Delightful dinnerware

I recently bought Michael Pratt's Mid-Century Modern Dinnerware: A Pictorial Guide, and it is truly a feast for the eyes. The book contains hundreds of images, most of which depict far more of the pieces from each line than I could find on the Internet.  For those of you who are regulars at modish.net, this is a must-have reference book, and for those of you who love mid-century dinnerware but haven't discovered the site yet, I urge you to put a visit to it on your to-do list.

Pratt, an avid collector who owns almost ten thousand pieces of mid-century dinnerware, has written an amazing overview of the tableware designs of the leading potteries from the 1940s through the 1960s. Here are a few of the patterns mentioned in the book.

Brock Desert Mist
modish.net

Canonsburg Pottery Americana
etsy.com - DeliaWach

Denwar Bantu
modish.net

Hollydale Malibu Modern
thecollectorsdream.net

Gracetone Orbit
fotolog.com

Harkerware White Clover by Russel Wright
moodindigo.com

Eva Zeisel for Western Stoneware
liveauctioneers.com

Additionally, here are some of the patterns that we have (or have had until recently) for sale in the store.

Paul McCobb for Jackson China
Plate and bowl are the Brown Matchsticks pattern.
I haven't identified the stripe.

Syracuse China Jackstraws
We have several pieces of this pattern in our Etsy store.

Canonsburg Pottery Temporama
We also have several pieces of this pattern for sale in our Etsy store.

A reader of the blog just bought a full set of this
Taylor Smith & Taylor Cathay from us on eBay! :)
(Thanks again for your purchase!)