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Collecting Honey Pots by John Doyle
€6,95
Collecting Honey Pots
€6,95
Collecting Honey Pots by John Doyle is an illustrated introductory guide to the unusual and varied world of honey-pot collecting. Written by the founder of the European Honey Pot Collectors’ Society, the book draws on Doyle’s own experience as a collector and is intended both for newcomers to the hobby and those already interested in decorative and functional honey wares.
The book begins by defining what constitutes a honey pot and explores their history, different forms and uses. It then looks at examples made from a range of materials, including pottery and ceramic, glass, silver and other metals, wood and plastics. Practical sections cover how to begin a collection, displaying honey pots, care and repair, record keeping, and the European Honey Pot Collectors’ Society. An index is also included.
In his foreword, Doyle explains that his own collection began almost by accident after buying an unidentified Staffordshire pottery honey pot. His search for information led to a long-standing collecting passion and, ultimately, to this book, written to fill what he felt was a lack of accessible information on the subject.
Illustrated with photographs of numerous decorative honey pots—including traditional beehive designs and ceramic examples in many shapes and styles—this is a compact specialist guide with particular appeal to collectors of ceramics, kitchenalia, honey and beekeeping memorabilia, and unusual decorative wares.
VIEW Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Definition, types and categories
- History of the honey pot
- When is a honey pot not a honey pot?
- Types of Honey Pot
- Pottery and ceramic
- Glass
- Silver and metal
- Wood
- Plastics
- Collecting Honey Pots
- How to start
- Displaying
- Care and repair
- Record Keeping
- The European Honeypot Collectors’ Society
- Index
VIEW Book Review
REVIEW BY JOHN PHIPPS THE BEEKEEPERS QUARTERLY No.101, SEPTEMBER 2010
In the early issues of the BKQ we were very fortunate to have the late George Hawthorne, ex-CBI and collector of ‘beemania’, writing for us on a wide variety of beekeeping collectables. However, the items most commonly collected by beekeepers are undoubtedly honey pots, their attraction being their distinctive designs, their age and their origin - I would doubt if many of them are used for the purpose for which they were designed.
John Doyle, the founder of the European Honey Pot Collectors Society, being aware of the lack of information on the subject, has gleaned what he can about honey pots so that the material can be be presented in one small publication.
He classifies honey pots according to their form (beehive, bear, bee, etc) and the materials from which they are made (pottery/ceramic, glass, silver/metal, wood and plastics). Based on his research he describes their fascinating history from Egyptian times, the rise of the decorated ones in the Georgian era and, particularly, their heyday in the 1920s which included famous designers like Clarice Cliff. He points to the end of the traditional british institution of tea-time as one of the reasons for the demise of the honey pot plus the fact that many households no longer rely on jam and honey to provide them with sweet foods - there being so many alternatives in today’s supermarkets.
There is an excellent and detailed guide to collecting honey pots and advice on how to display to best effect the acquisitions.
The four pages of colour plates (as wel as the covers) show a wide range of hone pot types from several countries whic may well encourage beekeepers to embar on this hobby. Should they do so, there i information about The European Honey Po Collector’s Society, with contact details.
An informative account of a little known subject by an enthusiastic collector who not only wishes to share his knowledge but who would like to encourage readers to become honey pot collectors themselves.
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