Crown Publishers

The Collectors’ Encyclopedia of Antiques

Covers arms and armour, bottles and boxes, carpets and rugs, ceramics, clocks, watches and barometers, embroidery and needlework, furniture, glass, jewellery, metalwork, musical instruments, Netsuke and Inro, pewter, scientific instruments…

Know Your Antiques

How to recognize and evaluate any antique..large or small..like an expert. This is a general guide covering paper, glass, furniture, pottery and porcelain, clocks, and more.

Kovel’s Dictionary of Marks: Pottery & Porcelain 1650 . 1850

An identification guide to American, English, and European porcelain arranged by factory marks according to their shapes, e.g., letters or words or by shapes such as animals, circles, etc.