References & links

The historical information appearing on this Web site is not based on original research, but drawn from published sources. 
     Experts sometimes disagree, and an attempt has been made to steer a neutral course in such cases, except where incontrovertible evidence is at hand. Having said that, the webmaster, not his sources, is to blame for any errors of fact, lapses in judgement, unsupported conclusions, or dangling participles. 
     The main sources are listed below, alphabetically by author, and followed by links to interesting Web sites relating to ceramic arts and crafts.

Such is the art of the potter: a craft that is difficult and disappointing perhaps beyond all others, for most craftsmen, when they have finished their work, can stand back and approve of it or not as it strikes them in the finished state. But not so the potter. When all is complete he has yet to submit his work to the mercy of the fire that no man can completely control, and this element will make or mar all his effort.
  
—Harry Barnard
 The Story of the Potter (1932)

Acknowledgements 

Australian pottery books

Arnold, Ken

Collecting Australian Found Stoneware

(1989) Crown Castleton Publishers, Australia

ISBN 0 9587953 8 X
 

Ford, Geoff

Encyclopaedia of Australian Pottery Marks

(1998) Salt Glaze Press, Australia

ISBN 0 646 31071 2

Ford, Geoff

Graham, Marjorie

Australian Pottery of the 19th & Early 20th Century

(1979) The David Ell Press, Sydney

ISBN 0 908197 08

Hall, William and Dorothy

Australian Artware Pottery

(1996) Crown Castleton Publishers, Australia

ISBN 1 875 342 21 4

Hall, William and Dorothy

Australian Domestic Pottery

(1992) Kangaroo Press Pty Ltd (Australia)

ISBN 0 86417 456 X

Hill, Gregory

The Potteries of Brunswick

(2000) Shepparton Art Gallery

ISBN 0 9577065 2 9

Hooper, Juliana and Toby

A Guide to Collecting Australiana

(3rd ed 1990) MacMillan (Australia)

ISBN 0 7329 0222 3

Scholes, Paul

Bendigo Pottery

(1979) Lowden Publishing Co, Australia

ISBN 0 909706 60 3

Shepparton Art Gallery, Victoria Hammond, ed.

Australian Ceramics

(1987) Shepparton Art Gallery

ISBN 0 9589118 4 3

Timms, Peter

Australian Pottery 1900 to 1950

(1978 exhibition catalogue)

Shepparton Arts Centre

 Other reference books

Barnard, Harry

The Story of the Potter

(2nd ed 1981) B T Batsford, Great Britain
ISBN 0 7134 3394 9

Cooper, Emmanuel

A History of World Pottery

(1932) A&C Black, Ltd, London

Godden, Geoffrey A.

British Pottery: An Illustrated Guide

(1974) Barrie & Jenkins Limited, London

ISBN 0 214 20034 5

Haslam, Malcolm

Pottery

(1975) Orbis Publishing, London

ISBN 0 85613 191 1

Kenny, John B.

The Complete Book of Pottery Making

(1949) Greenberg: Publisher, New York

Memmott, Harry

The Australian Pottery Book

(2nd ed 1978) Summit Books (Australia)

ISBN 0 7271 0329 6

Montana, Andrew

The Art Movement in Australia

(2000) Melbourne University Press

ISBN 0 522 84879 6

Powell, Harold

The Beginner's Book of Pottery

(Rev. ed. 1972) Lanford Press, London

Thomas, Gwilym

Step by Step Guide to Pottery

1973) Hamlyn Publishing Group Limited

ISBN 0 600 38031 9

Links

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Australiana

The Boyd family collection in the National Trust at Bundanon near Nowra, on the NSW South Coast. 
 

Shepparton Art Gallery (Australia), specializing in Australian ceramics
 

Australian pottery site operated by a descendant of John McHugh, founder of McHugh Bros pottery (Launceston, Tasmania)

Australian colllectibles site with online auction pages

Home page of The Collector, a Melbourne auction house specializing in Australian collectibles.
 

 English and European
 

Victoria and Albert Museum site with "Images Online" gallery
 

American Ceramics Society home page with a list of over 500 links to ceramics-related web sites.
 

Home page of Ceramics Monthly magazine (USA) with search facility for archived articles
 

A knowledge base for collectors, students and lovers of all kinds of pottery
 

A beginner's guide to Wedgewood
 

Antique majolica wares
 

Antiques and fine art objects
 

The Stoke-on-Trent potteries
 

Anglo-Saxon and Viking  pottery

A reference database of English pottery marks

 Classical, Near-Eastern and Asian

The Nicholson Museum at the University of Sydney houses an archaeological collection unique in Australia, comprising five collections: Near Eastern, Cypriot, Classical (Greek and Roman), and European.
 

The National Palace Museum of Taiwan has some beautiful ceramics.
 

Chinese ceramics
 

A gallery of ancient art objects, including ceramics, from around the world.
 

Kyoto Museum (Japan) site with articles on ceramics.
 

Ceramics from around the world.