History of ancient pottery
A survey of ancient pottery by Samuel Birch, published in London by John Murray in 1858, written for readers of antiquities and collectors of early ceramics. Its engravings show vessels with a wide range of forms, from a footed bowl and a twisted-handled jar to a bulbous flask with applied faces and limbs, drawn in fine black line with hatched shading that suggests glaze and clay surfaces. A designer could take from them the varied silhouettes of ancient vessels, the rope-twist handles, and the hatching technique for rendering curved ceramic bodies.
