Franciscan Dining Services (Schiffer Book for Collectors)

Wanted more info on why the dishes have variations from year to year. Would like to know who the artisans were and methods used

I am a Franciscan apple collector and wanted to like this book, particularly since it was a revised updated edition, but it was just disappointing.It does provide a good photo collection of all the different Franciscan ware basically by a plate, not full piece collection.It does provide a brief description of its history.My biggest disappointment is that It does not provide a price guide. It mentions random values on random pieces and then indicates values are pretty much relative anyway.A lot of efforts are made to promote Replacements, Ltd., which shouldn't be a priority for the book.

This book gave us so much info. Wish there was something out there with an updated list of all pieces made and a current price sheet?

Good info, wished it were more up to date for 2019.

This book was to be my introduction to Franciscan dining services before I bought some vintage pieces. The book satisfied my need for reference. I'm pleased with my purchase.