Chinese Armorial Porcelain [Hardcover]

David Howard (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 1047 pages
• Publisher: Faber & Faber (December 1974)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0571098118
• ISBN-13: 978-0571098118
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,459,699 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent - The definitive work on the subject, March 18, 1999

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This review is from: Chinese Armorial Porcelain (Hardcover)

For serious collectors of armorial porcelain this is the definitive work. Over 6000 coats of arms are illustrated and described in considerable detail. Howard is the generally recognized expert in the field.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The ne plu ultra in Armorial Porcelain, March 11, 2006

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This review is from: Chinese Armorial Porcelain (Hardcover)

There is no other resource like this encyclopedic book. It is the foundational piece for identifying family crests and mottos on European and British Armorial Porcelain made in China in the 18th and 19th centuries. David Howard's life work is represented in this tome, essential to all who really love Armorial porcelain. There is a second volume that carries the rest of Howard's work, as well as several smaller books that he wrote.