Staffordshire Figures 1780-1840 Volume 2: Equestrians, Entertainers, Personalities, Biblical Figures, & Sportsmen - Hardcover

Schkolne, Myrna

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0764345389 ISBN 13: 9780764345388

Publisher: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., 2014

Synopsis

Part of a multi-volume work that catalogs the enormous range of enamel-painted figures made predominantly in the Staffordshire Potteries between 1780 and 1840, Volume 2 presents figures portraying equestrians, fairground entertainers, personalities from literature and the stage, biblical characters, and a host of people of national and international significance. Also shown are sporting pastimes and figures reflecting a patriotic theme. It includes over 1000 brilliant color photos of figures. Literary figures range from Cleopatra and Doctor Syntax, while important persons as varied as Benjamin Franklin and Admiral Lord Nelson are captured in clay. The works also include the early pugilists, bull and bear baiting, and sportsmen and women of those days. Many of these figures have long been hidden from the public eye. Fashioned in an era before photography, they give us rare glimpses of a world that has vanished. In many cases, they are hauntingly beautiful. To hold one is to touch the past.

About this title

About the Author

Myrna Schkolne is an independent scholar with a passionate interest in early English earthenware figures. Her book People, Passions, Pastimes, and Pleasures: Staffordshire Figures 1810–1835, published in 2006, was the first exploration of the social history mirrored in these figures. Myrna lectures and publishes in her field. She resides in the United States, but she maintains an ongoing dialogue with collectors worldwide through her web site, www.mystaffordshirefigures.com.

Edition details

• Publisher: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0764345389
• ISBN 13: 9780764345388
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272