Sandwich Glass: A Technical Book for Collectors
Sandwich Glass: A Technical Book for Collectors

Sandwich Glass: A Technical Book for Collectors

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Sandwich Glass: A Technical Book for Collectors

Sandwich Glass: A Technical Book for Collectors

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Sandwich Glass: A Technical Book for Collectors

Sandwich Glass: A Technical Book for Collectors

$105.15 $52.55
Author: Williams, Lenore Wheeler
Format: eBook
Language: English
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Sandwich Glass: A Technical Book for Collectors

It is not the purpose of the author in this volume to treat of the myriads of pressed glass dating from the centennial to the present day masquerading in shops as Sandwich glass and cluttering up the cabinets of the unwary collector only to be discarded later by those who have learned by comparison with the beautiful lacy specimens of early Sandwich that they have been led to acquire pieces of little beauty and less real value. It is of the period of Sandwich glass dating from the opening of the factory in 1825 by a handful of men, blowers of great physique, artists, and mold makers, some of whom started in the struggling Parent Tree factory of 1817, down to the period of greatest prosperity in 1853that we are dealing with. These men put their best efforts into designs of intricate beauty. There is no comparison between their work and the later commercial pressed glass which took unto itself all the worst features of Victorian decoration and which was never found upon the tables of people of good taste, who turned from pressed glass to English cut during this latter period, or preserved with reverence and used on state occasions the pieces of a generation before. This late glass covered with stars and rosettes in ugly amber and blue and white became a tremendous advertising medium and was distributed as premiums and sold in quantity at very cheap prices. The author sees no object in collecting it to-day other than the commercializing of an unworthy product. The glass sheltered by the Mansard roof does not fit in with early Sandwich. In 1787 a factory was established on Essex Street, Boston by Whalley, Hunnewell and others for making crown window glass. This enterprise was not a success until 1803 when a German by the name of Lint arrived. From then on the factory became prosperous; the state paid a bounty and by 1822 the glass had become famous and was known as Boston Window glass. This factory was given the exclusive right in their charter for a number of years. In 1811 they erected a larger and improved factory in South Boston, and sent to England for more blowers of window glass but could not get them on account of the war so they turned to using flint glass blowers, previously brought from Europe. This factory in South Boston was the parent tree of the Sandwich works. It failed in the thirties and started up again and failed many times but was running in 1854. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 52184
Author: Williams, Lenore Wheeler
Release Date: May 29, 2016
Format: eBook
Language: English

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