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In the 18th century, pugs found their way onto the laps of noblewomen and, with this, into the portraits of contemporary rulers. Small and forever panting, the pug could not be put to use as a watchdog or a herding dog, but it compensated for this with its charm. The dog ultimately found its way onto porcelain and faience. Johann Joachim Kändler, the most significant modeler of the Meissen porcelain manufactory, designed over 60 variants of the pug between 1740 and 1760 – standing, lying, scratching, and performing tricks.  Kändler portrayed the pug belonging to Count Heinrich von Brühl in a splendid one-off, but he also produced models for serial production. This southern German collection comprises over 150 ceramic pugs as well as other dogs. Moreover, they do not just appear individually; they may also be part of a courtly scene or decorate wares in the gallant style – accessories such as flacons, (snuff) boxes, and walking-stick handles. 

Text in English and German. 

This detailed two-volume set offers an unparalleled scholarly insight into the history of Danish porcelain. Renowned for its ceramic industry, Denmark earned its status as a leading porcelain exporter through intense rivalry with other firms across Europe. With its factories excelling time and time again at the largest international expositions of the 19th and early 20th century, Danish porcelain took its own place on the world stage.

Founded in 1775, Royal Copenhagen remains one the oldest porcelain manufacturers still in operation today. Throughout its history, the factory has experienced numerous highs and lows, and has weathered more than 130 years of competition from the Bing & Grøndahl Porcelain Factory. After 1882, the two factories were located less than a mile apart, with their flagship stores eventually competing side-by-side for sales in the heart of Copenhagen.

Danish Porcelain was inspired by a two-generation collection of Royal Copenhagen and Bing & Grøndahl porcelain, stoneware and faience begun by the author’s father in 1947. Developed over the past 20 years, this is the first comprehensive publication to critically review the history of both factories, from their beginnings to their eventual merger. Featuring detailed appendices and over 2400 images, these two volumes comprise an important source of information on the history of Danish porcelain, including the many technical and artistic successes of the late 1880s that revolutionised production worldwide.   

About the Author:

Dr. Elliot Todd is a second-generation collector of Danish porcelain, stoneware and faience from the factories of Royal Copenhagen and Bing & Grøndahl. Having received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Wisconsin, he is now a professor at a leading American university. An internationally recognised researcher and educator in his fie

The art of collecting — from artist’s palettes still freckled with oil paint, to sculpted picture frames, to a menagerie of wooden toy animals — associating an accumulation of kindred objects is at the core of timeless French style.

French artist, designer, and talented antique hunter Marin Montagut celebrates the joy of collecting everything from textiles to barware to architectural details, taking readers inside a dozen private homes, flea markets, and unusual ateliers to discover the most whimsical treasure troves in France. From a film prop house’s array of leather sporting goods and playing cards to a travel buff’s vintage maps and globes, and from a sculpture studio’s Grecian plaster casts to an amateur designer’s spiral staircase models, and from Montagut’s own wonder wall assemblages to a cook’s haven filled with porcelain dessert molds and copper pots — objects, when presented together as a series, create unforgettable interiors that radiate charm. Inspiration comes in repetition: wooden zigzag rulers with engraved numbers aligned on a wall in a herringbone pattern create an artful space. The spare wooden forms of capipotes — devotional statues used in religious processions, their eyes turned heavenward in ecstasy — and silver ex-votos can be the point of departure for the theme of an entire room. Montagut’s mood boards for each chapter provide endless ideas for the home.

About the Author:

Marin Montagut is French illustrator and designer; his eponymous boutique is dedicated to whimsical decorative objects. He published Timeless Paris (Flammarion, 2021), is coauthor with Ines de la Fressange of Maison: Parisian Chic at Home (Flammarion, 2018), and he created and illustrated the Bonjour City Map-Guides. He has collaborated with the Château de Versailles and with many brands, including Farrow & Ball, the Ritz Paris, Diptyque, and Pierre Frey. Pierre Musellec is a lifestyle photographer; his work appeared in Timeless Paris and Faire magazine. Laura Fronty contributed text to Timeless Paris: Ateliers, Emporiums, Savoir Faire (Flammarion, 2021).

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After more than ten years of intensive research, the first encyclopedia of GLASS MARKS from the 16th to the 20th century is now available; there has been no comparable publication until now! The starting point is the mark you are looking for. The encyclopedia is clearly arranged and easy to handle. Right next to the mark you will find all necessary information. The "mystery" of the markis solved and you will find sound information on the artists/manufacturers/or the producing glass factories, as well as when the works were produced. In addition you will find thousands of biographies of artists in glass and firms from Europe and North America. 

