Hobbs, Brockunier & Co. Glass Identification and Value Guide

The pressed table glass industry in the United States attained its majority after the Civil War with the development of an inexpensive lime glass which rivaled in clarity, if not tone, th e standard flint, or lead glass, of the time. William Leighton, Sr.'s formula substituting bicarbonate of soda for I itharge in the manufacture of glass reduced the cost of materials to approximately 25% of what it had been.

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Table of Contents:

COVER

CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

Foreword

Introduction

The History of Hobbs, Brockunier & Co.

The People

Colors

THE EVOLUTION OF COLOR AND DECORATIONS

EXTRACTS FROM WILLIAM LEIGHTON'S COLOR NOTES

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