Over 650 striking color images display the many, popular dinnerware shapes produced by Taylor, Smith and Taylor in West Virginia from 1899 to 1981. Included are Avona, Belva, Capitol, Ever Yours, Garland, Holly & Spruce, Iona, Lu-Ray Pastels, Marvel, Octagon, Paramount, Shadows, Timbercraft, Verona, and Vogue patterns in depression era and mid-century modern styles. A brief history of the company introduces individual dinnerware shapes and appendices list treatment names & numbers, values, and bibliography. Everyone with an interest in twentieth century ceramics will find this book an...

The popular collectible dinnerware lines of our time are highlighted in this new book, principally Fiesta and Lu-Ray, plus other lines that are often confused with one another. Accompanied by a price guide and over 500 color illustrations, author Mark Gonzalez highlights the companies and the lines they produced. Look back at a previous time (1930s to 1960s) when bold dinnerware in Fiesta-type colors (red, cobalt, yellow, green, maroon, turquoise) and pastel glazes were "in" with consumers. American-made, solid-colored dinnerware features a wide array of shapes, in dozens of colors, made over...