This detailed and comprehensive survey charts the entire history of British studio ceramics from the emergence of modern ceramics from the Victorian factories around 1900 to the wide variety of extraordinary work being produced today. All the best-known potters such as Leach, Hamada, Cardew, Rie, Coper, to name a few, are examined in depth in terms of their different areas of interest and influence. An extensive appendix gives information on 200 leading makers with their identifying marks and cross-references with a list of museums where their work can be seen. Lavishly illustrated throughout with some 250 colour photographs, this is a book for the collector needing in-depth information or for those who just want an introduction to this important and beautiful work. AUTHOR: Paul Rice, a native New Yorker, has lived in London since 1970. Introduced to studio ceramics by the painter, Patrick Heron, he began collecting in the 1970s and in 1979 opened a gallery specialising in important modern British ceramics. Paul has arranged exhibitions of many of Britain's finest potters, lectured, advised museums on exhibitions and acquisitions and written numerous articles. 247 colour photos