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

Over 130 ceramic lines from the Roseville Pottery Company are listed and valued in this very inclusive guide. Arranged in alphabetical order, each lin...

More than 6,000 antiques marks to help you identify and date your treasures in a handy pocket format. Whether you are buying at auction, flea market o...

This book includes a history as well as 175 patterns for Charles Field Haviland china. Prior to the publication of this book, Haviland matching servic...

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...

The Toby jug is often seen as a uniquely British form of ceramics. Its history dates back at least as far as the 1770s, and it is possible to trace it...

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...

The perfect dining room decoration for folk art lovers, redware embodies an enduring charm. From its basic clay tones to hand-painted adornments, the ...

Josiah Wedgwood not only transformed the manufacture of pottery and the methods of its distribution but also revolutionised industry generally. He ori...

Poole Pottery is recognized as one of the most distinctive and most collected potteries of the twentieth century. Founded by Jesse Carter in 1873, by ...

Tea and coffee cups are among the most collectable of all ceramics. They have been made in Britain since the middle of the eighteenth century. The cha...

Founded in 1894 by James Wright Beswick, Beswick Pottery remained in the family for three generations before becoming part of Royal Doulton in 1969, a...

Collector Bookstore Notes This small publication provides a historical overview of Victorian English Worcestor porcelain, dating from 1751-Up. Include...

Art Deco was arguably the twentieth century's most popular and memorable design movement, and has come to define the inter-war period with its clean s...

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...

During her sixty-five-year career, Susie Cooper introduced more than 4,500 ceramic patterns and shapes, making her one of the most prolific, versatile...

Majolica has been receiving growing recognition as a ceramic collectible and has experienced a consequent growth in value. Here, author Mike Schneider...

Blue and white ironstone dinnerware has been collected for many years, and the introduction of the Liberty Blue pattern in 1975 by Enoch Wedgwood of E...

A classic collector's guide to old Dispensary bottles. The Dispensary system was South Carolina's effort to regulate the sale of liquor around the tur...

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...

A new and quickly popularized field of collectibles is lady head vases which were manufactured in the 1950's to the middle 1960's and sold by florists...

During the last quarter of the nineteenth century, American potters were struggling to produce quality ceramics to rival that of the English and Frenc...

The Grindley Artware Manufacturing Company made figural pottery in Sebring, Ohio, from 1933 until 1952. With 160 color photographs Mike Schneider guid...

In Pocket Guide to Occupied Japan, authors Monica Lynn Clements and Patricia Rosser Clements showcase the wide array of products made in Japan during ...

Kitsch for the kitchen is cool and this book covers a golden era for culinary design. Enter and enjoy gadgets and glasses, table accessories and texti...

Spongeware and spatterware, colorful country pottery which was traditionally a favorite of the American public, remains enormously popular with today'...

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 little book catalogs over 4000 pieces of McCoy Pottery. Sanfords McCoy In-Your-Pocket, A to Z. Document Your Collection NOW! This new book alphab...

Vallona Starr Ceramics started in Los Angeles in the 1930s and later moved to El Monte, California where it manufactured ceramics until 1953. Known fo...

Brightly colored Stangl Pottery earthenware bird figurines were made in New Jersey from the 1940s into the 1970s. The very similar Pennsbury birds wer...