Part of an 1877 series surveying the industries of Victorian Britain for general readers, this volume gathers three experts. Léon Arnoux writes on pottery, Frederick Barff on glass and silicates, explaining why lead silicate leaves striae in cheap decanters, and J. H. Pollen of the South Kensington Museum on furniture and woodwork.
A useful window on Victorian craft and industry for historians of design, ceramics and glass. Download the free EPUB.