|
Pressed Flint Glass (Shire Album)
|
| Price: | £3.50 & eligible for FREE Super Saver Delivery on orders over £5. Details |
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
Dispatched from and sold by Amazon.co.uk
33 new or used available from £0.01
Average customer review:
Product Description
Pressed flint glass has never been out of production since its introduction at the beginning of the nineteenth century, and vast quantities have been manufactured. This book surveys the development of the processes which transformed glassmaking from a craft into an industry, supplying an expanding consumer market with a wide range of elaborately moulded decorative ware and fittings as well as cheap, serviceable, expendable items. Almost anything which could be made in glass was, from doorknobs to light fittings to plain drinking glasses. Many attractive examples from the great variety of designs are described, illustrated and set in their context. The effects of persistent competition for the British market, particularly from the United States, are examined. Finally, the author offers some advice for collectors in the field, where there are still bargains to be found.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #526730 in Books
- Published on: 1986-04-01
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 32 pages
Editorial Reviews
About the Author
Raymond Notley has a wide knowledge of Victorian and Edwardian decorative and graphic arts, but perhaps it was growing up in Durham surrounded by coal mines and glassworks which first fostered his interest in glass. He is joing owner of the Notley-Lerpiniere collection of glass, which has been exhibited throughout Britain and is now on permanent loan to the Broadfield House Glass Museum, Dudley.
Customer Reviews
a beginners guide to pressed flint glass
I found this book an excellent present when I first started to collect pressed glass. It goes through an explanation of how the glass was made and the reasons why different pieces were made and in some cases their uses.It also gives a potted history of the trade wars and goes on to describe the later Chipendale and Jacobean ware. As well as including many balck and white drawings of designs it also includes a few black and white photographs - unfortunately it does not show the variety of colours that were used in pressed glass. A very good (cheap) beginners guide to this area of collecting.
