McConnell, Kevin — Spongeware and Spatterware

West Chester, PA, Schiffer Publishing, 1990. Softbound. Glossy, color-illustrated wraps. 128 pp. profusely illustrated in color. An essential and most useful illustrated reference on this unique ceramic style. From the publisher: "Spongeware and spatterware, colorful country pottery which was traditionally a favorite of the American public, remains enormously popular with today's many collectors of antique ceramics. This revised and expanded identification and price guide provides those collectors with an expansive pictorial cross-section of eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth century spongeware and spatterware. Additionally, the detailed text offers clear insight into the history and development of these attractive, desirable wares. Over two hundred examples of spongeware and spatterware are illustrated in this book with full color photographs and complete information, including a price guide. VG .