The Raven Mason Collection: A Catalogue of the Collection at Keele University

Staffordshire, parts of which are often referred to as The Potteries, is a county famous for its ceramic production, and Mason's - best known today for their patented Ironstone China - has been for 200 years one of the most important names in English ceramics. This lavishly illustrated catalogue and the contextual commentaries which accompany it bring together expertise on one of the most distinctive and prolific factories in North Staffordshire and on the social and economic history of the period.