NEW PATTERN BOOK

"Dealers, auctioneers and collectors have long needed a comprehensive book like this to help recognise these rare Caughley pieces. How I wish I had such a book nearly half a century ago." - John Sandon

2025 marks the 250th anniversary of the Caughley Porcelain Manufactory.  To celebrate this, The Caughley Society is publishing a new book about the overglaze patterns used on its wares.  A companion volume to Caughley Blue & White Patterns, it is planned to be on general sale towards the end of 2025.

The book has been written by Chris Brown, who has been researching the subject since 1990.  253 patterns and their borders are fully described and illustrated with more than 660 newly commissioned digital photographs of pieces in both private and museum collections, many of which have never been published before.

Each pattern occupies at least one page and is illustrated by one or more photographs.  A detailed description accompanies each, which includes a date range during which the pattern is believed to have been used, the pattern’s rarity, the marks that accompany the pattern, the shapes it was used on, which borders accompany it, and who the decorator was.  A commentary elaborates this information and draws attention to particular features.

With 432 pages, this hardback book with dust jacket will be produced to the highest professional standards and printed in full colour throughout.  With a foreword by John Sandon, the book will be a comprehensive and invaluable source of information for auctioneers, ceramic historians, collectors, curators, dealers, and others interested in eighteenth-century porcelain.

The book will be published in a limited edition of 500 copies and will be on sale at £85.00 plus P&P*, but you can save £15.00 by ordering now.  As a subscriber, you will have the opportunity of having your name published in the book.

This is a time-limited offer.  To order, please click on the PayPal link below.  We will acknowledge receipt of all orders and at that time collect details of if/how you would like your name to be recorded.

In the unlikely event of non-publication, all monies will be returned in full.

* The cost of P&P won’t be known until the book has been printed.  You will be informed of this nearer the time.  It will be charged at cost.