For over 140 years, the Homer Laughlin Company, of East Liverpool, Ohio, made popular ceramic plate shapes, each with different decorative treatments that are identified by numbers and date codes. This book shows, in 805 color photographs, 43 dinnerware shapes as well as kitchenware, specialty items, and backmarks. With this information, you can learn to identify each shape and treatment. Today, this dinnerware is valuable in antiques markets.Mark GonzalezMark Gonzalez has been avidly collecting and tirelessly researching Taylor, Smith and Taylor dinnerware shapes for many years.805 color photos805 color photos