Alexandria, Virginia pottery 1792-1876
By: Eddie L. Wilder
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Walsworth Pub. Co.
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Marceline, Mo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 379
ISBN-13: 9781424341818
Subjects: Pottery -- Virginia -- Alexandria -- History.; Pottery -- Virginia -- 18th century.; Pottery -- Virginia -- 19th century.; Pottery -- Collectors and collecting.; Stoneware -- Virginia -- Alexandria -- History.; Antiques.
Notes: Includes bibliography (p. 367-372) and index.
Table of contents: title: Alexandria, Virginia: the beginning; title: Pottery making; title: The early potters; title: The Lewis Wilson Plum period; title: The John Swann period; title: Examples of John Swann's stoneware pottery; title: The insolvent ones; title: Map of Alexandria potteries; title: The merchants, Hugh Smith & Sons; title: Examples of wares made for Hugh Smith; title: Examples of wares made for Hugh Charles Smith; title: The Milburn era; title: Examples of wares by B. C. Milburn; title: E. J. Miller: import merchant; title: The Wilkes street pottery maufactory; title: Alexandria "stone" flowers; title: Maker's marks; title: Volumetric capacity marks; title: From the waster pile.