Antique American Stiegel Glass - History Development Types / Scarce Book

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With 169 illustrations including 16 in color, this early out-of-print book provides an  in-depth scholarly survey of  antique Stiegel glass.
STIEGEL GLASS
by Frederick William Hunter, Dover Publications Inc., 1914/1950. Introduction and notes by Helen McKearin.  Illustrated with twelve plates in color from autochromes by J.B. Kerfoot and with one hundred and fifty-nine halftones, this book is a republication of the 1914 work originally published by Houghton Mifflin Co.
“As a Pennsylvania glass manufacturer, Baron Henry William Stiegel (1729-1785) produced wares that belong among the major historical vestiges of early America.  He also created something of a legend about himself.  But it was only in this century that ‘Stiegel glass’ was finally hailed for its artistry, and only with the appearance of this book, in 1914, that the legend was finally cleared away.  Part I [of this book] is Stiegel’s biography. Based solidly upon documentary evidence unearthed by the author, this section not only explains away a lot of myths, but depicts pre-Revolutionary America in a fascinating light.  Part II covers everything from the making of glass (how it is colored, techniques, tools, etc.) and Wistarberg, the Jamestown factories, the Glass House Farm, and other early glass manufacturing sites in the New World, to the specific methods and materials used in Stiegel’s own factories.  Part III contains photographs of more than 150 pitchers, glasses, mugs, sugar bowls and bottles, 14 of them in color.  In addition, there are two color plates showing specimens from the Elizabeth Furnace and Manheim Glass House sites.”   If you are a collector, dealer, or historian of early American glass, you will want a copy of this invaluable book in your permanent reference library.
6.5" x 9.4" softback in very good condition.  270 pages.
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