Children's China: The Medallion Collector's Series

London: Constable and Company Limited, 1983. Hardbound. As New. Dark blue cloth with light blue, color-illustrated dustjacket, 99 pp., 55 bw plates. The first book devoted exclusively to children's china. "By the second half of the nineteenth century, an enormous variety of children's china was available, ranging from full-size plates and mugs for use at mealtimes to tiny pieces for putting into dolls' houses; besides these, there were complete tea and dinner services to suit large dolls or small girls, decorated tiles, ewers, basins, biscuit caskets, carpet bowls, hot water bottles, money boxes and cake decorations. By the early twentieth century, there was even more as this fascinating book shows in its concise history and the 58 illustrations it contains." (dj). (Inventory #: 106233)