Derby Porcelain 1748-1848, An Illustrated Guide, is certain to supersede the author's earlier Derby Porcelain as the new standard reference book on the subject. It contains much new information and documentary evidence and a large quantity of hitherto unpublished illustrations drawn from a wide variety of sources. For ease of reference the book has been divided into five main sections, each dealt with in alphabetical order. History of Derby People Associated with Derby Production Materials and Techniques Subject Matter and Patterns Usage (classification by type of product) There is also a section on marks and appendices on The Old Derby Pattern Books, price lists of groups and single figures, as well as a previously unpublished twenty page illustrated appendix on cup shapes. This is a comprehensive study of the Nottingham Road Derby factory, its staff and its wares, with detailed biographies on anyone and everyone connected with production and sales during the factory's first hundred years. AUTHOR: John Twitchett, F.R.S.A., has specialised in the history of Derby porcelain for more than forty years and is the leading authority on the Derby China Works. He was curator of the Royal Crown Derby Museum from 1972 to 1997 and is now a life trustee. He was co-founder of the Derby Porcelain International Society. 268 colour & 221 b/w illustrations