The Collector’s Guide to Harker Pottery U.S.A. Identification and Value Guide
- Author(s): Neva W. Colbert
- Category: Ceramics
- Publisher: Collector Books
- Publish year: 1993
- ISBN: 9780891455370
- Number of Pages: 132
The first time that I saw someone check the bottom of a cup, I thought, "This man is very nervous or very weird. " It was our first date, so I hoped that he was merely ne rvo us and asked why he was in specting the china. He explained that because he came from a fam ily of potters and lived in a town dominated by potteries, he was curious about the origin of the dishes. "Shenango," he pronounced , as if that settled everything.
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Cover
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter One - The Town That Clay Built
Chapter Two - Nice Things
Chapter Three - Floods, Fire, Famine
Chapter Four - Gifts and Giveaways
Chapter Five - The Best of Times ... The Worst
Chapter Seven - Variations on a Theme
Chapter Eight - Harker's Best
Chapter Nine - Back to the Roots
Chapter Ten Leaving No Plate Unturned
Glossary
Selected Sources
Value Guide--Listing of Patterns, Colors, and Shapes