Collectors Encyclopedia Of Hull Pottery [Illustrated] [Hardcover]

Brenda Roberts (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0891451498 | ISBN-13: 978-0891451495 | Publication Date: October 1, 1980 | Edition: 1

Hundreds of pieces of Hull pottery in full color, complete descriptions of 116 lines with dates of manufacture, and an in-depth history of the pottery make this the most essential book for Hull collectors. 2005 values.

Editorial Reviews

Review

A detailed history of Addis Emmet Hull, founder of the Hull Pottery company, is provided in this book, along with a chronological development of the company, including its contract with Shulton, the plant's flood and fire, and the resulting new plant, leadership, and lines. This book has been a standard among collectors since 1980. -Phillip Norris

About the Author

Brenda Roberts has been an antique collector since 1970, and in 1974 she focused her attention on The Hull Pottery Company of Crooksville, Ohio. Her collection numbers over 1,600 items and is one of the largest Hull collections in the country.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 208 pages
• Publisher: Collector Books; 1 edition (October 1, 1980)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0891451498
• ISBN-13: 978-0891451495
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #186,945 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #32 in Books > Crafts, Hobbies & Home > Antiques & Collectibles > Pottery & Ceramics

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38 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Inconvenient and incomplete, January 7, 2000

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Andrew Johnson (Havertown, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Collectors Encyclopedia Of Hull Pottery (Hardcover)

If you seriously collect or sell Hull pottery, skip this book. Only the most expensive pieces have color pictures and valuations, but even for many of these you will only find small black and white pictures, and no valuations. Furthermore, almost 25% of the book is merely reprints from old Hull catalogs, with no valuations included. Valuations are inconveniently listed in the back of the book, which requires a lot of page flipping (very convenient for the publisher, who only has to update this section, rather than the entire book). I get the impression that this book was merely published to profit off the interest of collectors, but not really intended to serve the collector's needs.

24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Book helpful, but hardly definitive, May 8, 2001

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Christine V. Smith (Cincinnati OH USA--where pigs do fly) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Collectors Encyclopedia Of Hull Pottery (Hardcover)

If I could purchase only one Hull reference it would be Jeffrey Snyder's Hull Pottery: Decades of Design. The Roberts book uses color photos that look they were taken in the 1950's and in at least one case I was unable to ID a piece because of the graniness of the photo. She does include some pieces Synder's book does not and vice versa. I have found using one book to supplement the other the best bet.

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars VERY POOR PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE PASTEL ITEMS..., March 9, 2002

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Janie Eilers "Farmer's Daughter" (Minneapolis, MN United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Collectors Encyclopedia Of Hull Pottery (Hardcover)

I BOUGHT THE BOOK TO IDENTIFY THE HULL VASES WHICH I'VE COLLECTED OVER THE YEARS, BUT I WAS REALLY DISAPPOINTED WHEN I OPENED THIS BOOK. MANY OF THE ITEMS WERE ALMOST UNIDENTIFIABLE, DUE TO WASHED OUT PHOTOS OF THE PASTEL ITEMS - AND THE PASTELS ARE THE ONLY HULL ITEMS WHICH I OWN. I WAS HARD-PRESSED TO BE ABLE TO TELL WHAT I WAS LOOKING AT. THE YELLOWS, PINKS, GREENS AND LIGHT BLUES ARE SO PALE, AS TO NOT BE ABLE TO TELL WHERE ONE COLOR ENDS AND THE OTHER BEGINS. IN MANY PHOTOS, THERE IS ALMOST AN ABSENCE OF COLOR - EVERYTHING IS JUST A BLUR. IF IT HADN'T BEEN FOR THE NUMBERS ON THE BOTTOMS OF THE VASES I OWN, I'D NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FIND THEM - CERTAINLY NOT BY THE PICTURES. REALLY POOR EDITING. THOSE PHOTOS SHOULD HAVE BEEN REJECTED AND RE-DONE.