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PREFACE

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”

INDEX