Many thanks for purchasing this guide. We hope to teach you how to buy and sell antiques to make huge profits. There truly are bargains to be found almost anywhere you look. The only difficult part is finding how to spot these bargains! That is what you will learn throughout this guide. Enjoy! Contents Foreword 5 Part I FURNITURE 1 English furniture 6 2 Dictionary of English pieces 26 3 Continental furniture 44 4 American furniture 52 5 Points to look for in telling old from new 53 Part II POTTERY AND PORCELAIN 6 Pottery 55 7 English pottery 56 8 Continental pottery 63 9 Persia and neighbouring countries 74 10 America 76 11 Porcelain 78 12 English porcelain factories 80 13 Continental porcelain 94 14 Oriental pottery and porcelain 118 Part III GLASS, SILVER, PLATE, ENAMELS, METALWORK 15 Glass 126 16 Silver and plate 136 17 Enamels 143 18 Metalwork 145 Part IV MISCELLANEOUS 19 Jade and other stones 153 20 Ivory 157 21 Clocks, watches, musical boxes 160 22 Embroidery, lace, tapestry 166 Foreword COLLECTING anything, antique or modern, is limited by two factors: the money available and the space to be filled. Having determined these basic essentials, it is then a personal matter. The taste of the collector may lead to watches or clocks, china teapots, or innumerable other things. The lucky acquisition of an admired piece may lead to a determination to get more of the same, or at least to find out what the admiration is all about. This book is intended as a guide for the beginner, to help him through the bewildering maze of antique objects with which he is likely to come in contact. Also, it has much information to aid the more advanced collector. It sets out to help in identifying the age of a piece; to give clues that may reveal the actual maker, or at least his nationality; to indicate comparative rarity; and to suggest what is worth having and what to leave for others. In a single slim book it is impossible to do more than outline some of the many antiques that may be met with ordinarily, and doubtless there are gaps. To try to fill them, some of the sections list a few selected books that will be helpful. It is well known that most books on art subjects are expensive, but those recommended costing around $5 and obtainable without much difficulty are marked with an asterisk (*). The writer gratefully acknowledges help from the following: the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe for permission to photograph and reproduce the tapestry in Plate 8; Mr. A. L. Douch, B.A., Curator of the museum of the Royal Institution of Cornwall, for his cooperation when photographing pieces from the Edgar A. Rees, Hawkins, and other collections in the County Museum, Truro, shown in Plates 6, 10, 11, 13 and 17; Leicester Museums and Art Gallery for allowing reproduction of Plates 1, 2 and 3; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, for Plates 14, 15 and 16. Finally, he thanks his patient wife for reading and rereading the proofs of the text. Grab Your Copy For Only… $39.95 I know you will get something from this well written eBook! Remember: Anything that MAKES you money is certainly WORTH the money you spend to obtain it! Grab Your Copy For Only . . . $39.95 I know you will get something from this well written eBook! Remember: Knowledge is power - And Great Knowledge is Powerful. When reading an eBook can MOVE you - Isn’t that feeling worth the price of the wonderful read? ENJOY! APPLY! SHARE!

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