PATTERN BOOK

For the first time ever, a definitive book of Caughley blue and white patterns and accompanying borders is being published by The Caughley Society.

151 patterns are fully described and illustrated using newly commissioned digital photographs of pieces in both private and museum collections, many of which have never been published before.

Produced to the highest professional standard and printed in full colour with dust jacket, this hardback book has been written by a team of leading experts from The Caughley Society. With a foreword by Geoffrey Godden, it contains chapters on the patterns in their historical context, borders, documentary pieces, and marks. It is intended to be a comprehensive and invaluable source of information for auctioneers, ceramic historians, collectors, curators, dealers, and others interested in eighteenth-century porcelain.

It will be on sale later this year with a cover price of £65.00 and will be available through this website. P&P in the UK will probably be £5.50 and more overseas, depending on its weight when printed.

“This new Society-backed publication, with its wide range of helpful illustrations, will surely testify to the importance of this very rural Shropshire factory.” – Geoffrey Godden

“Neat classifications of patterns by names and numbers are incredibly useful. This book will not only help auctioneers, dealers and museums catalogue their pieces, it will become the bible for existing collectors and encourage new ones.” – John Sandon

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