A comprehensive and up-to-date guide to pot-lids and Staffordshire ware, this book corrects the mistakes in identifying and recording lids that have led to errors being perpetuated through successive publications in the past. The book's contents include: pot-lids and why they were produced; dating pot-lids; valuing lids; pictures on lids; and Prattware and jars. The book also features such subjects as American; Shakespearian; shell lids; lady and romantic scenes; dogs and other animals and birds; and trinket and bedroom sets.
