Kitchen gadgets have captured the interest of collectors everywhere. Here is a great new book that shows, identifies, and explains the uses of hundreds of vintage kitchen tools, including pie crimpers (remember those?), graters, sifters, scrapers, strainers, wisks, and so much more. Over 380 all-new, full color photographs feature kitchen collectibles from the 1920s-1950s. Each is described in a user-friendly format that includes manufacturer's information, dating, values, accurate measurements...
Spode-Copeland-Spode is the story of one manufactory, two families, and generations of artists,gilders, modelers and their products. Founded by Josiah Spode I in 1770, the business and works were taken over in 1833 by the Copeland family before being sold again in 1970, at which point the company and its products reverted to the original name. This book illustrates the factory's full range of products, from everyday wares to commissions for royalty and the nobility. With previously unpublished...
Many of us have some family heirloom connected with cooking or eating that has been passed down and treasured by more than one generation, whether it's the silver tea service or grandmother's battered wooden spoon. Patrick Dunne has made a career of collecting and researching the history of fascinating and beautiful culinary implements. His lively column in "Southern Accents", "The Epicurean Collector", is one of the most popular features of this American magazine and his accumulated knowledge i...
Everybody has used a nutcracker, and this entertaining book describes the many ingenious methods employed and the numerous imaginative designs produced from the eighteenth century to the present day to carry out the apparently simple task of cracking a nut. Considering the heavy use to which they have been put, it is surprising that some of the earliest wooden nutcrackers still survive. Some of these are wonderful examples of folk art. While nutcrackers of such age and quality are scarce today a...
Corkscrews appeal to collectors who appreciate the functional beauty of an instrument designed for a specific purpose, namely to remove a cork from a wine bottle. The corkscrew was invented in the seventeenth century, the original design being based on a device for withdrawing a ramrod from a gun barrel, and since then thousands of different versions have been produced. This book traces the history of the corkscrew, illustrates many different ones and explains how they work and how they were mad...
Kovels' Depression Glass & American Dinnerware Price List
by Ralph Kovel and Terry Kovel