For the working-class housewife before the 20th century washing aids were few and primitive. A stout hedge, a grassy bank and a good fresh wind were the best she could hope for. Paralleling progress in other domestic equipment, washing, mangling and ironing techniques were developed during the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries to deal with the vast quantities of personal and household linen required by the increasing middle classes. Both public and private collections provide evidence of...
Mauchline ware developed from a unique wooden 'hidden-hinge' snuff box that was originally produced in Laurencekirk in north-east Scotland. William & Andrew Smith of Macuhline became the pre-eminent producer of the huge range of products which owe their ancestry to the snuff box. This book describes the range of products and more.
Until now, mocha ware, with its mysterious origins and variable nomenclature, has not been widely studied or chronicled. Jonathan Rickard, with more than thirty years' experience as a collector, scholar, and enthusiast of mocha and dipped wares, has written the definitive book on this once widely produced pottery. Long considered a uniquely Victorian product, mocha ware was actually developed as early as the late eighteenth century. It was likely named after the Yemeni port city of al Mukha, fam...
Ultimate Collector's Encyclopedia of Cookie Jars
by Fred Roerig and Joyce Roerig
Livre de coloriage les fruits et legumes pour les tout garcons, gros contours, de 6 a 8 ans
by Soufiane Ghm
There are shoe people, there are bag people, and there are dish people. This book is the ultimate delight for the latter, with hundreds of patterns organised thematically and annotated with historical details and charming anecdotes. The book profiles iconic manufacturers like Wedgwood, Spode, Homer Laughlin, and more, and features plates by artists and designers from Frank Lloyd Wright to Cindy Sherman to Vera Wang. It's all pulled together into a beautiful little package and - with over 500 pag...
Your Mini Notebook! For the Bride Vol. 3 (Your Mini Notebook! for the Bride, #3)
by Mary Hirose
Smoking Antiques (Discovering S.) (Shire album, #66)
by Christopher Scott and Amoret Scott
Different methods of taking tobacco have come into and gone out of fashion and as a result an enormous range of objects connected with smoking and snuff taking has been produced, much of it of great potential appeal to the present-day collector. In this book the authors examine these and other smoking antiques, including printed ephemera, from the collector's point of view and provide the historical background of smoking. See also the Shire Album Snuff
In this one volume, Barbara Mauzy covers many categories of non-electrical kitchen collectibles from the 1920s through the 1950s. Over 1100 photographs depict the ingenuity and creativity of the makers of kitchenware during this period. Updated values, guides to the more popular designs and colors, manufacturing information, and general tips on collecting make this the complete guide for anyone interested in the colorful and inventive gadgets, tools, and dinnerware items which can still be found...
Collector's Encyclopedia of Hall China
by Margaret Whitmeyer and Ken Whitmeyer
Your Notebook! Salutations (Your Notebook! Salutations, #4)
by Mary Hirose