Author: AUSCHER, ERNEST SIMON; AUSCHER, ERNEST SIMON
Title: Comment Reconnaître Les Porcelaines Et Les Faïences D'Après Leurs Marques Et Leurs Caractères
Description: Paris: Librairie Garnier, 1914. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover leather bound. No date, but likely 1914. Front page label says 'A. Normand no. 722'. Previous owner label of Oscar B. Cintas, (born in Sagua la Grande, Cuba, in 1887, was a prominent sugar and railroad magnate who served as Cuba’s ambassador to the United States from 1932 until 1934). Contents pasted inside front cover." How to recognize porcelain and earthenware from their brands and characteristics." Text in French. 494pp w/b&w photos, color frontispiece. Half-leather wedge canvas brown, smooth spine, top edge gilt, marbled sides. Leather at corners moderately threadbare. Spine leather scuffed, spine-edges worn from use. Text block beginning to erode from spine. A thorough guide for aid in recognizing the value of pottery, with numerous illustrations and reproductions of marks, monograms, and reproduced signatures. Practical for everyday use. French text. Pictures available upon request. ; Color Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 494 pages. Good .

Keywords: Pottery Ceramics Porcelain Earthenware Sevres Delft Meissen Faience


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