There is no other handbook of its kind on the market! Its unparalleled quality has already made it a standard work in the field.

Illustrations of over 11,000 signatures and marks

A survey of America's preeminent maker of fine silver and its legacy of exceptional design and innovation in the decorative arts.

Established in 1831, the Gorham Manufacturing Company adeptly coupled art and industry, rising to become an industry leader of stylistic and technological achievement in America and around the world. It produced public presentation pieces and one-of-a-kind showstoppers for important occasions, as well as tableware for everyday use. Its works trace a narrative arc not only of great design but also of American ambitions. In this volume, insightful essays are accompanied by gorgeous new photography of splendid silver pieces along with a wealth of archival images, design drawings, casting patterns, and company records that reveal a rich heritage of a giant in decorative arts and silver manufacturing.

Produced in collaboration with the RISD Museum, which has the world's most significant collection of Gorham silver, this major new book casts new light on more than 120 years of grand aesthetic styles in silver, innovative industrial practices, and American social and cultural norms.

About the Author:

Elizabeth A. Williams is David and Peggy Rockefeller Curator of Decorative Arts and Design, RISD Museum.

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With three-quarters of a century of firearms expertise, Gun Digest remains the most trusted firearms annual in print.

This 77th edition is a celebration of American manufacturing ingenuity. Our cover image proudly shows off products from three iconic Made-in-USA brands: Springfield Armory, Leupold Optics and Federal ammunition. That’s just a taste of what’s inside, including:

• The Forgotten .33 Winchester
• A Tribute 1911
• Browning X-Bolt Rifles: Evolving Toward Perfection
• Marlin 1895 SBL .45-70
• Ruger Precision Custom Shop Special

In addition to this, all your favourite sections are there: gun tests, firearms features, product roundups, ballistic tables and more… For true firearms enthusiasts, Gun Digest 2023 proves familiar as the smell of Hoppe’s No. 9 and as vital as a zeroed scope!

About the Editor:

Philip P. Massaro is the seventh editor of the Gun Digest annual, is a regular contributor to Gun Digest the Magazine and Cartridges of the World, and contributes to many different firearms and hunting publications. He has been an avid handloader for three decades, is a land surveyor by trade, a musician by choice, and is happiest in the wildest places on Earth.

Table of Contents:

John T. Amber Literary Award
Introduction: 77th Edition
About the Cover
FEATURES
Griffin & Howe: The Early Years — BY RICK HACKER
Scattergun Adventures — BY JOE COOGAN
The Forgotten .33 Winchester — BY SHANE JAHN
Federal Premium’s Centennial Anniversary — BY PHIL MASSARO
Five Blue-Collar Deer Guns — BY WILL BRANTLEY
Rethinking Rifling — BY C. RODNEY JAMES
.500 Jeffery, Ultimate Game Stopper — BY TOM TABOR
On Custom Guns — BY TOM TURPIN
Mastering the Double-Action Revolver — BY JIM WILSON
Double or Nothing — BY CRAIG BODDINGTON
A Gentleman’s Right … The Duelling Pistol — BY TERRY WIELAND
A Tribute 1911 — BY LENÉE LANDIS
The Case for Single-Shot Handguns — BY LARRY WEISHUHN
Elegant Arsenal for An Aging Handgun Hunter — BY DICK WILLIAMS
The M704 CRF Action — BY RON SPOMER
Bolt-Action Sporters of the Early 20th Century — BY PHIL SHOEMAKER
Chronology of Czech Bolt-Action Hunting Rifles — BY PIERRE VAN DER WALT
A Potpourri of Varmint Wildcats — BY STAN TRZONIEC
The Nepalese Gehendra Rifle — BY JIM DICKSON
The Emergency Gun — BY BOB CAMPBELL
Browning X-Bolt Rifles: Evolving Toward Perfection — BY MIKE DICKERSON
Sturmgewehr 44: The Storm and the Tempest — BY MIKE HASKEW
Pioneer Arms Polish PM 63C “Rak” — BY GEORGE LAYMAN
Are Bullets Too Sharp? — BY WAYNE VAN ZWOLL
Rimfire Revolution — BY MICHAEL SHEA
Handloading Economics — BY PHIL MASSARO
The Age of Chassis Rifle Systems — BY THOMAS GOMEZ
It Ain’t So, Mac! — BY WARREN PAGE

