Lehners Encyclopedia of U.S. Marks on Pottery holds over 1,900 companies with over 8,000 marks, logos, and symbols divided equally among the old folk potters, studio potters, dinnerware manufacturers, distributors, and decorators fill this massive hardbound encyclopedia. No values. 8.5 X 11. 1998 values.
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This thick hardcover book is packed with text and illustrations, the sheer measure of which admittedly took the author nearly a quarter century to research and compile. The book is an indispensable aid for properly identifying pottery, porcelain, and clay pieces. The various manufacturer listings contain paragraphs outlining the history of each company as well as interesting "insider" information. Both the novice and veteran collector can ID their merchandise quickly and easily. -K. DeCiantis
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Lois Lehner graduated from Ohio State University, taugh speech and English for eighteen years in Delaware County, Ohio, where she was born and lived her sixty years. Even while teaching, Lois collected old and rare books. The Lehner farm family joined the bottle craze, even to digging dumps on neighboring farms and in surrounding towns. From books to bottles-to glass and pottery, her interest in antiques continued to grow. Lois Lehner passed away October 2007.
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35 of 35 people found the following review helpful:
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The best identification book in my library!!!,
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This review is from: Lehner's Encyclopedia Of US Marks On Pottery, Porcelain Clay (Hardcover)
This is by far the book I reach for time and time again when I am trying to identify a piece of pottery. Full of useful information and history of the company. This is not meant to be a price guide and it isn't. I have found obscure marks on items in this book when the information hasn't been in any other book. Truly a bible for the collector of pottery made in the USA. Easy to use. Well organized. Super book!
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Years ago I hunted high and low for a book on American ceramic wares, a genre who's time I saw closing fast. It was suggested once that I write one. I am glad I didn't take the challenge as my work would surly have paled severely in contrast to this marvelous, all inclusive work. Lois Lehner gives the subject the depth, scope and respect it deserves. This is 'the book' on American marks on pottery and porcelain its authority is never questioned.
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This review is from: Lehner's Encyclopedia Of US Marks On Pottery, Porcelain Clay (Hardcover)
Many books use the word 'encyclopedia' in their title, but few really deserve it. This one most certainly does. A titanic reference of pottery marks and company histories that virtually never fails to identify a piece of U.S. china. The variety of marks within each company, and the historical detail, make this both a valuable reference and an interesting book to page through.
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A. and A. Pottery. Cotopaxi, Colorado 1971 to present (1983). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
standard porc, claiming prior use, outlet bushings, claiming first use, claiming use, see that listing, various potters, electrical porcelain insulators, functional stoneware, radio antenna insulators, dinnerware manufacture, plain redware, white granite ware, art pottery pieces, studio potter, china company, hotel ware, various potteries, made stoneware, making redware, pin type insulators, split knobs, recessed mark, cannister sets, dinnerware book Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Los Angeles, New Jersey, North Carolina, Century of Ceramics, Marks of American Potters, United States, Everson Museum of Art, Garth Clark, Red Wing, West Virginia, Paul Evans, Linda Steigleder, New Geneva, San Francisco, Spinning Wheel, Kansas City, East Palestine, American Clay Exchange, Antique Trader, New Hampshire, Rookwood Pottery, Salem China, Mayer China, Santa Barbara, New England New!
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A. and A. Pottery. Cotopaxi, Colorado 1971 to present (1983). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
standard porc, claiming prior use, outlet bushings, claiming first use, claiming use, see that listing, various potters, electrical porcelain insulators, functional stoneware, radio antenna insulators, dinnerware manufacture, plain redware, white granite ware, art pottery pieces, studio potter, china company, hotel ware, various potteries, made stoneware, making redware, pin type insulators, split knobs, recessed mark, cannister sets, dinnerware book Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Los Angeles, New Jersey, North Carolina, Century of Ceramics, Marks of American Potters, United States, Everson Museum of Art, Garth Clark, Red Wing, West Virginia, Paul Evans, Linda Steigleder, New Geneva, San Francisco, Spinning Wheel, Kansas City, East Palestine, American Clay Exchange, Antique Trader, New Hampshire, Rookwood Pottery, Salem China, Mayer China, Santa Barbara, New England New!
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