Sanford's Guide to McCoy Pottery

Sanford's Guide to McCoy Pottery by Steve Sanford. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780963353139.

This book 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. There are four thousand pieces pictured in this big red book with identification by line name, mold number, year of manufacture, and color ware available. There are nearly 200 pieces of the private collection of the Cope family who were early designers of McCoy pottery. Over 500 cookie jars, over 100 wall pockets, and the dinnerware produced in the 50s, 60s and 70s. It is indexed and cross-referenced with a price guide.