Features a unique look into the history of Franciscan dinnerware, with full-color digitally captured images of more than 400 patterns. Thorough detail on Franciscan favorites such as Apple, Desert Rose, and Ivy. Comprehensive sections on Handpainted, Earthenware, and Fine China dinnerware, including a brief history with interesting information about each pattern. Includes segments on Franciscan Crystal, Flatware, Collectibles and Giftware.
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Bob Page is the founder and CEO of Replacements, Ltd., the world's largest retailer of old & new china, crystal, silver and collectibles. He has managed to spin his flea market hobby into a $80 million per year business that deals in more than 250,000 patterns. Page and his co-author and partner Dale Frederiksen enjoy frequent buying trips to research undocumented tableware patterns.
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This review is from: Franciscan: An American Dinnerware Tradition (Hardcover)
My father worked for Gladding-McBean, Interpace and Franciscan for nearly 30 years so I grew up with this company, toured the factory and factory shop on many occasions, and went to university on an Interpace/Franciscan scholarship. This book does a nice job of combining the history of the business with descriptions of the products they manufactured. The color photos are excellent and there are pictures of some very rare pieces. A bonus is the designer drawings of some of the products plus some that never made it to the stores. Included is the 1999 Replacements price guide to Franciscan ware. BTW, American-manufactured Franciscan ware is a thing of the past (the plant was closed years ago) and the current English & Portuguese Franciscan pieces are made on different molds and designs - and the site of the Los Angeles factory is now home to a Costco mall.
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Finally, a comprehensive book on Franciscan dinnerware!,
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This review is from: Franciscan: An American Dinnerware Tradition (Hardcover)
There is so much to recommend about this book that I hardly know where to start. The price guide (updated for 1999) covers not only the most popular patterns (Apple, Desert Rose and others) but even contains some information on flatware and crystal pieces. The photos are a generous size and are in full, lush color. There are some rare and hard to find pieces here, including ones that collectors may never have seen before as well as photos of items which never made it into stores. I always enjoy looking at vintage advertisements for glass and dinnerware and this book doesn't dissappoint in that area, containing ads from Gladding, McBean, Franciscan Ware, Catalina Pottery and more - many from the earliest years. The photos are so well done that I was truly amazed at the quality of the color and accurate representation of each piece. There are special Collectors' Notes throughout the book which make it easier for the collector to find representative pieces of shapes and patterns and to distinguish specific items. There are complete piece guide checklists as well, helping collectors determine which items they have and which they may need to complete a set. Highly recommended!
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A book to return to again and again,
By Kirsten A Johnson (Wichita, Kansas United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Franciscan: An American Dinnerware Tradition (Hardcover)
Bob Page and Dale Frederiksen did a terrific job assembling this reference guide. 7 full pages are devoted to 1 plate of each Franciscan dinnerware pattern, making pattern matching a breeze. Follow up pages show the entire line of available pieces within a pattern, a check list for each item in a particular pattern, and in many cases a picture of an original catalog page. Lot's of collector's notes with interesting tidbits about a particular piece and pictures galore make this reference guide a must have for anyone with an interest in Franciscan
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For the serious students of Franciscan pottery and the ardent Franciscan collector, the period between 1934 and 1984 are the Golden Days. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
soup rimmed, handpainted lines, microwave rectangular, fruit rimmed, microwave square, vegetable oval, attached underplate, sugar with lid, fine china lines, salad crescent, vegetable round, dessert coupe, snack square, casual dinnerware, cream soup bowl, inch juice, dinnerware lines, inch cup, satin gray, dealer price lists, original pencil sketch, oval vegetable, dinnerware patterns, art ware, oval medium Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Creamer Cup, Los Angeles, Family China, Mary Grant, Franciscan Apple, Sea Sculptures, Country Fayre, Fresh Fruit, Duo Tone, Courtesy of the Grant, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Strawberry Fair, Strawberry Time, English Franciscan, Meadow Rose, Vegetable Medley, Del Mar, Del Rey, Good Design, Indian Summer, Tulip Time, Twice Nice, United States, Catalina Art Pottery, Charles Gladding New!
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For the serious students of Franciscan pottery and the ardent Franciscan collector, the period between 1934 and 1984 are the Golden Days. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
soup rimmed, handpainted lines, microwave rectangular, fruit rimmed, microwave square, vegetable oval, attached underplate, sugar with lid, fine china lines, salad crescent, vegetable round, dessert coupe, snack square, casual dinnerware, cream soup bowl, inch juice, dinnerware lines, inch cup, satin gray, dealer price lists, original pencil sketch, oval vegetable, dinnerware patterns, art ware, oval medium Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Creamer Cup, Los Angeles, Family China, Mary Grant, Franciscan Apple, Sea Sculptures, Country Fayre, Fresh Fruit, Duo Tone, Courtesy of the Grant, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Strawberry Fair, Strawberry Time, English Franciscan, Meadow Rose, Vegetable Medley, Del Mar, Del Rey, Good Design, Indian Summer, Tulip Time, Twice Nice, United States, Catalina Art Pottery, Charles Gladding New!
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- Franciscan Ware by Delleen Enge on 4 pages
- Desert Rose by Wynne May on page 18, page 45, and page 52
- Franciscan Dining Services (Schiffer Book for Collectors) by Jeffrey B. Snyder in Back Matter
- Complete Book of American Kitchen and Dinner Wares by Lois Lehner in Back Matter
- American Art Tile 1876-1941 by Norman Karlson in Back Matter
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- Johnson Brothers: Classic English Dinnerware by Dale Frederiksen on page 152
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