The 25th Anniversary Digital Edition of Decorated Stoneware of Cowden, by Matthew R. Miller, is a new edition of the most extensive book ever produced on the antique stoneware potteries of Harrisburg Pennsylvania. Featuring expanded research, remastered and expanded photographic collections, and the modern convenience of the e-book format, this book fully details the story and history of the nine Harrisburg stoneware manufacturers. Moving chronologically, these manufacturers were T. H. Willson, Willson's & Young, John Young, William Moyer, J. W. Cowden, Cowden & Wilcox, F. H. Cowden, Cowden & Son, and Cowden & Company. In addition to genealogy and history on the owners, potters, and potteries from this era, this new edition of Decorated Stoneware of Cowden is 195 pages in length and features over 450 color photographs of Harrisburg blue decorated stoneware. This book includes extensive photographic examples of the pottery produced by each Harrisburg maker, as well as advertisements, sale bills, maps, blueprints, and historic photos of owners and employees. The stoneware featured range from common examples to some of the rarest and most extravagantly decorated pieces ever produced, including a large number of pieces which have never before reached the public eye. The name, Cowden & Wilcox, and the stoneware produced in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, is among the most highly collected antique pottery in the nation. Of interest to both beginning and seasoned collectors alike, this book also includes informative sections on the history and processes involved in creating salt glazed blue decorated stoneware, evaluating the conditions of antique salt glazed stoneware, and a new chapter highlighting some of the most interesting pieces to come to auction over the last two decades. A great book for anyone interested in stoneware, antiques, folk art, or history.