TESTFIRE
Stevens Model M-301 Turkey Gun — BY STEVE GASH
Ruger Precision Custom Shop Special — BY L.P. BREZNY
Marlin 1895 SBL .45-70 — BY ANDY LARSSON
Heritage Barkeep — BY AL DOYLE

ONE GOOD GUN
A Few Good Guns — BY PHIL MASSARO
Benelli 828U Trim Twenty! — BY COREY GRAFF
The Great .450 Ackley — BY TERRY WIELAND
The Underappreciated .356 Winchester — BY JIM HOUSE
A Well-Traveled Shotgun — BY NICK HAHN

REPORTS FROM THE FIELD
Rifles — BY WAYNE VAN ZWOLL
AR-Style Rifles — BY TODD WOODARD
Semi-Auto Pistols — BY ROBERT SADOWSKI
Revolvers & Others — BY SHANE JAHN
Shotguns — BY KRISTIN ALBERTS
Muzzleloaders — BY BOB CAMPBELL
Optics — BY JOE ARTERBURN
Airguns — BY JIM HOUSE
Ammunition — BY PHIL MASSARO
Reloading — BY PHIL MASSARO

RIFLES
Centerfire – Autoloaders
Centerfire – ARs
Centerfire – Levers & Slides
Centerfire – Bolt Actions
Centerfire – Single Shots
Drillings, Combination Guns, Double Rifles
Rimfire – Autoloaders
Rimfire – Bolt Actions & Single Shots
Competition – Centerfires & Rimfires

HANDGUNS
Autoloaders
Competition
Double-Action Revolvers
Single-Action Revolvers
Miscellaneous

SHOTGUNS
Autoloaders
Pumps
Over/Unders
Side-by-Sides
Bolt Actions, Single Shots & Lever Actions
Military & Police

BLACKPOWDER
Single-Shot Pistols
Revolvers
Muskets & Rifles

AIRGUNS
Handguns
Long Guns

BALLISTICS TABLES
Average Centerfire Rifle Cartridge Ballistics
Centerfire Handgun Cartridge Ballistics
Rimfire Ammunition Ballistics
Shotshell Loads

Switzerland is well-known for its host of remarkable collections of 18th-century European porcelain. Exemplary representatives include renowned collectors such as Dr Albert Kocher and Dr Marcel Nyffeler. A number of these magnificent collections can be found today – as a result of endowments or gifts – in Switzerland’s renowned institutions. Today, the ‘white gold’ from Saxony still fascinates Swiss connoisseurs: this publication is dedicated to their passion for collecting and for exceptional treasures, and is enriched with articles by renowned art historians and porcelain experts. An impressive overview of the gems from the most sumptuous Meissen porcelain of the early period.

With over 300 stunning photographs and woodblock prints along with extensive historical and cultural commentary, Japanese Swords is the ultimate authority on Samurai weaponry.

Historically, Japanese warriors considered their swords to be more elevated than simple weaponry. Their swords were both lethal tools and divine companions -- social and religious icons. Traditionally worn by the samurai as a sign of social status, the Japanese sword represented the junction between the ruling military class and those whom they ruled. Moreover, the samurai sword was a technological and artistic marvel. Many scholars consider it to be the finest sword ever constructed.

Concerning symbolism and historical importance, no other blade comes close to the Japanese sword. With a historical, iconographical, and technological perspective, author Cohn M. Roach provides an in-depth study of these magnificent weapons in Japanese Swords. This richly illustrated sword book weaves the blade's primary influences together, tracking its history and illuminating its progress from infancy to grandeur. By studying the evolution of the Japanese sword from this perspective, we better understand Japan and its warrior archetype.

Combining research materials from multiple disciplines, Roach uses his expertise as an educator to guide readers through the sword's rise to greatness in a unique way. This book discusses the history, development, and spiritual symbolism of the sword, as well as the esoteric metallurgical techniques used in making it. It also covers the intense training practices used by skilled swordsmen.

Japanese Swords also includes accompanying online videos featuring a beautifully-filmed documentary that explores the traditional swordmaker's craft, an introduction to the Japanese sword at a sword shop in Kyoto and a visit to a dojo for a beginner's class in the medieval sword-drawing art called iaido.

