Produced by Susan Skinner and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net [Transcriber’s Note: The following conventions are used in this text. _italic text_ =bold text= ^{superscript} Fractions are denoted as 1-1/2 for 1½.] * * * * * COMPANION VOLUME BY THE SAME AUTHOR CHATS ON ENGLISH EARTHENWARE _With Coloured Frontispiece and 150 Illustrations and Tables of over 200 Illustrated Marks._ CONTENTS CHAPTER I. HOW TO COLLECT: A CHAPTER FOR BEGINNERS II. EARLY WARE III. ENGLISH DELFT IV. STONEWARE V. EARLY STAFFORDSHIRE WARE—THOMAS WHIELDON: HIS CONTEMPORARIES AND SUCCESSORS VI. SALT-GLAZED WARE, STAFFORDSHIRE VII. JOSIAH WEDGWOOD VIII. THE SCHOOL OF WEDGWOOD IX. LEEDS AND OTHER FACTORIES X. TRANSFER-PRINTED WARE XI. STAFFORDSHIRE FIGURES XII. SWANSEA AND OTHER FACTORIES XIII. LUSTRE WARE XIV. LATE STAFFORDSHIRE WARE INDEX CHATS ON ENGLISH CHINA BOOKS FOR COLLECTORS _With Frontispieces and many Illustrations._ CHATS ON ENGLISH CHINA. By ARTHUR HAYDEN. CHATS ON OLD FURNITURE. By ARTHUR HAYDEN. CHATS ON OLD PRINTS. (How to collect and value Old Engravings.) By ARTHUR HAYDEN. CHATS ON COSTUME. By G. WOOLLISCROFT RHEAD. CHATS ON OLD LACE AND NEEDLEWORK. By E. L. LOWES. CHATS ON ORIENTAL CHINA. By J. F. BLACKER. CHATS ON OLD MINIATURES. By J. J. FOSTER, F.S.A. CHATS ON ENGLISH EARTHENWARE. (Companion volume to “Chats on English China.”) By ARTHUR HAYDEN. CHATS ON AUTOGRAPHS. By A. M. BROADLEY. CHATS ON PEWTER. By H. J. L. J. MASSÉ, M.A. CHATS ON POSTAGE STAMPS. By FRED. J. MELVILLE. CHATS ON OLD JEWELLERY AND TRINKETS By MACIVER PERCIVAL. CHATS ON COTTAGE AND FARMHOUSE FURNITURE. (Companion volume to “Chats on Old Furniture.”) By ARTHUR HAYDEN. CHATS ON OLD COINS By FRED. W. BURGESS. CHATS ON OLD COPPER AND BRASS. By FRED. W. BURGESS. CHATS ON HOUSEHOLD CURIOS. By FRED. W. BURGESS. CHATS ON OLD SILVER. By ARTHUR HAYDEN. CHATS ON JAPANESE PRINTS. By ARTHUR DAVISON FICKE. CHATS ON MILITARY CURIOS. By STANLEY C. JOHNSON. CHATS ON OLD CLOCKS AND WATCHES. By ARTHUR HAYDEN. CHATS ON ROYAL COPENHAGEN PORCELAIN. By ARTHUR HAYDEN. CHATS ON OLD SHEFFIELD PLATE. (Companion volume to “Chats on Old Silver.”) By ARTHUR HAYDEN. * * * * * BYE PATHS OF CURIO COLLECTING. By ARTHUR HAYDEN. With Frontispiece and 72 Full page Illustrations. 21s. net. LONDON: T. FISHER UNWIN, LTD. NEW YORK: F. A. STOKES COMPANY. * * * * * [Illustration: WORCESTER VASE. From the Collection of the late Lady Charlotte Schreiber in the Victoria and Albert Museum. _Reproduced by permission of the Board of Education._] CHATS ON ENGLISH CHINA BY ARTHUR HAYDEN