Buy this book on-line ROBERTS,GAYE BLAKE**: : MASON'S - THE FIRST TWO HUNDRED YEARS.**LONDON.MERRELL HOLBERTON PUBLISHERS LTD.,1996.
UK,slim 8vo softback,1st edn.Christmas gift presentation inscrptn to half-title page.Bright, clean, glossy colour photographic illustrated card wraps with negligible shelf-wear and creasing - appears an unread copy - no spine/
backstrip creases present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean, contents bright, tight and near pristine.8vo,8-128pp [paginated] includes half-title+title pages,contents list,foreword by Geoffrey Godden, chronology,6 chapters in 2 parts,profuse colour photographs throughout the text, maker's marks,biblio and an index.
Best known today for their Ironstone China,Mason's has been for two hundred years one of the most important ceramic names in England.The business was founded by Miles Mason,a leading 'China man',in 1796.His company prospered,and was further
developed by his sons,G.M. and C.J.Mason, who took over its management in 1813.In that same year they took out a patent that resulted in the creation of Ironstone.
Throughout its history,the Mason name has been synonymous with innovation,superbly potted product in a rich variety of bodies,
and outstanding decoration.Published in celebration of company's bi-centennary.
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