Ten Thousand Years of Pottery

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The pleasure of this book starts with the Frontispiece! - Rated
The pleasure of this lavishly and lovingly illustrated book starts with the Frontispiece!

Written by Emmanuel Cooper, Editor of the magazine "Ceramic Review" and an international name in the fields of ceramics, writing and broadcasting, the book charts the development of ceramics from its earliest appearance to modern times. Ten thousand years, we learn, is a conservative estimate of the time in which pottery has been made, as recent archaeological finds have been estimated to be some twelve thousand years old.

Arranged geographically (and it is pleasing to see that Britain has a chapter all of its own), not only do we follow the development of ceramics in each geographical area, the author also gives step-by-step analyses of production methods, such as how ancient potters achieved red and black colours on the same pot by using a carefully prepared slip. Detailed technical information is thus balanced with more general historical narrative, making the book of equal fascination to working potters and the general reader.