Pictorial Guide to Pottery and Porcelain Marks, Chad Lage, Green Hardcover

Pictorial Guide to Pottery and Porcelain Marks by Chad Lage, published by Collector Books. Pale green and white hardcover, 413 pages, with over seven thousand photographs of roughly four thousand marks arranged alphabetically by company, from Abingdon to Zsolnay. What sets this one apart from other marks books is that it shows photographs of the actual marks on the actual pieces rather than line drawings, so it is much easier to match what is in your hand. Cross referenced indexes by date, shape and company in the back. Measures approximately 9 inches wide by 11.5 inches tall. Text block is clean and tight with no writing or highlighting. There is a tear to the cloth at the head of the spine and light shelf wear to the corners. Pottery marks, porcelain marks, antique reference, identification guide, collector books, dealer reference, china marks.