Links  
http://www.ashmolean.org
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford; includes wonderful images of historical lustreware
http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk
The British Museum houses a fine collection of lustre ceramics
http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge; houses historical lustreware collection (no images)
http://www.primaveracambridge.com
British gallery offering work of many of the best contemporary potters for sale, including Nick's work
http://www.gailmccarthy.com
Award-winning site of American contemporary potter working with reduced lustre glazes
http://www.ceramics.about.com/arts/ceramics
Big website for ceramics collectors and potters
http://www.studiopottery.co.uk
Website featuring list of current/forthcoming ceramics exhibitions and events
http://www.potfest.co.uk
Central website of various potters' galleries
http://www.potters.org
Large general website for potters
http//www.thewineglass.co.uk
Gallery of British Georgian wineglasses for connoisseurs/collectors
   
Bibliography  
Caiger-Smith, Alan: Lustre Pottery
(Faber, 1985; Herbert Press/A&C Black, 1991)
Definitive history of lustre ceramics and traditional techniques
Caiger-Smith, Alan: Tin-Glaze Pottery
(Faber, 1973)
Monumental history of tin-glaze ceramics from their beginnings to today
Caiger-Smith, Alan, and Lightbown, Ronald:
The Three Books of the Potter's Art by Cipriano Piccolpasso, 1558
(The Scolar Press, 1980)
Facsimile and translation of Italian treatise about lustre manufacture
Allan, J.W., Professor: Islamic Ceramics
(Ashmolean - Christie's Handbooks 1991)
Photographs and text on the Ashmolean Museum's splendid collection
Watson, Oliver: Persian Lustre Ware
(London, 1985)
History of Persian lustre ceramics over a millennium
   
   
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