Collector's Guide to American Pressed Glass, 1825-1915

by Husfloen, Kyle

• ISBN13: 9780870696121
• ISBN10: 0870696122
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1992-05-01
• Publisher: Wallace-Homestead Book Co

Summary

The works in this series will introduce new collectors to the hobby, offer sound advice on buying, selling, and maintaining a collection, give background information, references, clubs and museums and explain how to distinguish true value from reproductions and fakes.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Introduction	p. ix
The Glass Industry in Early America	p. 1
America's First Industry	p. 1
Glassmaking after Jamestown: The German Connection	p. 4
The Lacy Period, 1825-1845	p. 9
Americans and the Development of Early Glass Pressing	p. 9
The Glass Called "Lacy"	p. 12
Production Centers: Dealing with the Sandwich Myth	p. 12
Glassmakers of the New Midwest	p. 14
Forms and Designs	p. 14
Items Made in Early Lacy Glass	p. 17
Specific Design Motifs	p. 17
Regional Variations	p. 19
Foreign Lacy	p. 20
Desirability and Values	p. 21
Value Ranges	p. 23
Old Versus New	p. 23
The Colonial Era of Pressed Glass, 1845-1865	p. 28
Flint Glass of the Mid-Nineteenth Century	p. 28
Forms and Designs	p. 29
The Colonials	p. 29
Other Early Tableware Patterns	p. 32
The Ribbed Group	p. 35
A Little More Light on the Subject	p. 37
Production Centers	p. 42
Desirability and Values	p. 43
Value Ranges	p. 44
Old Versus New	p. 45
Confusing Candlesticks and Lamps	p. 48
Confusing Modern Tableware Patterns	p. 48
Red-Cliff Company Reproductions	p. 50
The Golden Age of Pressed Glass, 1865-1915	p. 52
Dawn of the Nonflint Era	p. 52
Forms and Styles in Late-Victorian Pattern Glass	p. 55
Pattern Glass of the Post-Civil War Period, 1865-1870s	p. 58
Important Manufacturers and Patterns	p. 59
Desirability and Values	p. 73
Old Versus New	p. 73
The 1880s: Color Becomes King	p. 77
Important Patterns of the 1880s	p. 78
Desirability and Values	p. 99
Old Versus New	p. 100
The Gay '90s in Pattern Glass	p. 102
Important Patterns of the 1890s	p. 103
Desirability and Values	p. 127
Old Versus New	p. 127
1900-1915: Twilight of American Pressed-Pattern Glass	p. 130
Important Glass Companies of the Early Twentieth Century	p. 132
Additional Collectible Patterns	p. 143
Other American Glass Companies Founded Circa 1900	p. 146
Desirability and Values	p. 146
Old Versus New	p. 147
Some Special Pressed Glass and Glassmakers	p. 149
Commemorative, Novelty, and Souvenir Pressed Glass	p. 149
The 1876 Centennial Exhibition	p. 149
Political Commemoratives	p. 151
Other Special People and Events	p. 153
Pressed-Glass Novelties	p. 156
Desirability and Values	p. 162
Special Colored Glassware	p. 163
Milk White and Slag Glass	p. 163
Opalescent Glass	p. 167
Custard Glass	p. 169
Chocolate Glass	p. 171
Carnival Glass	p. 173
Special Glass Companies	p. 177
Collecting and Caring for Pressed Glass	p. 183
Collecting	p. 183
Care and Display	p. 184
Appendices	p. 186
Selected Reading	p. 186
Glass Collectors' Clubs	p. 191
Companies that Produced or Distributed Reproduction Pressed Glass	p. 193
Permanent Collections of American Glass	p. 194
Index	p. 195
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