INTRODUCTION 6
THE PEASANT POTTERTHE ARCHAIC TRADITION: FROM NEOLITHIC TO MODERN TIMES 10
THE INDUSTRIAL POTTERTHE BIRTH OF INDUSTRY: DELFT, STONEWARE AND THE RISE OF STAFFORDSHIRE 28
POTTER TO THE WORLD: JOSIAH WEDGWOOD AND NEO-CLASSICISM 46
THE SEARCH FOR PORCELAIN: FROM SOFT PASTE TO BONE CHINA 68
THE REFORM ERA: THE GREAT EXHIBITION AND BEYOND 86
THE ARTIST-POTTERTOWARDS INDEPENDENCE: POTTERY AND THE ARTS AND CRAFTS MOVEMENT 106
THE STUDIO POTTERTHE TRADITIONALISTS: THE FINE ART POT VS. THE ETHICAL POT 136
THE MODERNISTS: FROM REDUCTIVISM TO ORGANIC ABSTRACTION 166
THE POST-MODERNISTS: 1970 TO THE PRESENT 192
NOTES 220
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 224
SELECTED CHRONOLOGY 229
GLOSSARY 232
INDEX 234
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 238
PICTURE CREDITS 239
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