Author : Mark Pickvet
Publisher : Schiffer Publishing Limited
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 19,87 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9780764339257
Contains over 4,200 alphabetized definitions of glassware, colors, processes, materials, forms, decorative styles, pattern motifs, noted artisans, companies, and designers, from antiquity to the present.
Author : Clive Innes
Publisher :
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 32,85 MB
Release : 1997-12
Category : Cactus
ISBN : 9781840130676
The sight of a tall, spiny cactus silhouetted against a sun-parched desert landscape has always evoked a certain mystique. This visual directory is the ultimate guide to the fascinating world of cacti. The colorful photographs allow for identification and informative captions include soil, light and maintenance requirements and pest control facts for over 1200 types of cacti. A handy illustrated guide allows the reader to identity plants based on their shape and spine characteristics. Enhance your own landscape or garden with this impressive and hearty species of exotic plant life.
Author : Paul Hollister
Publisher :
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 22,54 MB
Release : 1970
Category :
ISBN :
Author : John A. Shuman
Publisher :
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 23,74 MB
Release : 1987-08-01
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9780891453550
Shows and lists current prices for vases, punch bowls, lamps, candlesticks, goblets, and dishes, and provides information on manufacturers and identifying marks
Author : Bill Edwards
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,71 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Carnival glass
ISBN : 9781574324860
One of our more popular titles, this tenth edition introduces almost 100 new patterns and almost 200 new photographs, bringing this edition's total to over 2,000 color patterns. Aside from the revamped in-depth sections on carnival glass patterns, this comprehensive reference once again includes a section on an emerging interest of collectors, hatpins. Grading information and salesmen's samples are also included in this edition. All pieces and patterns are described in detail with important facts, colors, histories, and sizes. The bound-in price guide also includes virtually every piece of carnival glass ever made with prices given for various colors in each pattern. A multitude of both American and foreign companies are represented, and brief biographies on companies such as Dugan, Fenton, Imperial, Northwood, Cambridge, Westmoreland, Fostoria, Heisey, McKee, Jeannette, and the U.S. Glass Company are included. There is also a new illustrated section on Millersburg Peacock patterns, as well as old and new company trademarks. Collectors will be thrilled with this new edition.
Author : Connie Rogers
Publisher : Schiffer Book for Collectors
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 38,28 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9780764319327
Over 1,000 color photographs, manufacturers' marks, and an expansive text, make this the most comprehensive catalog of the Willow pattern ever produced. Ceramic tableware from the English Staffordshire potting district, Yorkshire, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland are all displayed. The text provides information on over 400 pottery factories, including William Adams & Sons, Copeland & Garrett, S. Fielding & Company, Minton, and Wedgwood. Current market values are provided in the captions.
Author : Pascal Richet
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 1568 pages
File Size : 45,85 MB
Release : 2021-02-05
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1118799399
This Encyclopedia begins with an introduction summarizing itsscope and content. Glassmaking; Structure of Glass, GlassPhysics,Transport Properties, Chemistry of Glass, Glass and Light,Inorganic Glass Families, Organic Glasses, Glass and theEnvironment, Historical and Economical Aspect of Glassmaking,History of Glass, Glass and Art, and outlinepossible newdevelopments and uses as presented by the best known people in thefield (C.A. Angell, for example). Sections and chapters arearranged in a logical order to ensure overall consistency and avoiduseless repetitions. All sections are introduced by a briefintroduction and attractive illustration. Newly investigatedtopics will be addresses, with the goal of ensuring that thisEncyclopedia remains a reference work for years to come.
Author : David Battie
Publisher : Antique Collectors Club Limited
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 17,47 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9781850296546
This pictorial history of glassware from pre-Roman times to the present day, written by experts and including essays on specialized fields such as Islamic, Venetian and Chinese glass, Tiffany, and Art Nouveau, is also a reference book for identification purposes. It includes an illustrated end section containing a bibliography, glossary and biographies of major glass producers.
Author : David Whitehouse
Publisher :
Page : 127 pages
File Size : 17,30 MB
Release : 2012
Category : ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES
ISBN : 1588343243
"A concise history of glassmaking around the world, from Mesopotamia to the present day"--
Author : Betty Newbound
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 37,37 MB
Release : 1994-08
Category : Glassware, milk glass
ISBN : 9780891456261
This comprehensive, easy-to-use book is the first published to cover milk glass that was mass produced in the United States since 1930. Patterns and shapes made by Fenton, Westmoreland, L.E. Smith, and Kemple are all featured in full-color photographs as well as vintage company catalogs and advertisements. This beautiful presentation will be a great addition to any glassware dealer's or collector's library. 2005 values.
