American pressed glass, which was at its zenith in the 1870s, entails hundreds of patterns and dozens of shapes with elaborate geometric, animal, fruit, and floral designs. Available in crystal and sparkling colors, this collectible glassware flourished until the end of the 1920s, when a national depression started and a new glass took precedence. This all-new collector's encyclopedia features approximately 135 new patterns and photographs, bringing the total to more than 1,600 photos showcasing the exquisite patterns and beautiful colors of the quality pressed glass produced for 60 years in America. Bill Edwards and Mike Carwile are authorities on pressed, carnival, and opalescent glass, and the sales of their other three editions of Standard Encyclopedia of Pressed Glass prompted this fourth edition. This encyclopedia is not only aesthetically pleasing, but also historically correct. Collectors are sure to be pleased with Standard Encyclopedia of Pressed Glass, Fourth Edition.

A lavish, full-color, first-ever pictorial tour of the top 200 stemware patterns of the 20th century. If decorating your home with crystal stemware is one of your guilty pleasures, here is the only book you will ever need! Beautifully illustrated throughout with digitally reproduced full-color photographs, this gorgeous volume is conveniently arranged alphabetically--first by stemware manufacturer and then by the pattern name. Combined with short histories of each manufacturer, listings of every known piece, vital date information on when the pattern was introduced and/or discontinued, and an appendix that ranks the top 200 patterns, Stemware of the 20th Century will earn a toast at any table! Highlights include articles on the popularity of certain patterns, feature stories on designers, behind-the-style looks at particular patterns, and much more!

The Tiffin Glass Company, of Tiffin, Ohio, produced hand made Depression Era glass, modern wares, and other collectible glassware, especially from the 1940s through the 1960s. Perhaps best known for its stemware, Tiffin made a wider variety of stemware shapes, cuttings, etchings, and decorations than several other companies combined. This book, with nearly 700 color photos, showcases Tiffin stemware along with original promotional photos, advertisements, and patent drawings, plus company history, detailed captions, price guide, index, and a sampling of tableware from the period.

Here is the one source glass collectors and dealers have been waiting for--an all-in-one resource which identifies over 4,000 patterns of stemware of the twentieth century. Replacements Ltd., the world's largest china, silver, and crystal matching service, has inventoried and compiled these patterns to help everyone identify their favorite patterns, their grandmother's or even their own wedding crystal. The most extensive stemware guide ever published, this is an ideal reference guide for the thousands of glass dealers across the country who search for the many patterns of etched, plain, blown, or molded designs. The large, detailedimage featured for each pattern is either a photo, line drawing, or original company illustration. While not a comprehensive pattern guide on any one manufacturer, it represents a vast majority of some of the most collectible and requested stemware patterns of yesterday and today. This book, despite its large format, is easy to use making it the standard reference in the field. REVIEW: This book, by the owner of the world's largest china, silver, and crystal matching service, showcases over 4,000 twentieth century stemware patterns, making this the most extensive stemware guide ever published. It represents a vast majority of some of the most collectible stemware patterns.

It wasn't until the early 19th-century that a cut-glass industry was established in the United States to meet the increasing demand. In order to avoid labor agitation, one of these first firms moved its plant upstate to Corning, New York, in 1868. The Philadelphia Exposition of 1876 promoted the popularity of cut glass, and soon many more factories were opening in Corning. By 1890, when the T.G. Hawkes company opened for business, the town was promoted as "the Crystal City," and by 1905 it could boast 400 companies. Spillman, curator of American glass at the Corning Museum of Glass, mixes a fascinating look at the cultural history of cut glass with details of the industry, based on recently discovered bills, ledgers, catalogs, and letters from T.G. Hawkes, whose firm remained in business until 1962. This is a fine study of American business as well as of glass design. With 512 illustrations of historic glass pieces, catalog pages, and early advertising, it will also be an important work for glass collectors. For decorative arts and American collectibles collections.?Joseph C. Hewgley, Nashville P.L. Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.

This book is probably the best selling jar and bottle book ever published. It shows an illustration of each embossing on the front of the jar. Each jar has such information as size, color, closure and value. 2005 values. AUTHORBIO: In the 1960s Bill Schroeder spent his spare time buying and selling rare coins, silver, gold, limited edition prints, and other. When the coin market weakened in 1964, he sold his coin business and focused his attention on old canning jars. He began Collector Books, a division of Schroeder publishing company, with his book, 1,000 Fruit Jars. REVIEW: This book has become a standard in the collecting field, staying in print for more than 20 years. Drawings of actual fruit jar emblems are included in this handy pocket reference. This book began Collector Books, a division of Schroeder Publishing Co., Inc.