<< In terms of a basic library of general pattern and mark identification...
 For patterns I'd recommend the Williams flow blue and Staffordshire
 volumes and the Coysh and Henrywood. For maker's marks, Godden and the two
 Kovel and Kovel books.  Alasdair Brooks >>
 
Now... throw in the following books, and you 're really in business:
 
For mid-late 19th British molded whiteware ceramics in North America:
 
Wetherbee, Jean
1981    A Look At White Ironstone.  Wallace-Homestead Book Company, Des Moines,
Iowa.
 
1985    A Second Look at White Ironstone.  Wallace-Homestead, Des Moines, Iowa.
 
For late 19th century American potters:
 
Barber, Edwin Atlee
1906    Marks of American Potters.  Reprint edition, Ars Ceramic (1976), Ann
Arbor.
 
For early 20th century American potters:
 
Gates, William C., and Dana Ormerod
1982    The East Liverpool Pottery District: Identification of Manufacturers and
Marks.  Historical Archaeology 16(1-2).
 
 
Mark Branstner
Great Lakes Research Associates, Inc.