Here is the first book to concentrate on the identification of kitchen collectibles dating from 1830 to 1930. With over 600 manufacturers listed and described (as to location, date of operation, patents, and items made), and nearly 2000 illustrations taken from original catalogs and advertisements, this book allows you to clearly identify your collectible. Trade names, patent dates, marks used on non-American pieces, as well as name of the items are all in separate indexes to easily help cross-reference a collectible. (303pp. illus. index. Astragal Press, 2000.)