[Gutenberg 54381] • Collecting Old Glass, English and Irish by Yoxall, Sir J.H. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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COLLECTING OLD GLASS ENGLISH AND IRISH PREFACE CONTENTS I. OLD ENGLISH GLASSWARE

NEITHER TOO RARE NOR TOO PLENTIFUL THE TIME TO COLLECT IS NOW SUCH CONNOISSEURSHIP NOT DIFFICULT ADVANTAGES ASSOCIATED WITH GLASS COLLECTABLE GLASS ARTICLES THE HUNT FOR IT THE COLLECTOR’S RANGE

II. SEVEN GENERAL GUIDES AND TESTS

1. THE TINTS OF OLD GLASS 2. THE SOUND OF OLD GLASS 3. THE QUALITY OF OLD GLASS METAL 4. THE WEIGHT OF OLD GLASS 5. THE SIGNS OF USE AND WEAR 6. THE PONTIL-MARK 7. THE WORKMANSHIP

III. BLOWN WARE IV. CUT, MOULDED, AND ENGRAVED WARE

THE ORIGIN OF CUT-GLASS THE “WATERFORD” STYLE OF CUTTING THE “STOURBRIDGE” CUTTING THE “BRISTOL” CUTTING “NEWCASTLE” CUTTING THE STAR AT THE BASE MOULDED GLASS ENGRAVED GLASS

V. OLD COLOURED GLASS

“BRISTOL” “BRISTOL” AND “NAILSEA” “WROCKWARDINE” “SUNDERLAND” MISCELLANEA GREEN, PURPLE, AND YELLOW WINE GLASSES

VI. OLD DRINKING GLASSES

THE LUMPY STEM THE STOUT STEM THE EXTENSIVE FOOT THE RAISED FOOT THE DOMED FOOT THE HIGH INSTEP FOOT THE HEMMED OR FOLDED FOOT THE “NORWICH” FOOT THE FIRING GLASS FOOT GENERAL RULES “THUMB” GLASSES THE SQUARE FOOT THE FEET OF TUMBLERS

VII. THE VARIOUS TYPES OF STEM

1. THE BALUSTER STEM THE COLLAR IN THE BALUSTER STEM THE OLDER BALUSTERS COINS IN THE BALUSTER STEMS “TEARS” IN THE STEM 2. THE DRAWN-OUT OR PLAIN ROUND STEM 3. THE CORRUGATED ROUND STEM 4. THE AIR-SPIRAL STEM 5. THE COTTON-WHITE SPIRAL STEM 6. COLOURED SPIRAL STEMS 7. CUT PLAIN-GLASS STEMS

VIII. THE VARIOUS SHAPES OF BOWL

SMALL LUMP OR BEAD AT BOTTOM OF BOWL

IX. OTHER STEMMED DRINKING GLASSES

1. ALE AND BEER GLASSES 2. CIDER GLASSES 3. CHAMPAGNE OR MUM GLASSES 4. RUMMERS AND MUGS 5. SPIRIT GLASSES AND CORDIAL GLASSES 6. COACHING GLASSES AND FUDDLING GLASSES 7. TOASTMASTER GLASSES 8. “HOGARTH” GLASSES 9. TAVERN AND KITCHEN GLASSES 10. YARD OF ALE GLASSES 11. “THIMBLEFUL” GLASSES

X. JACOBITE, WILLIAMITE, AND HANOVERIAN GLASSES

THE ROSE GLASSES THE “JACOBITE” THE “WILLIAMITE” THE “HANOVERIAN”

XI. TUMBLERS, TANKARDS, “JOEYS,” AND “BOOT” GLASSES XII. BOTTLES, DECANTERS, AND JUGS

BOTTLES DECANTERS JUGS

XIII. BOWLS, LIFTERS, SUGAR-CRUSHERS, SPOONS, ETC. XIV. CANDLESTICKS, LUSTRES, AND LAMPS

1. CANDLESTICKS 2. LUSTRES 3. LAMPS

XV. COMPORTS, SWEETMEAT, JELLY AND CUSTARD GLASSES

COMPORTS SWEETMEAT GLASSES “CAPTAIN” OR “MASTER” GLASSES JELLY GLASSES CUSTARD GLASSES

XVI. SALT CELLARS, PEPPER BOXES, SUGAR BASINS, ETC. XVII. MIRRORS, GLASS PICTURES, GLASS KNOBS XVIII. OLD PASTE, GLASS BEADS, AND TAWS

PASTE GLASS BEADS AND TAWS

XIX. GENERAL HINTS AND WARNINGS

INSCRIBED GLASSES ROSES, OAK-LEAVES, BIRDS, AND BUTTERFLIES ON GLASS OLD GLASSES “ENGRAVED UP” THE COLLECTOR’S INSTINCT LIKELIHOOD AND IMPROBABILITY THE ABSOLUTE FRAUDS THE “MODERN ANTIQUE” OUT-OF-THE-WAY PIECES FAKED JACOBITE GLASSES, ETC. FAKED SPIRAL GLASSES SHAM WINE COOLERS AND FINGER BOWLS OLD DUTCH GLASS CHIPPED OR BROKEN PIECES “TOUT PASSE, TOUT CASSE, TOUT LASSE”

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