Main entry:

Williamson, George C., 1858-1942.

Title & Author:

The imperial Russian dinner service; a story of a famous work by Josiah Wedgwood, by Dr. George C. Williamson.

Publication:

London, G. Bell and Sons, 1909.

Description:

4 preliminary leaves, [vii]-xxi, 114 pages, 1 leaf color frontispiece, 73 plates (including portraits) 2 folded facsimile 32 cm

Notes:
Plates accompanied by guard sheets with descriptive letterpress.
"Three hundred copies only of this book have been printed for the ordinary edition. The special edition consists of ten copies only, printed on Japanese vellum."
[The service] "was made in 1774 by ... Josiah Wedgwood, for the Empress Catherine II of Russia ... the service presents a picture book of England, Wales, and Scotland as the countries appeared in 1774 ... Every single piece in it ... has upon it a view of some importance place in the United Kingdom."--Preface
Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 2246

Subject:

Wedgwood, Josiah, 1730-1795.
Wedgwood ware.
Faïence de Wedgwood.
Great Britain Pictorial works.
Great Britain.

Form/genre:

Pictorial works.

Added entries:

Russia. Sovereign (1762-1796 : Catherine II)
Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 46685
Call No.: X4265; ID:89-B5980
Status: Available