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Over 500 color photographs, and an historical text present a beautiful overview of the ceramic table, kitchen, and artwares produced by California’s Pacific Clay Products Company from the 1920s through the 1940s. The company’s famous Hostessware serving pieces, known for...

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Casual clothing, swimwear in particular, is strongly associated with the California lifestyle, and the design and manufacture of casual clothing has long been the foundation of California’s garment industry. This book explores that industry as it developed in California from...

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A detailed guide to the history, identification, and value of Roseville pottery, featuring over 860 color photographs. The artistry and craftsmanship of the Roseville Pottery Company are explored here in depth. This revised and expanded edition includes new research on...

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This beautiful book showcases hundreds of figural silver items that were used for many purposes during the luxurious Gilded Age. These endearing and sometimes whimsical designs, shown in nearly 600 color photos, include accoutrements for the dining room, the writing...

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The country store was a three dimensional collage of advertising, packaging, unique drugstore items, medical gadgets, and cure-alls that rural Americans held faith in for many years. This book examines the varied drugstore and advertising ephemera contained within the store’s...

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This reprint of twelve 1972-1983 Blenko Glass Company catalogs is the third in the trilogy covering Blenko’s early and middle years. 1983 marks the beginning of the “late” period when the label was changed. Glass items from the early years...

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When the Ingersoll-Waterbury Company introduced the first Mickey Mouse™ comic character wristwatch in 1933, they inspired thousands of other comic character watches. Collectors are eager to find them because of their connection with pop culture. This book includes advertising and...

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The colorful earthenwares known as Majolica are popular once again, part of the nostalgic revival of Victorian taste in interior decoration. Majolica's long history begins with Italian Renaissance tin-glazed wares; over the centuries its styles and techniques spread to France...

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A comprehensive survey of ceramic wares produced by the Trenton Potteries Company of Trenton, New Jersey, throughout its existence, from 1892 to 1950 is presented with particular attention to the artware lines of in the 1930s and 1940s. Over 290...

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The clay and plaster statuary groups made by John Rogers (1829-1904) from 1859 until after 1888 were so appealing in late Victorian America that “scarcely a family of reasonable means and taste did not possess one.” He portrayed ordinary, everyday,...

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The colorful country patterns of spongeware and spatterware pottery, a traditional favorite of the public, remains enormously popular with today's many collectors of antique ceramics. This revised and expanded identification and price guide provides those collectors with an expansive pictorial...

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This reprint edition is the definitive book on the Steuben Glass Works and co-founder Frederick Carder. The special types of glass for which he was famed in the 1890-1930s era are presented, including Aurene, Tyrian, Verre de Soie, Cyprian, Ivrene,...

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A comprehensive survey of ceramic wares produced by the Trenton Potteries Company of Trenton, New Jersey, throughout its existence, from 1892 to 1950 is presented with particular attention to the artware lines of in the 1930s and 1940s. Over 290...

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From Alpenbrau to Zima, this engaging book features more than 450 color photos of some of the most attractive beer signs ever created and provides an in-depth look at this significant aspect of advertising art. Included are early wood and...

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Soak up the tropical island vibes through more than 500 color images showcasing a robust collection of hula dancer and tiki god collectibles. The dream of pure freedom in the South Pacific islands has never died on the mainland; sometimes...

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Illustrated with more than 500 full-color photographs, this book explores the Arts & Crafts Movement on both sides of the Atlantic, focusing on furniture with a large representation of all the decorative arts. The Arts & Crafts Movement began as...

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This informative book is full of wonderful international fountain pens and pencils, showing a great variation in more than 1,300 illustrations. The limited and standard production pens of the famous makers Montblanc, Parker, Pelikan, Sheaffer, and Waterman are presented along...

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Here is a sweeping survey of the popular spongeware ceramics produced in Scotland, England, Europe, and North America for one hundred years, illustrated with over 975 color photographs. Often associated with Pennsylvania German folk art, these tablewares, serving pieces, tea...

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Herman Miller, the leader in modern twentieth-century furniture manufacture, was a totally design-oriented company. Known best for Eames and Nelson furniture designs, showrooms, and interiors, they also produced outstanding graphic design. Mid-century and later advertisements, drawings, brochures, catalogs, posters, and...

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A blowtorch is one of those things that is instantly recognized for what it is, even by those who haven’t seen one before. Produced from the late 1800s into the 1950s, they show up in antique malls and flea markets,...

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More than 750 photos capture the grace, power, spirit, and refinement of Hartland horses and dogs, in plastic models.  Arabians, Thoroughbreds, Saddlebreds, and Quarter Horses have led the Hartland parade of breeds prized by horse lovers for four decades. Capturing grace,...

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This practical book provides guidance in identifying and evaluating American brilliant cut glass. It is organized by patterns and illustrated with 396 color and black and white photographs. Standard, Choice, Premium, and Rare quality pieces are identified throughout, and separate...

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A fascinating survey of the majolica ceramic wares produced in Victorian England, Europe, and America. Over 550 color photographs of these popular, brightly-glazed ceramics demonstrate the various forms in tablewares, serving dishes, figurals, planters, jardinieres, and vases that colored Victorian...