How to identify old china
How to identify old china is a 1903 London guide by Mrs Willoughby Hodgson, published by G. Bell & Sons, written for collectors of antique pottery and porcelain. Its plates are black-and-white photographs of jugs, plates, tea wares and dishes laid out on dark and light grounds, with plate captions naming the collections they come from. A designer could take from them the period patterns of blue sprigged motifs, botanical sprays and scalloped rims as reference for ceramic surface decoration.
