[Rarebooks] FS: 1906 Color Illustrated Longton Hall Porcelain

[Joslin Hall Rare Books]

 From our new Books on the Decorative & Fine Arts Catalog
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“Longton Hall Porcelain. Being further information relating to this 
interesting fabrique, with numerous illustrations”

By William Bemrose.
London; Bemrose & Sons, Ltd.: 1906.

An important early study of this formerly-obscure factory. William 
Bemrose (1831–1908) "was a writer on wood-carving and pottery, director 
of a printing business and Royal Crown Derby. Bemrose went to school at 
King William's College in Castletown in the Isle of Man before joining 
the family's printing business in Derby. William and Henry expanded this 
business across England after their father retired in 1857. William 
later became a director of the reviving Royal Crown Derby Porcelain 
Works, but throughout his life he took an interest in arts and craft. In 
1862, he published what is thought to be the first manual on wood 
carving and it went to over twenty editions. He also published books on 
fretwork, marquetry, paper mosaics and paper-rosette work. In 1870, he 
co-authored a book on Derbyshire pottery and then published his own 
works on Bow, Chelsea and Derby Porcelain and later Longton Hall 
Porcelain. Bemrose was an amateur painter and chaired the Derby Art 
Gallery committee. He collected art and pottery which he purchased 
during his wide travels. His interest in art and writing culminated in 
an academic study of Joseph Wright of Derby which was published by his 
own company. He was also vice-president of Derby Sketching Club and a 
member of Derby Archaeological Society."

Hardcover. 7.5"x11", xxi + 72 pages, plus 27 color and 22 black & white 
plates. Striking pictorial covers in blue and gold. Covers with light 
scuffing and minor wear, hinges a bit loose, slight internal soil. 
[40082] $125

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