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An antique collector hears of an ancient woman with a large collection of china. Hoping to complete a particular set, the collector pays a visit to the woman's ramshackle house, where she makes a terrifying, ghostly discovery.
This volume covers the period from 1848 to the present day. In addition to the history of the factory there are biographies of the potters, modellers and artists as well as reproductions of the Shape books.
The Bishop of Hell and Other Stories by Marjorie Bowen is a collection of feminist tales about the hardship of women and haunting and dark supernatural happenings. Excerpt: "SHE who had been Florence Flannery noted with a careless eye the stains of wet on the dusty stairs, and with a glance ill-used to the observance of domesticities looked up for damp or dripping ceilings. The dim-walled staircase revealed nothing but more dust, yet this would serve as a peg for ill-humor to hang on, so Florence pouted."
Excerpt from Catalogue of the Collection of English Porcelain: In the Department of British and Mediaeval Antiquities and Ethnography of the British Museum It would not be possible to fix a limit of date in a collection of this class, but comparatively few of the pieces are less than a century old. I have read through the descriptions and introductory matter. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Bowen's stories show a mastery of detail, a sureness of expression and an acute reading of human nature that give them a sinister force which is realistic and unnerving, yet at the same time tinged with pity and compassion.
An illustrated chronology of the Titanic, providing details about the people and events related to the ship from its conception, construction, and testing, through the exploration and exhibition of the wreckage.