Staffordshire Animals: A Collectors Guide to History, Styles, and Values by Adele Kenny (Hardcover, 1997)

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This comprehensive new reference focuses on the variety of animal figures produced in Staffordshire during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Characterized by a cottage industry quaintness, Staffordshire figures were known as image toys and chimney ornaments in their day. Countless subjects were produced but the animal models comprise a Noah's Ark of some of the most charming and endearing figures. Today, Staffordshire animals are among the bestselling and most widely collected antique ceramics._x000D_Beautifully illustrated with over 400 color photographs, this book traces animal figure evolution through chapters on animals in art, British ceramics, Staffordshire potters and potteries, and production techniques and styles. Informative captions provide descriptions, dates of manufacture, and current values. AUTHOR: Adele Kenny is an experienced specialist collector whose ancestors lived in Staffordshire and worked in the potteries. She is the author of Staffordshire Spaniels: A Collector's Guide to History, Styles, and Values, also available from Schiffer Publishing. She currently resides in New Jersey.

Title_Author
Adele Kenny
Book Title
Staffordshire Animals: a Collectors Guide to History, Styles, and Values
Format
Hardback
Publication Year
1997
Genre
Art & Culture
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
Number of Pages
192 Pages