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8-1/2 X ll", 656 pages, hard cover (please note: what was originally going to be Volume 2 and Volume 3 has been combined to create a single, 656 page Volume 2).
136 manufactures with brief histories, commercial china information, date codes, dated backstamps, photographs of ware with value ranges, numerous catalog pages, and more presented alphabetically by company name.
Manufacturer addendum with minimal information on an additional 89 manufacturers including location, years of operation, backstamp illustrations or descriptions, and so forth.
Nearly 900 colored photographs of china with description, custom backstamp information, date code, and value range.
More than 950 dated manufacturer backstamps.
Almost 200 manufacturer catalog pages, 1931 to 1990s, most in full color. Two diagrams illustrating inter-relationships of the major American commercial china manufacturers.
146 distributors with known china brands distributed, customers (e.g., hotels or railroads), and directory listing years to cumulatively substantiate years of operation.
170 restaurant chain capsule histories.
114 hotel chain capsule histories along with 167 dated hotel chain logo drawings. Use these logos to identify and date hotel china, as well as related collectibles such as holloware, flatware, glassware, and ashtrays.
History of the commercial china industry.
Extensive index with 1,263 entries contains a cross-reference to backstamps that do not incorporate manufacturer's name.
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