How Do I
Pottery and Porcelain
A selected book list and guide to research
General
American
English and European
Asian
Finding More Information
Pottery & Porcelain Price Guides
Price Guides for Selected Manufacturers and Companies
Care & Repair
Useful Websites
Identification - Makers’ Marks
Most of the following books were found by searching the online Library Catalog using the Subject pottery marks. Books devoted to specific manufacturers will also have marks.
General
Burton, W.
Handbook of
Marks on Pottery and Porcelain. Collector’s Handbook to Marks on Porcelain
and Pottery
Greens Farms, CT: Modern Books and Crafts, [1974].
rNK4215 .B8 1974
Kovel, Ralph M. and Terry H.
Kovels' New
Dictionary of Marks
NY: Crown, 1986.
rNK4215 .K68 1986
Kovel, Ralph and Terry
Kovel's Dictionary of Marks: Pottery and Porcelain
New York: Crown Publishers, c1995.
(r)NK4215 .K68 1995
Kowalsky, Arnold A. & Dorothy E.
Encyclopedia of Marks on American, English, and European Earthenware, Ironstone, Stoneware, 1780-1980
Atglen, Pa.: Schiffer Pub., c1999.
rqNK4007.K69 1999
American
Barber, Edwin Atlee
Marks of American Potters
Southampton, NY: [1971?] (reprint of the 1904 edition).
NK4215 .B3 1971
DeBolt, C. Gerald
Debolt's
Dictionary of American Pottery Marks, Whiteware &
Porcelain
Paducah, Ky.: Collector Books, c1994.
(r)q NK4215 .D35 1993x
Kovel, Ralph and Terry
Kovel’s American Art Pottery: The Collector’s Guide to Makers, Marks, and Factory Histories
NY: Crown, 1993.
rqNK4005 .K68 1993
Lehner, Lois
Ohio Pottery and Glass: Marks and Manufacturers
Des Moines: Wallace-Homestead book Co., c1978.
rqNK4025.O5 L43
English and European
Encyclopaedia of
British Porcelain Manufacturers
London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1988.
r NK4485 .G592 1988x
Godden, Geoffrey A.
New Handbook
of British Pottery & Porcelain Marks
London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1999.
(r)NK4085.G635
1999
Rontgen,
Robert E.
Marks on
German, Bohemian, and Austrian Porcelain: 1710 to the Present
Atglen, PA: Schiffer Pub., c1997.
(r) NK4215.R66
1997x
Asian
Mascarelli, Gloria
Warman’s Oriental Antiques
Radnor, PA: Wallace-Homestead, 1992.
rNK1065 .M37 1992
Schiffer, Nancy N.
Japanese export ceramics, 1860-1920
Atglen, PA: Schiffer Pub., c2000.
q NK4567.6.S35 2000
Schiffer, Nancy N.
Japanese porcelain, 1800-1950
Atglen, PA: Schiffer Pub., 1999.
(r)q NK4567.5.S35 1999
Finding More Information
The Library Catalog offers numerous titles.
- Use the Subject searches:
- Use the Word searches:
- price guide and [enter mfr. Name]
- price guide and pottery
- [enter name of manufacturer]
(example: Noritake )
Pottery & Porcelain Price Guides
These guides also contain helpful information about various types of pottery and porcelain.
Antique Trader Books American & European Art Pottery: Price Guide
Dubuque, IA: Antique Trader Books, 2002.
NK4007 .A56 2002
Bagdade, Susan and Al
Warman’s
English and Continental Pottery & Porcelain
Iola, WI :Krause Publications, 1998.
(r)q NK4083.B34
1998x
Bagdade, Susan and Al
Warman’s
American Pottery & Porcelain
Iola, WI :Krause Publications, 1998.
rqNK4005 .A1 B35 2000x
Kovel, Ralph M.
Kovels’ Depression Glass & American Dinnerware
NY: Three Rivers Press, 2001.
NK5439 .D44 K67 2001
The Official
Price Guide to Collector Plates
Orlando, FL: House of
Collectibles.
rNK4695 .P55 O36
Price guide to limited edition collectibles
Iola, WI: Krause Publications.
(r)NK1125.A417
Price Guides for Selected Manufacturers and Companies
Gaston, Mary Frank
Collector's Encyclopedia of Limoges Porcelain
Paducah, Ky.: Collector Books, c2000.
(r)qNK4399.L5 G37 2000
Snyder, Jeffrey B.
Fiesta: the Homer Laughlin China Company's Colorful Dinnerware
Rev. & expanded 3rd ed.
Atglen, PA: Schiffer Pub., c2000.
(r)NK4210.H65 A4 2000a
Snyder, Jeffrey B.
Hull Pottery: Decades of Design
Atglen, PA: Schiffer Pub., c2001.
(r)qNK4210.H84 A4 2001
Spain, David
Collecting Noritake, A to Z: Art Deco & More: A Pictorial Record and Guide to Values
Atglen, PA: Schiffer Pub., c1999.
(r)qNK4210.N56 A4 1999
Ward, Betty Purviance and Nancy N. Schiffer
Weller, Roseville & Related Zanesville Art Pottery & Tiles
Atglen, PA: Schiffer Pub. Ltd., 2000.
(r)qNK4210.W45 A4 2000
Whitmyer, Margaret
Collector's Encyclopedia of Hall China
3rd ed.
Paducah, Ky.: Collector Books, c2001.
(r)qNK4210.H28 A4 2001
Care & Repair
(see also Saving Your Family Treasures)
Acton, Lesley and Paul McAuley
Repairing Pottery and Porcelain: A Practical Guide
NY: Lyons & Burford, 1996.
NK4233.A26 1996
Everett, David
All About Repairing Pottery and Porcelain
NY: Hawthorn Books, 1976.
NK4233. E94 1976b
Wells, Susan
Mend Your
Own China and Glass
London: Bell, 1975.
(r) NK4233 .W44
Williams, Nigel
Porcelain: Repair and Restoration
London: British Museum Publications, 1983.
(r) NK4233 .W55 1983