About the Author:

Colin M. Roach, M.Ed. lives in the high mountains of Utah with his wife and three sons. He is a private school administrator with expertise in the areas of differentiated teaching and learning, and a member of the All Kinds of Minds Institute's national teaching faculty. Mr. Roach is an avid student of Japanese history, culture, and martial arts. Four generations of familial connection to Japan have fueled Mr. Roach's passionate study of Japan's archetypal warrior culture. In addition to his academic study of sword-related symbolism, he has trained with some of the top teachers of aikido and iaido in Japan and America. He holds the ranks of Youdan (4th degree) in iado and Sandan (3rd degree) in aikido. He also holds the teaching title ""Shidoin" in both arts. Mr. Roach often travels to teach sword-related symbolism, traditional Japanese swordsmanship, the etiquette involved when handling a Japanese sword, and iado's role in cultural preservation.

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The name Johann Joachim Kaendler (1706–1775) is closely entwined in the 18th century with the golden age of the Meissen Porcelain Manufactory. His exceptional artistic talent, coupled with craftsmanship, enabled him to capture the daily life of the nobility in their palaces and residences in numerous figures and groups. In doing so, he did not limit himself to official events but reflected tastes and aspirations as well as current trends.

In the publication Magnificence of Rococo impressive porcelain figurines from top-class European private collections are brought together for the first time: on over 300 pages, these magnificent, often unique objects provide insights into courtly life of the Baroque and Rococo periods.

_Four hundred images of pure Rococo and Baroque opulence
_Most beautiful Meissen figurines from European private collections
_Accompanying the extensive exhibition at Wawel Castle, Kraków

The first comprehensive study of the most important ceramic innovation of the 19th century

Colorful, wildly imaginative, and technically innovative, majolica was functional and aesthetic ceramic ware. Its subject matter reflects a range of 19th-century preoccupations, from botany and zoology to popular humor and the macabre. Majolica Mania examines the medium’s considerable impact, from wares used in domestic settings to monumental pieces at the World’s Fairs.

Essays by international  experts address the extensive output of the originators and manufacturers in England ― including Minton, Wedgwood, and George Jones ― and the migration of English craftsmen to the U.S. New research including information on important American makers in New York, Baltimore, and Philadelphia is also featured.

Fully illustrated, the book is enlivened by new photography of pieces from major museums and private collections in the U.S. and Great Britain.

About the Author:

Susan Weber is director and founder of the Bard Graduate Center.

Chess, one of the world’s most popular games, has inspired artists for hundreds of years

Though apparently offering a limited canvas – each set has 32 pieces, each board 64 squares – sets have nevertheless been designed in countless ways, using almost every imaginable material: from precious metals to ivory and rock crystal. They have taken many forms, from figural to abstract, and used many diverse themes, from the historical and political to the beauty and variety of the animal kingdom.

This book brings together some of the most beautiful and unusual chess sets ever made. Over hundreds of years, from five continents, they are culled from private collections and museums, including 200-year-old sets made by nameless Indian craftsmen; sets by Peter Carl Fabergé; sets from Soviet gulag prisoners; and sets by leading artists of the 20th century, like Max Ernst.

Each set has been especially photographed for this book, with detailed insights provided by an exceptional group of experts: Dr. George Dean, Jon Crumiller, Larry List, Barbara Drake Boehm (senior curator of the Cloisters, Metropolitan Museum of Art) and William Wiles (Dezeen), with an introduction by the book’s editor, Dylan Loeb McClain, (former New York Times chess columnist).

Chess, one of the world’s most popular games, has inspired artists for hundreds of years

Though apparently offering a limited canvas – each set has 32 pieces, each board 64 squares – sets have nevertheless been designed in countless ways, using almost every imaginable material: from precious metals, to ivory and rock crystal. They have taken many forms, from figural to abstract, and used many diverse themes, from the historical and political to the beauty and variety of the animal kingdom.

This book brings together some of the most beautiful and unusual chess sets ever made. Over hundreds of years, from five continents, they are culled from private collections and museums, including: 200 year-old sets made by nameless Indian craftsmen; sets by Peter Carl Fabergé; sets from Soviet gulag prisoners; and sets by leading artists of the 20th century, like Max Ernst.

Each set has been especially photographed for this book, with detailed insights provided by an exceptional group of experts: Dr. George Dean, Jon Crumiller, Larry List, Barbara Drake Boehm (senior curator of the Cloisters, Metropolitan Museum of Art) and William Wiles (Dezeen), with an introduction by the book’s editor, Dylan Loeb McClain, (former New York Times chess columnist).

