English Art Glass - Sowerby Davidson Richardson Bacchus Webb Etc. / Scarce Book

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COLORED GLASS
by Derek C. Davis and Keith Middlemas, Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., NY, 1968.
”The 96 pages of superb illustrations in full color show in meticulous detail the growth of English Craftsmanship in colored glass from the 14th to the end of the 19th century…Of particular interest to American collectors is the full treatment of 19th century pieces, the cameo work of Pellatt, Tassie and Webb, and the output of many factories including Bacchus, Harris, Richardson and Whitefriars.”
There’s a wealth of information in this early out-of-print book which traces the development of colored glass in England.  The color and black and white photography is superb and the text is concisely rich.  The authors “show how in the Middle Ages an industry grew up making pale green glass, a manufacture which has survived into recent times, and how after a long space of time when they imitated Venetian models, British craftsmen invented the famous Glass of Lead and went on to the use of colored decoration.  Individual chapters deal with the twists of colored enamel in the stems of glasses, the brilliant paintings of the Beilby family, Michael Edkins and others in use of gilding; also the development of blue, green and amethyst glass at Bristol and the production of toys and novelties at Nailsea, ranging from
Latticino
flasks to elaborate ship models.”  The book then brings you to the “brief” period of British Art Nouveau.  Examples include glass manufactured by Stourbridge, Thomas Webb & Sons, Sowerby, George Davidson & Son, Richardson, George Bacchus & Sons, James Tassie, Bristol examples, and more.  This is an indispensable book for the collector, dealer, or historian of English colored glass.
Oversize 8.75 x 12” hardback with dust cover in very good condition.  119 pages.
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