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 Press Opinions. 



" Mr. Hermann, by a careful division of his subject, avoids much repetition, yet makes 

 sufficiently clear what is necessary to be kno\vn in each art. He gives very many formulae; 

 and his hints on the various applications of metals and metallic lustres to glass and porcelains 

 will be found of much interest to the amateur." A rt Amatcui, New York. 



"For the unskilled and amateurs the name of the publishers will be sufficient guarantee for 

 the utility and excellence of Mr. Hermann's work, even if they are already unacquainted with 

 the author. . . . The whole cannot fail to be both of service and interest to glass workers and 

 to potters generally, especially those employed upon high-class work." Staffordshire *>tntinel. 



" In Painting on Glass and Porcelain the author has dealt very exhaustively with the 

 technical as distinguished from the artistic side of his subject, the work being entirely devoted 

 to the preparation of the colours, their application and firing. For manufacturers and students 

 it will be a valuable work, and the recipes which appear on almost every page form a very 

 valuable feature. The author has gained much of his experience in the celebrated Sevres 

 manufactory, a fact which adds a good deal of authority to the work." Hiiiliiers Journal. 



"The compiler displays that painstaking research characteristic of his nation, and goes at 

 length into the question of the chemical constitution of the pigments and fluxes to be used in 

 glass-painting, proceeding afterwards to a description of the methods of producing coloured 

 glass of all tints and shades. . . . Very careful instructions are given for the chemical and 

 mechanical preparation of the colours used in glass-staining and porcelain-painting; indeed, 

 to the china painter such a book as this should be of permanent value, as the author claims to 

 have tested and verified every recipe he includes, and the volume also comprises a section de- 

 voted to enamels both opaque and translucent, and another treating of the firing of porcelain, 

 and the accidents that occasionally supervene in the furnace." Daily Chronicle. 



" In Dr. Hermann's hand-book if such a term is fitting for so erudite and masterly a treatise 

 the student is first delighted by an interesting historical introduction, after which an ex- 

 haustive description follows of the metallic oxides and salts, the earths and earthy bodies and 

 the free metals used in the composition of the pigments. All who take an interest in the 

 colouring properties of matter will not fail to be instructed in this section of the work. . . . 

 Exhaustive recipes are given in separate chapters for the composition of the colours and 

 fluxes for every shade and tint in the painting of glass, porcelain, enamel, faience, and stone- 

 ware, for the preparation of coloured pastes, for the application of metallic ornamentation, for 

 the colouring of the foundation in the 'frit' or 'charge' stage, and for the encaustic opera- 

 tions in the kiln. ... In every district of England where art porcelain and glass is manu- 

 factured, this treatise should be widely circulated, and its contents made familiar to all engaged, 

 in whatever capacity, in the trade." Leeds Mercury. 



A Reissue of 



THE HISTORY OF THE STAFFORDSHIRE POTTER- 

 IES ; AND THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF THE 

 MANUFACTURE OF POTTERY AND PORCELAIN. 



With References to Genuine Specimens, and Notices of Eminent Pot- 

 ters. By SIMEON SHAW. (Originally Published in 1829.) 265 pp. 

 1900. Price 7s. 6d. ; India and Colonies, 8s. ; Other Countries, 8s. Gd. ; 

 strictly net. post free. 



Contents. 



Introductory Chapter showing the position of the Pottery Trade at the present time 

 (1899). Chapters I., Preliminary Remarks. II., The Potteries, comprising Tunstall, 

 Brownhills, Greenfield and New Field, Golden Hill, Latebrook, Green Lane, Burslem, Long- 

 port and Dale Hall, Hot Lane and Cobridge, Hanley and Shelton, Etruria, Stoke, Penkhull, 

 Fenton, Lane Delph, Foley, Lane End. III., On the Origin of the Art, and its Practice 

 among the early Nations. IV., Manufacture of Pottery, prior to 1700. V., The Introduc- 

 tion of Red Porcelain by Messrs. Elers, of Bradwell, 1690. VI., Progress of the Manu- 

 facture from 1700 to Mr. Wedgwood's commencement in 1760. VII., Introduction of Fluid 

 Glaze. Extension of the Manufacture of Cream Colour. Mr. Wedgwood's Queen's W r are. 

 Jasper, and Appointment of Potter to Her Majesty. Black Printing. VIII., Introduction 

 Of Porcelain. Mr. W. Littler's Porcelain. Mr. Cookworthy's Discovery of Kaolin and 

 Petuntse, and Patent. Sold to Mr. Champion resold to the New Hall Com. Extension of 

 Term. IX., Blue Printed Pottery. Mr. Turner, Mr. Spode (1), Mr. Baddeley, Mr. Spode 

 (2), Messrs. Turner, Mr. Wood, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Minton. Great Change in Patterns of Blue 

 Printed. X., Introduction of Lustre Pottery. Improvements in Pottery and Porcelain 

 subsequent to 1800. 



