Pure Sea Glass

by LaMotte, Richard; CRANE, SALLY LAMOTTE; PEARSON, CELIA

• ISBN13: 9780975324608
• ISBN10: 0975324608
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-06-30
• Publisher: Chesapeake Seaglass Pub

Summary

Pure Sea Glass is an incredible reference for any coastal enthusiast. More than 200 elegant images by photographer Celia Pearson present some of the best sea glass ever collected, along with samples of the classical glassware that is often its source. Author Richard LaMotte provides tremendous detail on all aspects of identifying sea glass, its historical significance, ways to assess rarity, and the most advantageous locations and times to search for it. The reader also is introduced to the science of how sea glass develops its uniquely frosted patina. LaMotte explains how crystalline formations on the surface ofsea glass shards transform them into highly prized gems. The book's colorrating scale is based on an intensive study of more than 30,000 pieces of sea glass. It helps readers determine how rare each piece in their own collections might be. A comprehensive assemblage of antique bottles and tableware informs the reader while paying tribute to the great American glass industry prior to mass-production.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Foreword
Preface
History in the Sand	4	(8)
Locating Sea Glass	12	(14)
Conditioning & Weathering	26	(16)
History of Glass	42	(6)
Colors	48	(54)
Bottles & Containers	102	(50)
Tableware & Utility Glass	152	(30)
Flat Glass	182	(10)
Marbles, Insulators, & Bonfire Glass	192	(8)
Appraising Rarity	200	(8)
A Rapidly Vanishing Bounty	208	(12)
Glass Museums	220	(2)
Bibliography	222