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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. Images are beautiful bright and vivid. No notes or highlighting. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> Stoneware highly prized by collectors for its beauty and variety was first developed in the Rhineland at the end of the thirteenth century. A hard non-porous ceramic it was ideal for domestic use and is now an abundant source of information about the societies that made and used it. Stoneware from excavations offers vital evidence for regional and international trade social behaviour and living conditions. The introduction of salt-glazing and applied relief ornament in the Renaissance transformed what had been primarily a utilitarian commodity into a social medium. Coats-of-arms royal portraits and religious imagery invested a strong element of contemporary political and cultural propaganda. German stoneware thus provides an essential framework for economic and social interpretations on archaeological sites from Britain and the Continent to North America and beyond. This authoritative account is the most comprehensive single volume ever published on German stoneware. Images range from paintings of the period to contemporary sources for the designs complementing the latest scientific information and a fully illustrated catalogue of representative pieces drawn from three major London collections-those of the British Museum the Victoria and Albert and the Museum of London. An invaluable resource for archaeologists and social and economic historians as well as collectors and lovers of historical ceramics Dr Gaimster’s book is the definitive work on the subject. (OS)