_Marks_, and especially upon porcelain, are not the most important thing; but still they are important, and to many are most satisfactory. I have therefore included in this volume all the prominent ones; so that the book will be found useful not only to the collector at home, but also to him who travels abroad. The traveler who has a wise hobby gets a thousand times more pleasure from his travels than he who has no purpose except change of place and aimless movement. I suggest to the man who has none to try "pottery and porcelain." As to _prices_ of porcelain, etc., I have given those paid at actual sales whenever I could find them; they will be of service to buyers and collectors, as something of a guide to what they may safely pay. _Books_ which may be referred to, and especially such as may be found in some of our public libraries, are given at the end of the volume. I hope the public will buy this book, and also good pottery and porcelain. _C. W. E._ CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. UNGLAZED POTTERY. The Pottery of the Stone Age.--The Lacustrine Dwellings.--Vases of the Bronze Age.--Peruvian Pottery.--Mexican Pottery.--Pottery of Western Mounds.--The Cesnola Collections.--Roman Pottery.--Saxon and Scandinavian Pottery.--The Pottery of Ancient Gaul--of Ancient Germany.....PAGE 13 CHAPTER II. UNGLAZED POTTERY.--THE GREEK VASE. Palaces of Homer's Heroes.--The Ceramicus at Athens.--Egyptian Pottery.--Etruscan Tombs.--Good and Bad Vases.--Age of Vases.--Various Styles.--The Archaic Style.--The Fine Style.--Beauty a Birthright.--Aspasia's House.--Names of Vases.--The Cup of Arcesilaus.--Number of Extant Vases.--Their Uses.--The Greek Houses.--Greek Women.--Greek Men.--The Hetairai.--Etruscan Vases.....29 CHAPTER III. UNGLAZED POTTERY AT THE GREAT EXHIBITION OF 1876. Unglazed Water-Colors.--Clay Sketches.--Japanese Clay Figures.--Spanish Pots.--Italian Peasant Pottery.--Egyptian.--Turkish.--Mexican.--Watcombe Terra-cotta.--Copenhagen Pottery.....63 CHAPTER IV. GLAZED POTTERY.--GRÈS DE FLANDRE, FRENCH, GERMAN, ETC. Definition of Glaze.--Varnish.--Enamel in Egypt, Babylon.--The Arabs and the Moors.--Grès de Flandre.--Cologne, Regensburg, Baireuth, Neuwied, Grenzhausen, Coblentz.--Holland.--Beauvais.--Flanders.--Apostle-Mugs. --Graybeards.--"Bellarmines."--"Pottle-Pots."--Modern Work.--Doulton Stone-ware.--Early German Stone-ware at Breslau.--Hirschvogel. --Nuremberg.....69 CHAPTER V. GLAZED POTTERY.--MOORISH, PERSIAN, RHODIAN, ETC., ETC. The Arabs in Spain.--Cordova, Granada, Seville.--Enamel and Lustres.--Hispano-Moresque.--The Alhambra.--Tiles.--Vase of the Alhambra.--Malaga.--Majorca and Maiolica.--Rhodian Pottery.--Damascus Pottery.--Persian and Arabic Pottery.--Persian Porcelain.--Persian and Arabic Tiles.....81 CHAPTER VI. GLAZED POTTERY.--ITALIAN MAIOLICAS.