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Illustrated Guide of White Ironstone China A-Z

This new publication is available as a DVD or Spiral bound book, either of which add to what Jean Wetherbee gathered in her last book, White Ironstone: A Collector’s Guide, the bible for white ironstone collectors. It is an illustrated comprehensive collection of information and images of known shapes of white ironstone, that focuses on dinner, tea and toilet sets. Many new shapes and shape names discovered in the archives at the National Registry Offices at Kew Gardens, London, England are included. There is an “Index of Shapes” including all also-known-as (aka) shape name as well as a “Potters Index”. The DVD and/or Book are available from the WICA Shoppe.

DVD is only $75 Spiral bound book is priced at $45.

Convention 2013
Updated: June 2012

The annual WICA Convention 2013 will be held in Timonium, Maryland on -May 2-5, 2013.

Members Only
For members, the most current edition of The White Ironstone Notes is now available through the Members Only portion of the site. Also, be sure to check out the newest addition to our members only website--the teapot identification guide is now available to you for easy shape look up by shape name or by body characteristic.

Click here for the
Members Only sign-in page.

Information about gaining access to Members Only section of the site (logon username and password) is available in the Notes and via member email.

Ironstone China in Museums & Historic Sites:

Are you looking for places to visit to see and learn more about white ironstone and its related wares? This helpful guide published for the 2005 WICA Convention by the Bev and Ernie Dieringer is an informative guide to finding ironstone around the country in museums and historic sites. Click here to open A Collector's Guide to Ironstone China in Museums & Historic Sites. (Note: Document is in Portable Document Format (PDF). To view and print PDF files you need Adobe's free downloadable Acrobat Reader.)

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