Preface and acknowledgements 6
Introduction 9
Collecting delftware 18
Collecting delftware at the British Museum 23
English & Irish Delftware 28
Political and historical delftware 30
Religious subjects 94
Armorial decoration 108
Delftware for the pharmacy 148
Drinking 160
Delftware for the table 226
Delftware for leisure 266
Flower holders 274 Ornaments, water bottles, fragments and tiles 284
Profiles of chargers and dishes 300
English delftware destroyed in the Second World War 301
Notes 304
Bibliography 314
Index 316
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