The Best of Collectible Dinnerware (A Schiffer Book for Collectors) [Hardcover]

Jo Cunningham (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1999 | Series: A Schiffer Book for Collectors

Here at last is a thorough guide of the most collected dinnerware. In one volume this book provides an excellent survey of the best companies and their most popular lines. The important California companies, including the Wallace China Company, Catalina Pottery, B.J. Brock & Co., and Gladding, McBean & Co. along with other companies nationwide including the Crooksville Art Pottery Co., Frankoma, and the Hall China Company, are among the many potteries represented. The contributions of famous designers such as Ben Seibel, Russel Wright, Eva Zeisel, and Sascha Brastoff are explored. Extensive research has uncovered new information on many of the companies and designers. Over 300 clear photos, extracts from catalogs and advertisements, historical photos, and a well-documented text will help to identify dinnerware, to trace changing technological and design trends, and to showcase an industry in its heyday. As the journey to uncover and identify all the American produced dinnerware from the twentieth century continues, this book serves as an important milestone and an important reference.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 190 pages
• Publisher: Schiffer Pub Ltd; Revised edition (May 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764308173
• ISBN-13: 978-0764308178
• Product Dimensions: 11.3 x 8.8 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #109,593 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #26 in Books > Arts & Photography > Other Media > Ceramics

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40 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars No present values included., April 20, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Best of Collectible Dinnerware: With Values (A Schiffer Book for Collectors With Values) (Hardcover)

The statement "A Schiffer Book for Collectors with Values" is mis-leading. I took the "values" to mean pricing and there are none in this book. A rather useless book for me in pricing items for sale.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Remarkable amount of dinnerware represented in this book., December 25, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: The Best of Collectible Dinnerware: With Values (A Schiffer Book for Collectors With Values) (Hardcover)

Lot's of good photos and information - amazing amount of dinnerware shown in one book. Nicely done! Worthwhile investment for dealers and collectors of dinnerware.