Dish

Dish
Author: Shax Riegler
Publisher: Artisan Books
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2011-01-01
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 1579654126

As every great hostess knows, the right dinner plates bring design, color, and drama to the table and elevate an ordinary meal into something special. "Dish" is a visual celebration of these everyday pieces of art that have been the objects of desire of kings, queens, brides, chefs, and hostesses for centuries.

20th Century Dinnerware

20th Century Dinnerware
Author: Collector's Compass
Publisher: Martingale
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2001
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 9781564773777

Collector's Encyclopedia of American Dinnerware

Collector's Encyclopedia of American Dinnerware
Author: Jo Cunningham
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2005
Genre: Ceramic tableware
ISBN: 9781574324297

Jo Cunningham Jo Cunningham is back with an all-new, revised edition of her bestselling Collector's Encyclopedia of American Dinnerware. In this collector's encyclopedia, hundreds of pieces of American dinnerware are illustrated with both color photos and black and white original catalog pages and advertisements. Included are backstamps, advertising, company information, and values for every piece. There is also a fascinating section on how dinnerware is made and a brief history of the American pottery industry. There is expanded coverage of some company histories. Some of the manufacturers represented include Bennington, California Potteries, Haeger, Hall, Hull, Pfaltzgraff, Purinton, Red Wing, Shawnee, Stangl, Steubenville, Homer Laughlin, Limoges, Paden City Pottery, Jackson China, and many more.

Victor Schreckengost

Victor Schreckengost
Author: Jo Cunningham
Publisher: Schiffer Book for Designers &
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2006
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9780764325229

Viktor Schreckengost's designs for dinnerware, produced primarily by the (American) Limoges China Company and the Salem China Company, include 24 major shapes decorated with over 180 different patterns. Among the most popular of the mid-20th century, his most successful dinnerware lines were Americana and Diana (1934), Manhattan (1935), Triumph and Jiffy Kitchenware (1937). Special commissions, commemorative plates, and even childrens' dishes are included.

English China

English China
Author: Mary Frank Gaston
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2008
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 9781574325812

A full-color, illustrated handbook describing various patterns and pieces of English china, with identification information and approximate values.

Melmac Dinnerware

Melmac Dinnerware
Author: Gregory R. Zimmer
Publisher:
Total Pages: 104
Release: 1997
Genre: Plastic tableware
ISBN: 9780895380852

Homer Laughlin: Decades of Dinnerware

Homer Laughlin: Decades of Dinnerware
Author: Bob Page
Publisher: Page/Frederiksen Publishing Company
Total Pages: 559
Release: 2003-01-01
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 9781889977133

This book contains almost 4,000 Homer Laughlin dinnerware patterns in full color, plus hundreds of additional photographs, advertisements, pamphlets, and the history of The Homer Laughlin China Company and its dinnerware. Represented are dinnerware patterns from pre-1900 to current Fiesta? patterns and everything in between.

Pantone: The Twentieth Century in Color

Pantone: The Twentieth Century in Color
Author: Leatrice Eiseman
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2011-10-19
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0811877566

Pantone, the worldwide color authority, invites you on a rich visual tour of 100 transformative years. From the Pale Gold (15-0927 TPX) and Almost Mauve (12-2103 TPX) of the 1900 Universal Exposition in Paris to the Rust (18-1248 TPX) and Midnight Navy (19-4110 TPX) of the countdown to the Millennium, the 20th century brimmed with color. Longtime Pantone collaborators and color gurus Leatrice Eiseman and Keith Recker identify more than 200 touchstone works of art, products, d cor, and fashion, and carefully match them with 80 different official PANTONE color palettes to reveal the trends, radical shifts, and resurgences of various hues. This vibrant volume takes the social temperature of our recent history with the panache that is uniquely Pantone.

Johnson Brothers Dinnerware

Johnson Brothers Dinnerware
Author: Mary J. Finegan
Publisher:
Total Pages: 158
Release: 2002-10-01
Genre: Ceramic tableware
ISBN: 9780963868923

The book contains identification and color photos of over 350 patterns, along with a history of pottery and pottery making techniques.