The new book from Cortex Design,
Poole Twintone and Tableware: A History and Collectors? Guide, has now been despatched to the printers in readiness for the final stage of proofreading. The book will be ready by mid-April, in preparation for a launch at Poole Pottery on 25th April 2009. The author, Anne Wilkinson, will be signing copies on that day, between 11am and 3pm.
The launch is also timed to coincide with an event being organised by Poole Pottery to showcase its own Studio range (
www.poolepottery.co.uk) and more details on this event will be posted when available.
The book covers the period from the 1920s until 2006 and is another full-colour, large-format production of 164 pages, with about 750 photographs, illustrations from early pattern books and advertisements. The foreword is written by John B Adams, son of the first Managing Director who was the chief designer for thirty years.
Price of the book is ?24, with free postage within the UK.
For more details on Twintone see
www.twintone.co.uk, or visit
www.cortex-design.co.uk for further sales information, and how to order the book online. A brochure can also be downloaded from either site.