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  • Development and Advancement in American Glass  By : Mitch Johnson
    During the course of the eighteenth century numerous glasshouses
    came up and went. The greatest demands in America would be for
    the window-glass and for bottles. The immigrants owned most of
    the American glasshouses from Germans and the England who
    brought their skills.
  • Remarkable French and Chinese Glass  By : Mitch Johnson
    French glass making began to develop in the eighteenth century.
    Luneville, at Baccarat and a factory by the Cristallerie de St Louis, in Lorraine, were the two famous glass factories in France during
    those days. And under the Emperor K'ang Hsi, of China, a glasshouse was started, but there has been much information found about the details of
    their production.
  • Adam to Windsor - What's that?  By : Murray Hughes
    In Depression Glass parlance, �from Adam to Windsor� refers to
    the alphabetical order in which collector�s guides typically
    list all the patterns of the seven largest glass companies that
    produced this now-collectible glassware.
  • The History Of Artisan Glass  By : Frank Vanderlugt
    Artisan glass refers to handblown or individually created glass
    items, as opposed to items such as standardized glass windows
    and other mass-produced products. Until a few hundred years ago,
    this description fit virtually all glass products.
  • Collectible Antique Glass Comes in All Shapes, Sizes and Colors  By : Ann Marier
    To know collectible antique glass you must understand how glass
    was made in the days from which your collectors clamor. Blown
    glass was made by molten glass placed on the end of a glass tube
    and blown up like you blow up a balloon. As it was being blown,
    it was shaped by various tools and when complete it was allowed
    to cool.
  • Rare Depression Glass Pieces  By : Murray Hughes
    Did you know that if you happen to have a crystal (clear) and
    pink Depression Glass refrigerator bowl in the Crisscross
    pattern in good condition and with its original cover, that it's
    valued at between $300 and $335? Or that Shirley Temple cream
    pitcher your grandmother keeps in the back of her upper cabinet
    could bring up to $1,250 at auction?
  • Depression Glass Trivia  By : Murray Hughes
    Depression glass facts make for interesting conversation,
    especially when you're at a convention or talking amongst other
    Depression glass aficionados. So here are a few items to get you
    started so you, too, can have some meaningful knowledge to put
    on the plate when you and your Depression glass collector
    friends gather 'round and chat.
  • Depression Glass Patterns  By : Murray Hughes
    Collectors of Depression Glass find not only its beautiful
    colors fascinating, but its patterns, as well. With many glass
    producers making this type of glass, as you can imagine, many
    patterns resulted, creating a wide array of pretty, practical,
    and inexpensive glassware affordable to every American household.
  • Collecting Artistic Glassware  By : Michelle Bery
    Glass for all its fragile grace, reflective colors, and unique shapes, starts as nothing more than sand. And yet suddenly, with the addition of heat and the skilled labor of the glass blower, a treasure arises from the ashes. And while sand just blows away, the artistic glassware that is born from it can last forever.
  • Lancaster Glass Co. 1908-1937 by John P. Zastowney  By : Vitreous
    This much anticipated book covers early crystal lines of glass by Lancaster, such as Colonial and the 411 Crown Line through the more ornately molded colored lines of the mid to late 1930’s.Values and dimensions are provided for known pieces that exist. A cross-reference section is included with those lines that share molded blanks and a name origin validation is added to assist the collector.
  • WorldArt Glass.Com - The Evolution  By : William Geary
    The information directory has evolved into a one stop resource for data on most aspects of historic and contemporary art glass. We currently have over 2700 sites listed for the visitor to review. There are currently over 700 visitors to the site on a daily basis with more and more visitors coming to our location from around the world.
  • American Brilliant Cut Glass  By : Carolyn M. Kleinpeter
    The history and characteristics of American Brilliant Cut Glass. from the 1830s to the 1900s.




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