Antiques & Collectibles | Schiffer Publishing

The invention of the friction match in England in the 1830s helped to improve the daily lives of people in ways frequently overlooked. Match holders made their appearance by the 1850s in nearly endless, striking...

The British, American and European manufacturers who produced Flow Blue, the exhibitions that promoted it, and the people who owned it and what moved them to buy it are explored here.  America in the nineteenth...

This third volume by Larry Carey and Sylvia Tompkins focuses on character salt and pepper shakers. Featured in this book are popular television, movie, and cartoon characters. Also included are well-known mascots or symbols, such...

This new book is an excellent reference for the multitude of ceramics items marked MADE IN JAPAN that were exported between 1921 and 1941, after Japanese manufacturers used the NIPPON mark and before the MADE...