An Expression of the Community: Cincinnati
Public Schools’ Legacy of Art and Architecture


Photographs by Robert A. Flischel and Essays by Anita Ellis and Walter Langsam. Published by The Art League Press, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2001. 224 pages. Hardcover.


Reviewed by Member, Vance A. Koehler


 

Art Pottery of America

 

Art Pottery of America

 

by Lucile Henzke, (Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 1999, 368 pp., hardbound, $45 from Schiffer Publishing, 4880 Lower Valley Rd., Atglen, PA 19310; (610) 593-1777; Web site; include $3.95 S/H, Pennsylvania residents add sales tax).

 

Review courtesy of and with permission of the Maine Antique Digest

 

 


The Ceramic Career of M. Louise McLaughlin


By Anita J. Ellis, Published by Ohio University Press, Athens, Ohio, 2003, 32 color plates, 62 b/w figures, appendices, notes, bibliography, index, 243 pages, paper $24.95, cloth $49.95


Reviewed by Ralph Drake

 

 


 

 The House of Amphora 1890-1915

By Richard L. Scott. (published by the author, 2004). Limited edition hardback. 347 pages, 400 color pictures, 50 original black and white illustrations, 100 marks and signs. $125.00 plus $10.00 shipping and handling. ISBN: 0-9747377-0-4. Available by mail from Richard L. Scott, 670 Timberlea Trail, Sidney, OH 45365. Credit cards accepted. (or visit www.thehouseofamphora.com )

Reviewed by Bea Levenhagen

 

 


The House of Haeger, 1914-1944: The Revitalization of American Art Pottery

 

by Joe and Joyce Paradis, [Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 4880 Lower Valley Road, Atglen, PA. $39.95 plus $3.95 shipping, hardcover only, 8.5 by 11, 238 pages.]

 

Reviewed by Member, Ron Linde

 

 


 

 

Introducing Roseville Pottery

 

by Mark Bassett, (Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 1999, 288 pp., hardbound, $39.95 from Schiffer Publishing, 4880 Lower Valley Rd., Atglen, PA 19310; (610) 593-1777; include $3.95 S/H, Pennsylvania residents add sales tax).

 

Review courtesy of and with permission of the Maine Antique Digest

 

 


Monsters and Maidens: Amphora Pottery of the Art Nouveau Era

By Byron Vreeland. (Fledermaus Press, 2003). Limited edition hardback. 275 p. 375 illus. $150.00. ISBN 0-9741751-0-2. Available by mail from Byron Vreeland, PMB #281, 2934 1/2 Beverly Glen Circle, Los Angeles, CA 90077. (Or visit www.amphorapottery.net )

Reviewed by Bea Levenhagen

 

 


 

 

Old Florida Pottery: Potters in Paradise

The Collector's Guide to History, Makers and Marks 1859-1966

 

by Alfred R. Frankel, M.D., [Hardcover - 160 pages, 2000, Blue Dome Press, St. Pete Beach, FL ISBN:0-9672662-0-3]

 

Reviewed by Member, Bob Sindelar

 

 


Rookwood and the Industry of Art:
Women, Culture, and Commerce, 1880-1913

By Nancy Owen. Published by Ohio University Press; released on March 15, 2001 xiv + 335 pages; 16 color plates + 96 b/w illustrations, bibliography, and index; footnotes grouped at end of the essay. Paper $24.95, Cloth $49.95.


Reviewed by Ellen Denker

 

 


 

 

ROOKWOOD POTTERY

At The Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Gerald and Virginia Gordon Collection

 

By Nancy E. Owen

 

Reviewed by Members, Nick and Marilyn Nicholson

 

 


Rookwood Pottery: Over Ten Years of Auction Results 1990-2002


by Treadway Gallery, Inc. (Cincinnati, Ohio) in Association with John Toomey Gallery (Oak Park, Illinois). Paducah, Kentucky: Collector Books, 2003. 272 p., hdbk. $39.95.A Price Guide to Rookwood 1993; Gas City, Indiana: L-W Book Sales, 4th edition, 2001. 264 p, pbk. $19.95.


Reviewed by Member, Mark Bassett

 

 


 

 Scandinavian Art Pottery: Denmark and Sweden

By Robin Hecht, Schiffer Publishing Ltd., Atglen, PA, 2000. Hardcover, 172 pp. $49.95. Visit www.schifferbooks.com for ordering information. ISBN 0764310445.

Reviewed by Member, Rod Ganser

Reviewed by Member, Bob Sindelar

 

 


Scandinavian Ceramics and Glass: 1940s to 1980s

By George Fischler and Barrett Gould, Schiffer Publishing Ltd., Atglen, PA, 2000. Hardcover, 160 pp. $49.95. ISBN 0764311638.

Reviewed by Member, Rod Ganser

 

 


 

 

Toby & Character Jugs of the 20th Century and Their Makers

 

by David C. Fastenau and Stephen M. Mullins, (Kevin James Publishing, 1999, 352 pp., hardbound, $69.95 from Kevin James Publishing, 917 Chicago Ave., Evanston, IL 60202; (800) 634-0431; E-Mail; include $1.95 S/H, Illinois residents add sales tax).

 

Review courtesy of and with permission of the Maine Antique Digest

 

 


Zsolnay Ceramics Book - Collecting a Culture

Zsolnay Ceramics: Collecting a Culture

 

  

By Federico Santo and John Gacher. Atglen, PA: Schiffer, 1998. 192-page hardback, 410 color illus. ISBN 0764305344. $49.95

 

 

Reviewed by Jason Jacques