Mid-Century Modern Dinnerware: Ak-Sar-Ben Pottery, Denwar Ceramics, Iroquois China Company, Laurel Potteries of California, Royal China Company, Stetson China Company by Michael Pratt HEMMESTVEDT

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This is the story of the brothers' old-world gunsmithing and engraving

It portrays the personalities of the potters

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Whether you're a collector or someone simply interested in the charm and culture of turn-of-the-century America

Mid-Century Modern Dinnerware: Ak-Sar-Ben Pottery, Denwar Ceramics, Iroquois China Company, Laurel Potteries of California, Royal China Company, Stetson China Company by Michael Pratt HEMMESTVEDTTable of Contents The bold shapes and startling patterns on dinnerware of the late 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s are displayed in over 480 dazzling color photographs. Much of the best work of six leading pottery manufacturers, Ak Sar Ben Pottery, Denwar Ceramics, Iroquois China Company, Laurel Potteries of California, Royal China Company, and Stetson China Company, is shown and described in detail. The dinnerware shapes, including Bantu, Casual, Futura,