{"product_id":"black-basalt-wedgwood-and-contemporary-manufacturers-diana-edwards-1st-ed","title":"Black Basalt: Wedgwood and Contemporary Manufacturers, Diana Edwards — 1st Ed","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublication:\u003c\/b\u003e Woodbridge, Antique Collectors' Club, 1994\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormatting:\u003c\/b\u003e 4to, pp. 334.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Report:\u003c\/b\u003e Near Fine. The book presents exceptionally well in its original blue cloth boards, remaining sharp-cornered with bright, unoxidised gilt lettering to the spine and upper board. The binding is tight and square, showing no signs of shelf-wear, bowing, or structural lean. Internally, the heavy textblock is remarkably clean, crisp, and bright, remaining completely free of foxing, toning, or extraneous markings. The original high-gloss pictorial dust jacket is equally well-preserved, remaining vivid and unclipped, and is housed in a protective Mylar sleeve to ensure its continued immaculate state.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCatalogue Note:\u003c\/b\u003e First Edition. This comprehensive reference work remains a vital resource for collectors and historians of English ceramics. It is extensively illustrated throughout with twenty-four colour plates and over 500 black-and-white photographs, many of which had never been published prior to this volume.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile copies of this title do circulate on the open market, finding an example in such a well-preserved state, without the usual sunning to the jacket spine or handling wear to the heavy text block, makes this a highly desirable addition to any ceramicist's or antiquarian's reference library.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis volume serves as the first definitive catalogue in English on black basalt in over eighty years, reflecting an increasing interest in these unusual black wares. Diana Edwards’ rigorous scholarship highlights the prominence of Josiah Wedgwood as the principal developer of this material, whilst also providing crucial historical antecedents and identification guides for over 170 other contemporary manufacturers who sought to emulate his success during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadhursts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54474728374611,"sku":"4865","price":48.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1469\/6787\/files\/20260727_150041.jpg?v=1785760230","url":"https:\/\/broadhurstsbooks.com\/products\/black-basalt-wedgwood-and-contemporary-manufacturers-diana-edwards-1st-ed","provider":"Broadhursts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}