A guide to various types of head vases.

Lady head vases, manufactured from the 1950s to the mid-1960s were sold by florists and are popular collectibles today. The vases were made of semi-porcelain and the vast majority were produced in Japan, but occasionally one marked USA can be found. This book has over 300 charming lady head vases illustrated in color, collecting tips and price guide.

Enesco*r is one of the oldest importing companies in the United States, with a history dating back to the late 1800s. This book features a huge array of Enesco's gift, collectible, and decorative items, including figurines, planters, kitchenware, bells, banks, and head vases -- all shown with current market values. Included are early lines like Beaver Dam*r, Dearie is Weary*r, and Golden Girls*r, plus contemporary favorites like Country Cousins*r, Human Beans*r, and Precious Moments*r. Over 1,500 items illustrated.

Feminine, beautiful, and cool, ceramic lady head vases were originally sold by florists during the 1950s and early 1960s. Today, the vases are surprisingly valuable in the antique and collectibles market. In this expanded and updated edition, more than 1000 charming vases are illustrated in color, along with dimensions, manufacturer information, and current market values. Collecting tips will aid those new to the field; the beautiful pictures will delight anyone with an interest in the art form.

Napco*t (National Potteries Corporation) ceramic animal figures, birthday sets, decorative items, kitchenware, figurines, planters, and head vases of the 1950s and 1960s, from all the Napco lines including their sister company Inarco, are studied here. There is a directory of major importing companies, over 1,000 color photos, and a price guide.

Secrets prove deadly in this new novel from Tasha Alexander featuring Lady Emily Hargreaves. Some very prominent people in London are waking up to find their doorsteps smeared with red paint, the precursor to the revelation of a dark secret – and worse – by someone who enjoys destroying lives Newly returned to her home in Mayfair, Lady Emily Hargreaves is looking forward to enjoying the delights of the season. The delights, that is, as defined by her own eccentricities—reading The Aeneid, waltzing with her dashing husband, and joining the Women's Liberal Federation in the early stages of its campaign to win the vote for women. But an audacious vandal disturbs the peace in the capital city, splashing red paint on the neat edifices of the homes of London's elite. This mark, impossible to hide, presages the revelation of scandalous secrets, driving the hapless victims into disgrace, despair and even death. Soon, all of London high society is living in fear of learning who will be the next target, and Lady Emily and her husband, Colin, favorite agent of the crown, must uncover the identity and reveal the motives of the twisted mind behind it all before another innocent life is lost.

Highly regarded for her finely decorated head vases, California artist Betty Lou Nichols also created a wide variety of figurines, Christmas accessories, portraits, still-lifes and landscape paintings. This book showcases her definitive works, including many rare and never-before-seen examples. Up-to-date values and wonderful historical emphemera are also provided. A must for collectors of head vases, California pottery, or any of the ceramics from the 1940s and 1950s.