Chapter I: Front Matter

INDEX

CHATS ON ENGLISH CHINA

BOOKS FOR COLLECTORS

_With Frontispieces and many Illustrations._

CHATS ON ENGLISH CHINA.
By ARTHUR HAYDEN.

CHATS ON OLD FURNITURE.
By ARTHUR HAYDEN.

CHATS ON OLD PRINTS.
(How to collect and value Old Engravings.)
By ARTHUR HAYDEN.

CHATS ON COSTUME.
By G. WOOLLISCROFT RHEAD.

CHATS ON OLD LACE AND NEEDLEWORK.
By E. L. LOWES.

CHATS ON ORIENTAL CHINA.
By J. F. BLACKER.

CHATS ON OLD MINIATURES.
By J. J. FOSTER, F.S.A.

CHATS ON ENGLISH EARTHENWARE.
(Companion volume to “Chats on English China.”)
By ARTHUR HAYDEN.

CHATS ON AUTOGRAPHS.
By A. M. BROADLEY.

CHATS ON PEWTER.
By H. J. L. J. MASSÉ, M.A.

CHATS ON POSTAGE STAMPS.
By FRED. J. MELVILLE.

CHATS ON OLD JEWELLERY AND TRINKETS
By MACIVER PERCIVAL.

CHATS ON COTTAGE AND FARMHOUSE FURNITURE.
(Companion volume to “Chats on Old Furniture.”)
By ARTHUR HAYDEN.

CHATS ON OLD COINS
By FRED. W. BURGESS.

CHATS ON OLD COPPER AND BRASS.
By FRED. W. BURGESS.

CHATS ON HOUSEHOLD CURIOS.
By FRED. W. BURGESS.

CHATS ON OLD SILVER.
By ARTHUR HAYDEN.

CHATS ON JAPANESE PRINTS.
By ARTHUR DAVISON FICKE.

CHATS ON MILITARY CURIOS.
By STANLEY C. JOHNSON.

CHATS ON OLD CLOCKS AND WATCHES.
By ARTHUR HAYDEN.

CHATS ON ROYAL COPENHAGEN PORCELAIN.
By ARTHUR HAYDEN.

CHATS ON OLD SHEFFIELD PLATE.
(Companion volume to “Chats on Old Silver.”)
By ARTHUR HAYDEN.

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BYE PATHS OF CURIO COLLECTING.
By ARTHUR HAYDEN.
With Frontispiece and 72 Full page Illustrations. 21s. net.

LONDON: T. FISHER UNWIN, LTD. NEW YORK: F. A. STOKES COMPANY.

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From the Collection of the late Lady Charlotte Schreiber in the Victoria and Albert Museum.

_Reproduced by permission of the Board of Education._]

CHATS ON ENGLISH CHINA

BY

ARTHUR HAYDEN

AUTHOR OF “CHATS ON ENGLISH EARTHENWARE,” “CHATS ON OLD SILVER,” ETC.

WITH 150 ILLUSTRATIONS

T. FISHER UNWIN LTD LONDON: ADELPHI TERRACE

_First Edition_ 1904
_Second Edition_ 1906
_Third Impression_ 1907
_Third Edition_ 1909
_Fifth Impression_ 1910
_Sixth Impression_ 1912
_Seventh Impression_ 1917
_Eighth Impression_ 1919
_Fourth Edition_ 1920

(_All rights reserved_)

TO

JOSEPHINE HAMILTON

PREFACE TO FOURTH EDITION

A certain amount of necessary revision has been given to the volume.

The prices obtained at public auction for representative examples have been brought up to date, and ten new illustrations have been added.

ARTHUR HAYDEN.
_September, 1920._