Preface -- Ch. I. Dutch Faience before production began at Delft -- Plates 1-6 -- Ch. II. Materials and manufacture -- Ch. III. Historical setting: trade guilds, masters, trade problems -- Ch. IV. Seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries: Blue-and-white; 'Mixed technique"; The work of Gÿsbrecht Claesz Verhaast; High-temperature polychrome painting; White Faience; Stonewares; shapes; Plates 7-61 -- V. The rapid rise in production in the early eighteenth century; High-temperature decoration: European designs; High-temperature decoration: Far eastern style; Coloured grounds; Delft Doré; Enamelling: low-temperature decoration applied over the glaze; Shapes; Plates 62-118 -- VI. The evolution of styles and shapes during the eighteenth century; Blue-and-white ware; High-temperature polychrome painting; Factory marks; The influence of European Faience and porcelain; Enamelled ware; Shapes; Plates 119-48 -- VII. 'Peasant Delft'; Plates 149-54 -- VIII. Figurines, Trompe-l'oeil and full relief; Plates 155-68 -- IX. Ornamental plaques; Plates 169-173 -- X. Dutch tiles; Plates 174-6 -- XI. Dutch Faience and other than Delftware; Plates 177-9 -- XII. The role and influence of Delfware in Europe -- Conclusion; Plate 180 -- Factory marks -- Bibliography -- Photo credits -- Index
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