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Scottish Wemyss ware 1882-1930 : the George Bellamy collection.

By: Bellamy, George [author,, writer of introduction.]Contributor(s): McNeill, Carol, 1939- [contributor.]Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Woodbridge, Suffolk, Uk : ACC Art Books, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Description: 223 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 30 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781788840170; 1788840178Subject(s): Bellamy, George -- Art collections -- Catalogs | Wemyss ware -- Private collections -- Catalogs | Wemyss ware -- History | Wemyss ware -- Collectors and collectingDDC classification: 738.309412 LOC classification: NK4340.W4 | B455 2018Summary: CERAMICS: ARTWORKS. An exclusive tour of one of the most diverse and high-quality collections of Scottish Wemyss Ware. Lavish illustrations cover an impressive range of Wemyss subjects - animals, flowers, insects, birds and more. Includes an essay on Wemyss production by historian Carol McNeil, as well as an introduction by collection owner George Bellamy. Wemyss Ware is an evocative name to anyone with an interest in pottery. It conjures grinning cats and pot-bellied pigs, jugs and plates and other items of tableware, often decorated with an intricate pink cabbage rose or other such bucolic scenes. Produced in Kirkcaldy, Scotland, from 1882 to 1930 (and in Bovey Tracy, England, 1930-1952), Wemyss Ware has an illustrious history. From the Wemyss family, the patrons of this pottery line; to the Queen Mother and Prince Charles, Wemyss Ware has caught the eye of many individuals of note.

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Includes a scholarly essay by Carol McNeill and an introduction by the author.

CERAMICS: ARTWORKS. An exclusive tour of one of the most diverse and high-quality collections of Scottish Wemyss Ware. Lavish illustrations cover an impressive range of Wemyss subjects - animals, flowers, insects, birds and more. Includes an essay on Wemyss production by historian Carol McNeil, as well as an introduction by collection owner George Bellamy. Wemyss Ware is an evocative name to anyone with an interest in pottery. It conjures grinning cats and pot-bellied pigs, jugs and plates and other items of tableware, often decorated with an intricate pink cabbage rose or other such bucolic scenes. Produced in Kirkcaldy, Scotland, from 1882 to 1930 (and in Bovey Tracy, England, 1930-1952), Wemyss Ware has an illustrious history. From the Wemyss family, the patrons of this pottery line; to the Queen Mother and Prince Charles, Wemyss Ware has caught the eye of many individuals of note.

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