This book and its companion work Playtime Pottery and Porcelain from the United Kingdom and the United States together become the most comprehensive work on identifying children's play dishes. Over 800 color photographs, trademarks, and company markings accompany descriptions of tea sets, dinner sets, and other play dishes. With 24 countries represented and items ranging from 1770 to the present, you will be bale to identify, date, and price children's play dishes._x000D__x000D_ _x000D__x000D_ AUTHOR: Lorraine Punchard is a devoted collector of play dishes who wrote this work because she could not find the reference she wanted. She lives now in Minnesota.