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ANNOUNCEMENT
OF PUBLICATION
Houston,
Texas
September 18, 2001
Carl
Gibbs, Jr. is proud to offer the Collector's
Encyclopedia of Metlox Potteries, Second
Edition. This comprehensive,
penultimate reference on Metlox, one of
America's premier potteries, details all
of Metlox's dinnerware patterns and
artware lines chronologically with
complete individual item listings. This
432-page, hard-bound book is lavishly
illustrated with more than 700 color
photographs and 300-plus Metlox brochure
and pamphlet reprints.
The second
edition includes a large amount of newly
discovered company materials highlighting
the very collectible Prouty era,
1927-1946. Other features include a
history of the company and a discussion
of backstamping practices with examples
of both imprints and labels. All items
listed in the book include current
values--a must for dinnerware collectors
everywhere.
- Metlox enthusiasts will be
delighted by the wonderful diversity of
Metlox's dinnerware patterns itemized by
pattern line, division, and type. All
pottery collectors will be intrigued by
the company's artware lines such as Carl
Romanelli's Modern Masterpieces, the
Metlox Miniatures, the Walt Disney
figurines, the Nostalgia Line, the
Poppets and Toppets, and cookie jars.
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