Silhouette Reverse Painted Glass Pictures / Book +Values

Description

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SILHOUETTE COLLECTIBLES ON GLASS
by Shirley Mace, Shadow Enterprises, MN, 1992.
Hundreds of color photographs with identifying captions highlight this early out-of-print book which provides a pictorial survey of silhouette pictures.  “Silhouette pictures as defined in this book are the colored pictures that are painted on the back side of the glass.  This is also known as reverse painting on glass.  They are usually black, but white, red, blue, rose or a combination of colors is also used.  The subjects include children, couples, birds, dogs, horses, etc.”
”Silhouettes were sold in variety stores, dime stores, novelty stores or given as promotional gifts from the 1920s through the 1950s.”  This comprehensive pictorial guide identifies many of the makers of this glass and provides information on values [see date of publication].
8.7” x 11.3” color-imprinted hardback in very good condition
.  160 pages.
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