This book and its companion work Playtime Pottery and Porcelain from the United Kingdom and the United States together become the most comprehensive work on identifying children's play dishes. Over 800 color photographs, trademarks, and company markings accompany descriptions of tea sets, dinner sets, and other play dishes. With 24 countries represented and items ranging from 1770 to the present, you will be bale to identify, date, and price children's play dishes.

Here is a wide range of children's play dishes of worldwide distribution to help you identify and date sets. Over 400 full-color photographs, showing thousands of pieces as well as trademarks and markings, accompany the description of tea sets, dinner sets, and other children's play items. Organized by their country of orgin and in chronological order, the descriptions include the number of pieces in a complete set, size, color, and decoration techniques, and fascinating historical facts about the manufacturers, characters and designs. Items range from 1770 to the present. Now you will be able to identify, date, and price children's play dishes by their ware, shape, size, decoration, trademark, ect. This book is an essential reference for any collector's library.

Beautifully photographed and extensively documented, this book features over 650 color photos of children's playtime dishes from all over the world. These charming collectibles are organized by country of origin and date from the late eighteenth to the late twentieth century. They include examples from all over Europe as well as China, Japan, Taiwan, India, Thailand, Mexico, and the United States. Building on her two previous books on the subject, the author features all new material and has incorporated many fine sets from private collectors. More twentieth century examples are shown, including character and new sets. Detailed captions provide descriptions, measurements, and current values for all. With information on marks, factories, dates, and styles, this book is a must for collectors of early and contemporary children's dishes.