We are an authorized, direct-from-the-publisher retailer of NEW books. Our titles are ON HAND and available for immediate shipping. Table of Contents An excellent survey of the best companies and their most popular lines of dinnerware are presented and the contributions of famous designers are explored. Over 300 color photos, extracts from catalogs and advertisements, historical photos, and a well-documented text help to identify dinnerware, trace changing technological and design trends, and showcase an industry in its heyday.
The Big Five of California:
Bauer; Gladding, McBean & Co; Metlox; Pacific Clay Products; and Vernon Kilns
Other California Potteries: Brock, Flintridge, Santa Anita, Wallace & Weil
Designers: Blanding, Brastoff, Tillman Parker Goodan, Rockwell Kent, Peter Max, Schrekengost, Seibel, Thorley, Thorpe, Russel Wright & Eva Zeisel.
The Best of the Rest: Blair Ceramics, China Specialties, Coors, Crooksville China, Fioriware, Frankoma, Fraunfelter, Hall, Harker, Homer Laughlin, Robeson Rochester, Shawnee, Southern Potteries, Taylor Smith Taylor & Universal
A great look at American Dinnerware!
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