
card but this is possible via the Museum of Royal Worcester - please
email for details
Payment, Post & Package options:
OPTION ONE - £45 in total = £20 DISCOUNT
Payment by cheque or cash & collect from Hallow or I will deliver
FOC in the
Worcester area.
PLEASE RESERVE FOR ME ....... COPIES @ £45 ...................
OPTION TWO - £50 in total
Payment by cheque or bank transfer only. Delivered by Hermes to UK
only.
PLEASE RESERVE FOR ME ....... COPIES @ £50 ...................
OPTION THREE - TWO BOOKS - £90 in total
Payment by cheque or bank transfer only. Delivered by Hermes to UK
only.
PLEASE RESERVE FOR ME TWO COPIES @ £45 PER BOOK...................
TOTAL ENCLOSED £.......................................
Please make cheques payable to Ray Jones & REMEMBER TO INCLUDE
YOUR NAME & ADDRESS
(& email address in order to receive tracking information)
Return to: Ray Jones,
Martingale Cottage,
Church Lane,
Hallow,
Worcester.
WR2 6PF
ALSO ON SALE AT:
WORCESTER MUSEUM & ART GALLERY
WORCESTER WATERSTONES
MUSEUM OF ROYAL WORCESTER.
FOR ARCHIVE, MUSEUM & LIBRARY RATES &
FOR OVERSEAS RATES not covered below and other enquiries:
Tel. 01905 640014 Email: ray@surfworcester.co.uk
ONE BOOK INCLUDING PAYPAL FEES & DELIVERY: USA: $ 110;
CANADA - 135 CAD; AUSTRALIA - 140 AUD; GERMANY, NETHERLANDS, IRELAND,
FRANCE - 75 EURO; SWITZERLAND - 86 SWISS FRANC
The book discuss aspects of ceramic developments in
Great Britain from around the 1720s onwards that brought about, or
had a bearing on, the founding of the Worcester porcelain manufactory.
The book features rare and significant wares (dating prior to 1760)
from the Museum of Royal Worcester, other museums, auction houses
and private collections. The two main pathways discussed are:
1/ The pottery route from Staffordshire & Stourbridge (including
the approximate site of William Shore's pottery and the probable Robert
Podmore connection); Podmore's move to Worcester, the Doctor Wall/
William Davis experiments; and the probable wares produced at Worcester
prior to the purchase of the Lund's Bristol concern. A discussion
of the early careers of William Shore and Benjamin Quarman.
2/ New evidence and discussion of porcelain experimentation from the
1720s onwards embracing soaprock; Thomas Briand's porcelain manufactory
in South London; a survey of A Marked wares; Edward Heylyn
and Bow; the evolution and failure of the Limehouse manufactory; the
wares of the Limehouse manufactory including many images; the emergence
of Benjamin Lund at Bristol and his incredible life story; the possible
Redcliff site of Lund's porcelain works; the wares of the Bristol
manufactory including many images; associations with Delftware; and
other aspects of glasshouses and ceramics in Bristol.
The book tracks the development and the progression of the Warmstry
manufactory to around 1758 with a detailed examination of when mainstream
production commenced and when the extensions to the works were completed
that allowed full scale enamelling to take place. The wares of the
Worcester manufactory to around 1758 including many images. The varying
roles of the personalities involved are examined.
This book combines connoisseurship, new facts and known history. New
and existing analytical data help support the arguments put forward.
A major contribution by Bill Jay with largely unpublished chemical
data features. Unpublished chemical data conducted at the University
of Norwich on behalf of myself is revealed. Please email me at ray@surfworcester.co.uk
for any information you require.

LOCAL WORCESTERSHIRE BOOKS
ALL PRICES INCLUDE DELIVERY OR FREE POST & PACKING LOCALLY
JUST SEND A CHEQUE TO RAY JONES
MARTINGALE COTTAGE,
CHURCH LANE, HALLOW,
WORCESTER
WR2 6PF
PIONEERS
OF PHOTOGRAPHY - NOW ONLY £5
ALSO
STILL AVAILABLE
|
|
 |
THE PHOTOGRAPHS OF SIR ARCHIBALD KEPPEL MACDONALD
- AN EARLY PIONEERING PHOTOGRAPHER
(1820-1901)
Archibald was the first son of Sir James Macdonald and Lady
Sophia Keppel, daughter of 4th Earl of Albemarle.
EMAIL
ME FOR INFORMATION ON PURCHASING COPIES
PART
ONE
PART
TWO
|