Old Glass and How to Collect It

THE origin of glass is lost in antiquity. Pliny, indeed, ascribes its discovery to certain Phoenician mariners who, being shipwrecked upon a sandy shore, used a block of the natron which formed their cargo to support a pot which they were putting over an improvised fire. The heat fused the sand with the natron, and lo! the glass was discovered in the ashes.

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER I - INTRODUCTORY

CHAPTER II - EARLY ENGLISH GLASS

CHAPTER III - EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY GLASS

CHAPTER IV - MEMORIAL GLASSES

CHAPTER V - BRISTOL AND NAILSEA GLASS

CHAPTER VI - IRISH GLASS CORK AND WATERFORD

CHAPTER VII - CURIOUS AND FREAK GLASSES

CHAPTER VIII - FRAUDS AND IMITATIONS

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