Klein, Adalbert

Fayencen Europas [European Faience • 412 illustrations]

Braunschweig: Klinkhardt & Biermann, 1980.

WHERE CLAY BECOMES COURTLY—A VISUAL SURVEY OF EUROPEAN FAIENCE ACROSS CENTURIES AND REGIONS

A comprehensive survey of European tin-glazed earthenware, presenting forms, decoration, and regional variation with strong visual emphasis. The volume functions both as reference and visual catalogue, useful for collectors, decorators, and historians of ceramics.

CONDITION: Large-format hardcover with dust jacket; illustrated throughout with black-and-white and color photographs; 412 pages with index. Binding square with a slight spine lean. No notable flaws to book or jacket. Text clean and well-preserved. Text in German.Text in German.

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE — A substantial late-20th-century survey of European faience, reflecting the period’s renewed scholarly and collector interest in decorative arts and regional ceramic traditions.

Subjects: European faience, tin-glazed pottery, ceramics history, decorative arts, European craftsmanship, ceramic design, museum collections, decorative arts, ceramics, reference, illustrated art book

Item #000998

Price: $35.00