The Glass Collector: A Guide To Old English Glass...
- Author(s): MacIver Percival
- Category: Glass
- Publisher: Dodd, Mead & Co.
- Publish year: 1918
- ISBN: 9678000000972
- Number of Pages: 426
THE collection of old English glasses is a comparatively modern hobby, but its votaries increase in number every day. Those who were earliest in the field had of course the best chance of obtaining historical and other extremely rare specimens, and nowadays only those who are prepared to pay high prices can hope to vie with such enviable folk. But fortunately it is possible to form less important yet very delightful collections which will be a lasting joy to their owners without any large expenditure, because quite desirable pieces are still obtainable at sums which are modest indeed, when compared with those asked for fine china or even early earthenware. I emphasize this point, as it is for the minor collector that this series is intended, not for those who do not mind what they pay as long as they get something unique.
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Copyright
THE GLASS COLLECTOR
PREFACE
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY DRINKING GLASSES IN ENGLAND TO THE END OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
CHAPTER II GREENE'S GLASSES
CHAPTER III BALUSTER STEMS
CHAPTER IV AIR TWISTS
CHAPTER V WHITE TWISTS
CHAPTER VI CUT STEMS
CHAPTER VII FINE GLASSES FOR SPECIAL DRINKS INCLUDING SWEETMEAT GLASSES
CHAPTER VIII PLAIN GLASSES FOR TAVERN AND HOUSEHOLD USE
CHAPTER IX CUT GLASS
CHAPTER X ENGRAVED GLASSES
CHAPTER XI CURIOS
CHAPTER XII BOTTLES, DECANTERS, FLASKS AND JUGS
CHAPTER XIII OPAQUE AND COLOURED GLASS
CHAPTER XIV FRAUDS, FAKES AND FOREIGNERS
CHAPTER XV FOREIGN GLASS
CHAPTER XVI MANUFACTURING AND DECORATIVE PROCESSES
CHAPTER XVII PRICES
CHAPTER XVIII BIBLIOGRAPHY
CHAPTER XIX GLOSSARY
INDEX