| Abingdon Pottery Artware 1934-1950: Stepchild of the Great Depression Contributor(s): Paradis, Joe (Author) |
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ISBN: 0764300563 ISBN-13: 9780764300561 Publisher: Schiffer Publishing OUR PRICE: $35.96 Product Type: Hardcover Published: January 1997 Annotation: The Abingdon Sanitary Manufacturing Company coped with the Great Depression by cleverly making artware using "industrial strength" materials and processes developed for their sanitaryware. Illustrated with over 700 photographs of their art products of 1934-50, the book reveals historical facts and presents a value guide according to mold number and mold type. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Antiques & Collectibles | Pottery & Ceramics - Crafts & Hobbies | Pottery & Ceramics |
| Dewey: 738 |
| LCCN: 96070633 |
| Series: Tankmaster |
| Physical Information: 0.96" H x 8.77" W x 11.3" (2.80 lbs) 198 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The industrial pottery at Abingdon, Illinois, made artware from 1934 to 1950 before returning to its mainstay, plum-bingware or sanitary-ware, as it was called at The Pottery. Yankee ingenuity was used to cope with the Great Depression when managers came up with the idea of making artware using their usual industrial strength materials and processes. This decision resulted in artware with unusually strong bodies and glazes. For the veteran collector of Abingdon Pottery as well as the novice, this is an Encyclopedia of Shapes, a Dictionary of Colors, a Holy Grail of Collecting, richly illustrated in over 700 photographs and painstakingly researched. It also has a detailed value guide according to mold number and mold type. |