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For sale is this
wonderful book, launched back on October
2007,
featuring 300 illustrations over 84 pages covering the history,
shapes & patterns of J & G Meakin Pottery.
This is a very comprehensive book, identifying
most of the Meakin Patterns, very thoroughly
researched and printed to a very high standard,
a must buy for any pottery collector; not just
the Meakin lovers among you!
Written By Chris Marks
Foreword By Paul Atterbury
Published By Sparks Media Publishing
Introduction:
'A few years ago, on one of my many quests for
post-war ceramics in various charity shops,
jumble sales and car-boot sales, I came across a
couple of very distinctively shaped coffee pots.
Taken by their strikingly bold designs, I turned
them over to find out who made them: ‘J & G
Meakin Studio’. I was intrigued, it was a name I
hadn’t heard of before.
Wondering how many other patterns had been
produced by the pottery, I decided to learn
more, and so my work began. Consulting reference
books at a local bookshop, I eventually
unearthed an outline of the history, shapes and
patterns of J & G Meakin, and gradually
discovered how extensive the pottery’s
production had been, and also how many different
shapes and patterns had been produced to date.
Even today, new patterns and shapes keep popping
up in the unlikeliest of places, so the full
extent of what was produced is, and probably
will remain, unknown. One of the pleasures of collecting pieces made
by a particular pottery is developing knowledge
and expertise in the subject. In this case,
although certain areas of the archive material
I studied were extensive and fairly complete,
other areas required further research – through
magazines, leaflets, advertisements, library
records and ex-employees of the factory.
Many pattern names, dates and designers remain a
mystery. If, however, while reading this book
you are able to put a name to a pattern or add a
design that does not appear in the book, please
write to me care of the publisher’s address. As
well as being of personal interest, this
information can then be used to update any
future editions.' |
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