Pressure exerted by America in 1854 caused Japan to open its doors after 260 years of isolation. Virtually uninhibited receptiveness to everything Western was the driving force behind the modernisation of Japan initiated by the Meiji government yet it also induced a rapid rediscovery of indigenous cultural values. At early Paris and London international exhibitions, the Japanese decorative and applied arts sparked off the Western fascination with all things Japanese – japonisme. In Japan, on the other hand, new technologies were eagerly adopted – the government realised that increasing production for export would be an excellent means of promoting Japanese economic growth and thus enhancing Japan’s status worldwide.

The present publication represents the first detailed survey of the development of Japanese export porcelain against a highly charged background of political, economic and cultural factors. Stylistic development in Japanese ceramics did not mean one-sided Westernisation; instead, inspiration went both ways, most notably in the impact made by Japanese art on Art Nouveau/Jugendstil and, ultimately, the Japanese aesthetic response to it.

This is the first complete survey of Japanese export porcelain from the Meiji era to be published in English – a benchmark standard work for specialists and an insider tip for lovers of porcelain and anyone interested in Art Nouveau and Japan.

Meiji Ceramics represents the first in-depth study of the development of Japanese export porcelain against a highly charged background of political, economic and cultural factors. Includes 180 artists’ signatures.

Kostbar veredelte Glasgefäße von Emile Gallé, Daum Frères und Louis Comfort Tiffany, subtil dekorierte Erzeugnisse der berühmten Porzellanmanufakturen Rozenburg, Kopenhagen, Nymphenburg und Meissen, neben reich mit Blütendekor geschmückten Haarkämmen und anderen extravaganten Schmuckstücken der Pariser Juweliere um René Lalique, bis zu individuell gestalteten Möbeln von August Endell, Richard Riemerschmid und Henry van de Velde: Wer sich als Besucher in die Sammlung des Bayerischen Nationalmuseums München begibt, der wandelt durch die faszinierend vielfältige Zeit des Jugendstils.

Diese Sammlung zählt zu den herausragenden deutschen Museumsbeständen mit Meisterwerken des Jugendstils. Den Kern bilden die über Jahrzehnte mit hoher Kennerschaft zusammengetragenen Sammlungen Professor Dr. Siegfried Wichmanns und Herzog Franz von Bayern, die seit 1983 für das Münchner Museum erworben wurden. Aus dem mehr als 500 Einzelobjekte umfassenden Bestand führt die reich bebilderte Publikation dem Leser rund 150 der schönsten und bedeutendsten Werke mit fundierten Texten und brillanten Abbildungen vor Augen.

Dem Charakter der Sammlung entsprechend, spiegelt die Publikation das breite Spektrum der internationalen Jugendstilbewegung mit Arbeiten erstrangiger Künstler und mit Beispielen aus nahezu allen Materialgattungen wider.

If you want to know the value of your antiques - or find out how the antiques market is faring - the world's bestselling antiques price guide is the place to look.

'The bible of the antiques world.' Daily Mail

Miller's Antiques Handbook & Price Guide remains the essential and trusted guide to the antiques market. It has earned the reputation of being the book no dealer, collector or auctioneer should be without. Compiled by Judith Miller, world-renowned antiques expert and co-founder of the book, the guide features more than 8,000 antiques.

Comprehensive sections cover Ceramics, Asian Antiques, Furniture, Glass, Silver and Metalwares, Jewellery and objets de vertu, Clocks and Watches, Books, Textiles, Toys, Decorative Arts and Modern Classics. Special features explain why one piece is worth more than another, show how to value an item and teach you to be your own valuer. Biographies of designers and factories give the background information you need to help date and value objects, while special 'Judith Picks' sections give fascinating background and valuation details for particularly interesting or unusual objects.

About the Author:

Judith Miller was one of the world's leading antiques experts. She first began collecting in the 1960s while a student at Edinburgh University, and continued to extend and reinforce her knowledge of antiques through international research. In 1979 she co-founded the international best-seller Miller's Antiques Price Guide and went on to write more than 100 books which are held in high regard by collectors and dealers.

Judith appeared regularly on TV and radio. She was an expert on the BBC's Antiques Roadshow and co-hosted the popular BBC series The House Detectives, ITV's Antiques Trail, and Discovery's It's Your Bid. She appeared on The Martha Stewart Show and CNN. Judith lectured extensively, including at the V&A in London and the Smithsonian in Washington, and contributed to numerous newspapers and magazines, including the Financial Times, the Daily Telegraph, BBC Homes & Antiques and House & Garden.