Book of Buffalo Pottery [Hardcover]

Seymour Altman (Author), Violet Altman (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1987

Buffalo pottery is constantly growing in popularity as a collectible. This documentary volume preserves all available background information and lists and pictures many of the firm's products. Here, in eleven concise, information-packed chapters, with well over 400 pieces illustrated, are all the facts, statistics, and details. Every kind of ware the firm is known to have made is discussed or pictured. Here, too, is the fascinating background story of the John D. Larkin mail-order company which founded the pottery that made Deldare, Albino, blue Willow, advertising and commemorative pieces, game sets, pitchers and jugs and other articles dating from its early days that are cherished and highly valued today.

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About the Author

Violet and Seymour Altman are dedicated collectors of Buffalo pottery whose search for complete information was the beginning of this book. The Book of Buffalo Pottery is the guide the collector has been awaiting-the definitive volume on this fascinating collectible.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 192 pages
• Publisher: Schiffer Publishing; 1St Edition edition (March 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0887400884
• ISBN-13: 978-0887400889
• Product Dimensions: 11.3 x 8.8 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,017,765 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Book of Buffalo Pottery, January 19, 2000

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Brenda Koeppel (Connecticut) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Book of Buffalo Pottery (Hardcover)

Excellent source of information for anyone interested in collecting Buffalo Pottery. It even has a well organized section of values of various pieces.