Sanford's Guide to McCoy Pottery is a history of the Nelson McCoy Pottery Company from 1910 to 1989. The Sanfords' new trademarked line finder is an alphabetical thumbnail picture of all of the lines made by the pottery. It includes an extensive table of contents and the family history of four generations of McCoys. The McCoys made pottery in Zanesville, OH, from about the 1850s to 1990 when competition from imports closed the factory. During that time, the potters turned out everything from ashtrays and birdbaths to planters and pitchers. The factory was, at one time, the largest pottery in the United States. This 260-page book is filled with pictures of the potterys output. Nearly 4,000 pieces are represented pictorially with identification by line name, mold number, year of manufacture, and color ware available., and all the photos are excellent in quality and exceptionally well printed in four colors. The photographs are interspersed with snippets of information about the pottery and its wares, and the authors have categorized the pottery into such classifications as lamp bases, vases and flower pots making the volume a hand reference work. There is an appendix with a cross-refernce price guide with over 500 cookie jars, over 100 wall pockets, and the dinnerware produced in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.. There are nearly 200 pieces of the private collection of the Cope family who were early designers of McCoy pottery. This is an indispensable guide for the serious or beginner collector of McCoy. And for those who are buying and holding McCoy in the hope that the prices will rise, the book is a must buy.

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Sanfords' Guide to McCoy Pottery