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Ceramics

Here are entered general works on the technology of fired earth products, or clay products intended for industrial and technical use. Works on earthenware, chinaware, and art objects are entered under Pottery or Pottery craft. Particular objects and types are entered under their specific names, e.g. Bricks; Pipe, Clay; Refractory materials; Tiles; Vases.

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• Building materials
• Chemistry, Technical
• Clay

• Ceramics -- Abstracts
• Ceramics -- Periodicals
• Abrasives
• Ceramic materials
• Color in the ceramic industries
• Glass
• Glazing (Ceramics)
• Pottery

• Ceramic technology
• Industrial ceramics
• Keramics

• Ceramics for the Archaeologist (Carnegie Institution of Washington publication #609, 1956), by Anna Osler Shepard (page images at HathiTrust)

• Ceramic Abstracts (partial serial archives)

• Ceramic Abstracts (partial serial archives)

• Journal of the American Ceramic Society (partial serial archives)
• Bulletin of the American Ceramic Society (partial serial archives)
• Faenza (in Italian) (partial serial archives)

• Journal of the American Ceramic Society (partial serial archives)
• Ceramics-Silikáty (partial serial archives)

• Mitteilungsblatt (Keramik-Freunde der Schweiz; in German and other languages) (partial serial archives)
• The Pottery, Glass and Brass Salesman (partial serial archives)
• Faenza (in Italian) (partial serial archives)
• Crockery and Glass Journal (partial serial archives)

• A Review of the Problem of Lead Poisoning in Waterfowl, by Glen C. Sanderson and Frank C. Bellrose
  • zipped HTML at Wayback Machine (some other links might not work)
  • HTML at eku.edu (zip file link may not work)

• Ceramic Production in the American Southwest (Tucson: University of Arizona Press, c1995), ed. by Barbara J. Mills and Patricia L. Crown (multiple formats with commentary at Arizona)

• New Structural Materials Technologies: Opportunities for the Use of Advanced Ceramics and Composites (OTA-TM-E-32; 1986), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • PDF files at Princeton

• Advanced Materials by Design (1988), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (PDF files at Princeton)

• Ancestral Zuni Glaze-Decorated Pottery: Viewing Pueblo IV Regional Organization through Ceramic Production and Exchange (Anthropological Papers of the University of Arizona #72; c2008), by Deborah L. Huntley (multiple formats with commentary at Arizona)
• Clay and Glazes for the Potter (Philadelphia et al.: Chilton Book Co., c1957), by Daniel Rhodes (page images at HathiTrust)
• Glass and Glazes from Ancient Egypt (1948), by Brooklyn Museum and Elizabeth Riefstahl (page images at HathiTrust)

• Persian Tiles (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, c1993), by Stefano Carboni and Tomoko Masuya (page images and PDF with commentary at Metropolitan Museum of Art and Google)

• Persian Tiles (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, c1993), by Stefano Carboni and Tomoko Masuya (page images and PDF with commentary at Metropolitan Museum of Art and Google)

• Persian Tiles (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, c1993), by Stefano Carboni and Tomoko Masuya (page images and PDF with commentary at Metropolitan Museum of Art and Google)

• Glass in the Robert Lehman Collection (Robert Lehman collection series, v11: New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art; Princeton: Princeton University Press, c1993), by Dwight P. Lanmon, contrib. by David Whitehouse (page images and PDF with commentary at metmuseum.org and Google)

• Glass in the Robert Lehman Collection (Robert Lehman collection series, v11: New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art; Princeton: Princeton University Press, c1993), by Dwight P. Lanmon, contrib. by David Whitehouse (page images and PDF with commentary at metmuseum.org and Google)

• Glass in the Robert Lehman Collection (Robert Lehman collection series, v11: New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art; Princeton: Princeton University Press, c1993), by Dwight P. Lanmon, contrib. by David Whitehouse (page images and PDF with commentary at metmuseum.org and Google)

• Louis Comfort Tiffany at The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York and London: Harry N. Abrams, 1998), by Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen (page images and PDF at Metropolitan Museum of Art and Google)

