Author : British Archaeological Association
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ISBN 13 : 9781333078171
Total Pages : 510 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (781 download)
Book Synopsis The Archaeological Journal, 1902, Vol. 59 (Classic Reprint) by : British Archaeological Association
Download or read book The Archaeological Journal, 1902, Vol. 59 (Classic Reprint) written by British Archaeological Association and published by . This book was released on 2016-07-19 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Archaeological Journal, 1902, Vol. 59 When we consider the scanty information that the writers on English Ceramics have been able to give about such important and comparatively recent factories as Bow and Chelsea, we can hardly wonder that so little is known of the potters of the middle ages whose highest efforts, as far as we can judge from existing specimens of their work, never strayed beyond the range of common household utensils, unless it was to make an occasional excursion into the grotesque. Records of their trade are rare and jejune in the extreme, and the surviving examples of their work, though less infrequent, are scarcely more enlightening. The fact is, no one troubled to preserve the one or the other, as a glance at the uncertain and fragmentary state of most existing collections will show. The few whole specimens on our shelves have for the most part been rescued from abandoned cellars and disused wells, the rest come chie y from the sites of the old factories or the refuse heaps. A very few have been found buried under the foundations of houses and other buildings where they seem to have played a. Part in the ceremony of the foundation laying. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."