Bauer Pottery

by M. & Brenner, P. Tuchman

Book Overview

Bauer pottery-the brightly coloured pieces created by the renowned Bauer production studio until the 1960s-has become increasingly popular with enthusiasts of vintage ceramics. This elegant volume chronicles the Bauer operation from 1885 to 1962. With an illuminating text, 125 photographs, an essay by Bauer authority Jack Chipman, and an appendix of identifying potter's marks, this informative compendium will appeal to the growing audience of collectors...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811809013
• ISBN13: 9780811809016
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Chronicle Books (CA)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 9.1" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Great Book!

This is an excellent beginner book for lovers of Bauer pottery. Mostly a picture book, but a good one!

Information and Pictures

This is a MUST READ for anyone interested in Bauer Pottery. It is a shame that the last book about Bauer, written by Jeffrey Snyder, didn't use this book as a reference. Mitch Tuchman did extensive research on the subject and no inaccuracies are found. The pictures by Peter Brenner do the colorful pottery justice.

Nice pictures and history, but not much detail about lines.

Bauer: Classic American Pottery, by Mitch Tuchman a detailed account of the Bauer family business, from its nineteenth century roots in Paducah, Kentucky, until the close of its Los Angeles plant in 1962. This chronicle is punctuated by large, beautiful photos both old and new. The second half of the book features pictures and brief descriptions of the collections of several people. In all, it makes a pleasant read. The only things one might ask for are a suggested values list, something appreciated in most collector's books, and more detail conerning the shape and colors of each of the lines, to help with identification.