Glassmaking in Ireland From the Medieval to the Contemporary

by Hearne, John M.; Ó Gráda, Cormac

• ISBN13: 9780716531067
• ISBN10: 0716531062
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-12-31
• Publisher: Irish Academic Press

Summary

A treasure-trove of fascinating information for the scholar, collector and enthusiast alike. In this, the first comprehensive survey of glassmaking in Ireland, the evolution of the industry from the sixteenth through to the twenty-first century is chronicled, and the impact of technological innovation and human invention examined. Adopting a multidisciplinary approach, the contributors use archaeological, architectural, artistic, historical, economic and pictorial evidence, along with the results of new research, to present an illuminating and fascinating account of glassmaking in Ireland that is accessible to the academic and general reader alike. Among the many topics covered are the origins of Waterford glass and its re-emergence in the 20th Century, the invention of lead crystal glass, the origins of studio and contemporary glass in Ireland and how advanced Irish glass making was compared to English glassmaking of the period.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	p. ix
List of Illustrations	p. xi
List of Plates	p. xiv
List of Abbreviations	p. xvii
Acknowledgements	p. xix
Foreword	p. xxiii
Introduction	p. xxv
Irish Glassmaking in its Wider Context	p. 1
Medieval Stained and Painted Window Glass: The Irish Problem	p. 15
From Sand and Ash: Glassmaking in Early Seventeenth-Century Ireland	p. 33
Seventeenth-Century Irish Flat Glass: Its Makers and their Markets	p. 55
The Archaeological Evidence for John Odacio Formica's Glasshouse at Smithfield, Dublin 7	p. 83
Glassmaking in the North of Ireland, 1750-1914	p. 103
Cork City Glassworks, 1782-1841	p. 135
Irish Enterprise, English Alchemy and the Creation of a Brand: The Waterford Glassworks, 1783-1823	p. 145
The Waterford Chandelier: An Elegant Glass Lustre of the Waterford Manufactory	p. 165
Technology and Innovation: Interpreting a Sketch of the Waterford Glasshouse drawn in 1823 by the Architect C.R. Cockerell	p. 169
The Pugh Glasshouse in Dublin / Recently Discovered Signatures on Glass from the Pugh Glassworks in Dublin	p. 183
Harry Clarke, An Túr Gloine and the Early Twentieth-Century Irish Stained Glass Revival	p. 195
The Industrial Design of Waterford Glass, 1947-c. 1965	p. 215
'A Mouthful of Zephyrs': The Studio Glass Movement in Ireland, 1973-2003	p. 229
Notes	p. 247
Select Bibliography	p. 279
Index	p. 297
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