Native American pottery of the US southwest has long been considered collectible and today can fetch many thousands of dollars per piece. Authors, col...

The antique-buyer's guide to porcelain in a pocket format. Miller's Field Guides are an invaluable resource for collectors when out buying items at an...

In its centenary year of 1862 the Maling factory was producing 90 per cent of the jam jars used in England and Scotland. The most familiar items are p...

Portmeirion pottery evolved from a souvenir shop in North Wales into a twenty-first-century global business, thanks to the flair and vision of Susan W...

It has now been over a century since Frank Hornby invented a toy to amuse his sons and called it Meccano, coining a word which has entered the diction...

This new book is an excellent reference for the multitude of ceramics items marked "MADE IN JAPAN" that were exported between 1921 and 1941, after Jap...

This is the first book to address the collectibility of figural animal pitchers. For many years, ceramics manufacturers have made pitchers in the shap...

This reference traces the history of British porcelain from 1748 & up. Topics include English tea ware, Victorian design, figurines, and notable maker...

The American Arts and Crafts Movement is one of the most exciting and inspiring chapters in the history of the decorative arts. Rooted in the English ...

Thousands of collectors will rejoice in this new guide to the products of Ceramic Arts Studio in Wisconsin. From 1942 to 1955, the pottery focused on ...

There are few collectibles that so vividly mark a design period as do the colorful ceramic fish, bubbles, mermaids, and seahorses of the 1950s and 196...

Revisit the 1950s, when poodles were all the rage, and ceramic artists were busy experimenting with a technique perfect for portraying these canines. ...

A feat of great technical achievement, French faience was introduced to Lyon in the second half of the sixteenth century by skilled Italian immigrants...

Forming a collection of antique porcelain is surprisingly simple with the aid of this book, written by a foremost authority. John Sandon presents the ...

Out of Print;  Full color plates of over 200 pieces of art pottery from the collections of The American Ceramic Arts Society; 111 pgs. incl. plates an...

Expanding ceramics knowledge and appreciation Whether your favorite piece comes from a mid-century modern ceramic line, lovely Victorian porcelain or ...

Starting in the Victorian years of the 19th century, hearty oyster consumption made special, beautifully crafted "oyster plates" a necessity in fashio...

The lovely Florence figures, made in Pasadena, California, by Florence Ward and the Florence Ceramics Company from 1939 into the 1960s are featured in...

The art pottery figurines, vases, banks, and planters made by Kay Finch in Corona del Mar, California, between 1939 and 1963, are adorable! Dogs and c...

This is the ultimate guide to ceramic wall pockets, presenting the work of more than 60 American pottery firms. Beautiful pieces, designed in every co...

Household items shaped like cottages, pubs, houses, shops, other dwellings, and historic buildings are called cottage ware in this book. Here is a del...

The origin of Masons Vista can be traced to Francis Morley who purchased the Mason business and factories in 1848. This wonderful and highly collectib...

"Thin as Bone China, painted with exquisite precision, the best Mata Ortiz pots . . . seem to float above a shelf like ceramic balloons, " writes Susa...

Ceramics are attractive, easily displayed, often affordable and consequently popular items to collect. Pieces that have survived daily use for years a...

The twentieth century offers the new collector a wide range of opportunities to build up a collection, from coffee sets, dinner wares, decorative plaq...

Through photographs and anecdotes, Broadway author and director Mark Bramble presents the vast collection of antique tea caddies he and his late mothe...

Brothers in Clay tells the story of Georgias rich folk pottery traditionthe historical forces that shaped it and the families and individual artisans ...

Collecting twentieth-century ceramics is a rapidly expanding area, inspired by the availability and affordability of the pieces and by the huge divers...

American Art Pottery, Second Edition, by 32-year collector and dealer Dick Sigafoose, now features the products, histories, and interesting informatio...

Bob Hanson, co-author of three bestselling volumes of McCoy Pottery, has produced an all-new volume with his wife, Jane, this time on American art pot...