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Glass and Stained Glass

Newman, Harold. An Illustrated Dictionary of Glass. London: Thames and Hudson, 1977. (MPW 78-983 Front)
Contains 2442 entries for terms about "wares, materials, processes, forms and decorative styles, and entries on principal glass-makers, decorators, and designers, from antiquity to the present." Introductory essay on the history of glassmaking.

Vose, Ruth Hurst. Glass: The Connoisseur Illustrated Guide. London: The Connoisseur, 1975. (MPW 76-2226 Open) Organized into sections on techniques, blowing and molding, colored and clear glass, decorative practices and later techniques, with many illustrative line drawings and selected color photographs.

Pullin, Anne Geffken. Glass Signatures, Trademarks and Trade Names from the Seventeenth to the Twentieth
Century. Radnor, PA: Wallace-Homestead, 1986, (MPW 93-9835 Front)
Technical entry on "How to Look at Glass" is invaluable. Indexes major signatures, trademarks and trade names. Has glossary of selected foreign terms and a section on benchmark dates.

Hartmann, Carolus. Glasmarken Lexikon 1600-1945. Stuttgart: Arnoldsche, 1997. (MPW 98-5815 Front)
Covers Europe and North America with over 11,000 hallmarks, signatures and firm marks. Includes known artists and short entries describing practices.

McKearin, Helen and George. Two Hundred Years of American Blown Glass. Garden City: Doubleday & Co., 1950. (MPW Open)
Large survey history of American glass production, with background on glassmaking in various periods, table and other fine wares, blown and mold glass, nineteenth century bottles and window glasshouses. With many color and black and white photographs, and selected bibliography, pp. 361-366.

Florence, Gene. The Collector's Encyclopedia of Depression Glass. 9th ed. Paducah: Collector Books, 1990. (MPW 90-191 Open)
Highly illustrated guide to all physical, historical and technical aspects of this extremely popular glassware. Contains many identifying measurements and information on glass craftspeople and firms.

Guide to Trade Catalogs from the Corning Museum of Glass. New York: Clearwater, 1987. (MPW 90-5246)
These trade catalogs serve as important guides to identifying the production of various types of U.S. and foreign glassware: bottles and druggists' glass; cut glass; flat glass; laboratory ware; lighting glassware and lamps; and tableware. Indexes for companies, geographical locations, chronology and subjects.

Who's Who in Contemporary Glass Art: A Comprehensive World Guide to Glass Artists; Craftsmen; Designers.
Munich: Joachim Waldrich Verlag, 1993. (MPVA 94-496 Front)
Arranged by alphabetical biographical entries. Includes Native Country index and a Residence index.

Brady, Darlene and William Serban. Stained Glass: A Guide to Information Sources. Detroit: Gale, 1980. (MRY 87-2287)
Bibliographical entries on general reference sources; dissertations and theses; periodicals; library collections; archives and museums; events and resources. Several useful indexes for authors, titles and subjects.

Subject Headings

     GLASS; GLASS, COLORED
     CUT GLASS
     GLASS CONTAINERS
     GLASSWARE (May Subdivide by Country).