AUTHOR OF “CHATS ON ENGLISH EARTHENWARE,” “CHATS ON OLD SILVER,” ETC. [Illustration: _Bloor Derby Teapot_] WITH 150 ILLUSTRATIONS T. FISHER UNWIN LTD LONDON: ADELPHI TERRACE _First Edition_ 1904 _Second Edition_ 1906 _Third Impression_ 1907 _Third Edition_ 1909 _Fifth Impression_ 1910 _Sixth Impression_ 1912 _Seventh Impression_ 1917 _Eighth Impression_ 1919 _Fourth Edition_ 1920 (_All rights reserved_) TO JOSEPHINE HAMILTON PREFACE TO FOURTH EDITION A certain amount of necessary revision has been given to the volume. The prices obtained at public auction for representative examples have been brought up to date, and ten new illustrations have been added. ARTHUR HAYDEN. _September, 1920._ PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION This edition has been slightly revised and corrected. Throughout the volume many new illustrations appear in place of those in the first edition, and their selection has been made in order to show more clearly the characteristics of the china as dealt with in the letterpress. In addition to these, twenty new illustrations have been added, and I have to acknowledge my indebtedness to Messrs. Wedgwood & Sons, by whose courtesy I am enabled to reproduce examples from their museum at Etruria, and fine examples after Flaxman, including specimens of dinner-ware which are now being manufactured by the firm from the old designs by that artist. I have similarly to acknowledge my obligation to Messrs. W. T. Copeland & Sons, of Stoke-upon-Trent (the successors of Spode), for several illustrations of the ware from their factory, and to Messrs. Minton for some fine specimens of their productions. It is my hope that this improvement will make the volume more useful as a practical working handbook for the collector. To the great number of enthusiasts who have written to me in connection with this volume and with the _Dilettante_ pages in the _Lady’s Pictorial_, I tender a grateful and appreciative acknowledgment. ARTHUR HAYDEN. _March, 1906._ AUTHOR’S NOTE In regard to English Earthenware, which appeals to a wide circle of collectors, I have, in response to many readers who have written to me on the subject, prepared a companion volume to this, entitled “Chats on English Earthenware.” The subject is treated from a collecting point of view, and a large number of carefully selected photographic reproductions of typical examples illustrate the letterpress. Those who are interested in the outline sketch of English Earthenware given in the concluding chapters of this volume, and desire greater detail, will find a completer record in the companion volume. A. H. _January, 1909._ * * * * * [Illustration: BOW TEAPOT. With leaf as spout, and grape-vine handle.] PREFACE