• Decoration and Glass (Waterloo, NSW: Australian Glass Manufactures, 1935-1949) (full serial archives)

• Stained Glass Work: A Text-Book for Students and Workers in Glass (reprint: London et al.: Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons, 1920), by Christopher Whall (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Die Glasmalerei in Österreich (in German; Vienna: E. Holzel and Co., 1922), by Franz Kieslinger (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Conservación de Vidrieras Históricas (in Spanish; Los Angeles: Getty Conservation Institute, 1997), ed. by Miguel Angel Corzo and Nieves Valentín (page images and PDF with commentary at getty.edu and Google)

• Conservación de Vidrieras Históricas (in Spanish; Los Angeles: Getty Conservation Institute, 1997), ed. by Miguel Angel Corzo and Nieves Valentín (page images and PDF with commentary at getty.edu and Google)

• A Book of Drawing, Limning, Washing or Colouring of Maps and Prints (London; M. Simmons, 1652), by Thomas Jenner (PDF at shipbrook.net)

• Radiance and Reflection: Medieval Art from the Raymond Pitcairn Collection (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1982), by Jane Hayward and Walter Cahn (page images and PDF with commentary at metmuseum.org and Google)

• The History of Stained Glass, From the Earliest Period of the Art to The Present Time (London: The author, 1848), by William Warrington
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

• Glass in the Collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, c1982), ed. by Jane Hayward (page images and PDF with commentary at metmuseum.org and Google)

• American Glassware, Old and New: A Sketch of the Glass Industry in the United States and Manual For Collectors of Historical Bottles (Philadelphia: David McKay Company, ca. 1900), by Edwin Atlee Barber (page images at Wisconsin)

• Glass and Glazes from Ancient Egypt (1948), by Brooklyn Museum and Elizabeth Riefstahl (page images at HathiTrust)

• Glass in the Collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, c1982), ed. by Jane Hayward (page images and PDF with commentary at metmuseum.org and Google)

• American Glassware, Old and New: A Sketch of the Glass Industry in the United States and Manual For Collectors of Historical Bottles (Philadelphia: David McKay Company, ca. 1900), by Edwin Atlee Barber (page images at Wisconsin)

• The Bertrand Bottles: A Study of 19th-century Glass and Ceramic Containers (Washington: National Park Service, 1974), by Ronald R. Switzer (page images at HathiTrust)

• Catalogue of Glass Models of Invertebrate Animals, H. A. Ward's Natural Science Establishment, Rochester, N.Y. (Rochester, NY: E.R. Andrews, 1888), by Henry A. Ward (page images at HathiTrust)

• Glass and Glazes from Ancient Egypt (1948), by Brooklyn Museum and Elizabeth Riefstahl (page images at HathiTrust)

• Nishapur: Glass of the Early Islamic Period (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, c1995), by Jens Kröger (page images and PDF with commentary at metmuseum.org and Google)

• The Botanic Garden: A Poem, In Two Parts (2 parts in 1 volume; New York: T. and J. Swords, 1807), by Erasmus Darwin (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Botanic Garden: A Poem, in Two Parts, With Philosophical Notes, by Erasmus Darwin
  • Part I: Gutenberg text
  • Part II: Gutenberg text

• Nishapur: Glass of the Early Islamic Period (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, c1995), by Jens Kröger (page images and PDF with commentary at metmuseum.org and Google)

• Ancestral Zuni Glaze-Decorated Pottery: Viewing Pueblo IV Regional Organization through Ceramic Production and Exchange (Anthropological Papers of the University of Arizona #72; c2008), by Deborah L. Huntley (multiple formats with commentary at Arizona)

• A Book of Pottery: From Mud Into Immortality (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, c1958), by Henry Varnum Poor (page images at HathiTrust)
• Clay and Glazes for the Potter (Philadelphia et al.: Chilton Book Co., c1957), by Daniel Rhodes (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ceramics for the Archaeologist (Carnegie Institution of Washington publication #609, 1956), by Anna Osler Shepard (page images at HathiTrust)

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