Kitchenware

	Antique Electric Waffle Irons 1900-1960 - 155395632X Antique Electric Waffle Irons is a comprehensive collector's book and historical reference containing everything there is to know about antique and vintage electric waffle irons and the companies that made them. The author, a former science teacher, precision scientific instrument maker, and writer, has for years collected, researched, restored, and in some cases written about everything from antique pocket watches and cameras to old radios and vintage automobiles. Bill's passion for antique ... $24.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Bull's Pocket Guide to Corkscrews with Values - 0764307932 A longtime collector of corkscrews, author Donald A. Bull first displayed the breadth of his collection in The Ultimate Corkscrew Book, an extensive volume spanning the diversity and creativity of corkscrew production over the last several hundred years. Now with the companion guide, Bull's Pocket Guide to Corkscrews, collectors and dealers are once again invited to explore remarkable examples of corkscrews. From figurals and eclectic corkscrews to corkscrew knives, rare and novelty varieties... $17.89     View Details Add To Cart
	Butter Prints and Molds by Paul E. Kindig - 0887400582 Butter Prints and Molds is the first and a most comprehensive work on wooden butter shapers, a subject of interest to many folk art authorities and collectors. While working as a Specialist in History for the Museum of Michigan State University, the author, Paul Kindig, examined and photographed all of the major museum collections in the United States and Many private collections. The author has also visited numerous museums in Europe and compared their butter prints and molds with the Americ... $31.95     View Details Add To Cart
	Cast Iron Toy Cook Stoves & Ranges from A to Z - 0764319302 Here, at last, is a long-awaited reference for collectors of cast iron toy cook stoves and ranges. This comprehensive book covers a century of toys, from the 1840s to the 1940s from both major manufacturers of full-size stoves and ranges and toy manufacturers. Included are stoves and ranges produced by Kenton Hardware Co., Hubley Manufacturing Co., Dent Hardware Co., Ideal Manufacturing Co., Majestic Manufacturing Co., J. & E. Stevens Co., as well as the Philadelphia Stove Works, Orr, Painter... $23.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Champagne Collectibles - 0764337211 Well-known corkscrew collectors and authors, Don Bull and Joe Paradi, uncork the excitement flowing from an array of champagne memorabilia. This detailed book has more than 1260 photographs depicting over 1800 items from around the world, and offers a thorough review of champagne memories and tools. This guide covers branded memories including early corks, decanter labels, beautiful fans, sheet music, smoking accessories, and more. There is also a section with a wide range of tools used for o... $79.99     View Details Add To Cart
	Corkscrews -1,000 Patented Ways to Open a Bottle - 0764300180 The evolution of corkscrew design is clearly presented in extensive text and displayed in over 500 photographs - over 450 in color - and 1000 U.S. patents dating from 1851 to 1994. The book is arranged chronologically to show the development of designs. Historic overviews at the beginning of each chapter relate certain cultural events that affected the popularity of corkscrews and the need for new designs. Here is a progression of corkscrews from common to unique, in materials from metals to ... $59.95     View Details Add To Cart
	Elsie the Cow & Borden's Collectibles - 0764310720 From its use of the American bald eagle in the 1860s to Elsie the Cow in 1939, The Borden Company has promoted its array of dairy products--including milk, cheese, eggs, coffee, the all-time favorite ice cream, and even dog food--with images that have become American icons. This book is the first-ever complete collector's guide to Elsie the Cow and Borden's company items with over 400 color photographs and a price guide. It includes company promotional items such as advertising signs, toys, g... $24.95     View Details Add To Cart
	Encyclopedia of American Silver Manufacturers, 5th ed. - 076431887X With more than 2400 marks illustrated and brief histories and cross-references of more than 1600 manufacturers, this is the most comprehensive reference source on the subject. To compile the information presented here, the authors devoted much time over several decades researching numerous sources. These include various editions of Trademarks of the Jewelry & Kindred Trades, U.S. Patent Office records, silver and jewelry catalogs of manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers, records of compani... $22.25     View Details Add To Cart
	French Enameled Ware for the Collector by Yves Moureau - 0764318098 Entirely charming and almost always highly tasteful, enameled metal kitchenware brought aesthetics and function together for the working French family. This book showcases wonderful pieces made during the century starting in the mid-1800s. Precise and concise, the text provides you with essential knowledge, including many secrets of antique dealers, to help you understand and appreciate the beauty of French enameled ware. Background information on decorative designs, determining age, and tips... $30.35     View Details Add To Cart
	Ice Cream Collectibles - 076431856X This delightful book focuses on ice cream collectibles and our fascination with the tools of the soda jerk and ephemera associated with him. Shown are ice cream scoops, milk shake machines, straw holders, fancy molds, sheet music, postcards, magazine covers with an ice cream theme, Dixie cup lids featuring famous movie stars, trays, penny licks, advertising, hand cranked freezers, fountain ware, and more. Current values provided for all items shown. $23.50     View Details Add To Cart
	International Basketry for Weavers and Collectors - 088740037X This beautifully illustrated volume presents baskets woven from natural fibers over a long period of time and from diverse American, European and International cultures. Specialized baskets for work places, as architectural elements and for domestic and farm chores are shown in over 400 black and white and 31 color pictures. The text explores the origins of the plants which produce weavable fibres, localized preparation techniques, and a wide variety of weaving styles and forms. The extensive... $17.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Pocket Fruit Knives: A Synopsis of Their History - 0955950708 Author Simon Moore has revealed, in great and fascinating detailed sex why he has spent 40 years in the pursuit of pocket fruit knives. English pocket fruit knives have been a charming keepsake or gift, usually to women, for nearly 200 years and now make a most attractive and interesting collectable. Most have originated from Sheffield made by cutlers, goldsmiths and silver platers. They appear to have originated in France during the later 17th century and French pocket fruit knives have inva... $9.50     View Details Add To Cart