Author: L. M. BickertonPublisher:
ISBN: 9780903085304
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
An Illustrated Guide to Eighteenth-century English Drinking Glasses
Author: L. M. BickertonPublisher:
ISBN: 9780903085304
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Eighteenth Century English Drinking Glasses
Author: L. M. BickertonPublisher: Antique Collectors Club Dist
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Acknowledged as the best book on the subject and an indispensable aid to the serious collector. The photographs are digitally enhanced and the book includes an impressive bibliography.
An Illustrated Guide to Eighteenth-century English Drinking Glasses
Author: L. M. BickertonPublisher: Random House Business Books
ISBN:
Category : Drinking glasses
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Old Glass and how to Collect it
Author: J. Sydney LewisPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Glassware
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Antique Glass Bottles
Author: Willy van den BosschePublisher: ACC Distribution
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
A major and comprehensive book on the history and evolution of antique glass bottles between 1500 and 1850. Lavishly illustrated with new specially commissioned colour photography, it also includes the most comprehensive worldwide bibliography on glass bo
Dilettanti
Author: Bruce RedfordPublisher: Getty Publications
ISBN: 0892369248
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Bruce Redford re-creates the vibrant culture of connoisseurship in Enlightenment England by investigating the multifaceted activities and achievements of the Society of Dilettani. Elegantly and wittily he dissects the British connoisseurs whose expeditions, collections, and publications laid the groundwork for the Neoclassical revival and for the scholarly study of Graeco-Roman antiquity. After the foundation of the society in 1732, the Dilettani commissioned portraits of the members. Including a striking group of mock-classical and mock-religious representations, these portraits were painted by George Knapton, Sir Joshua Reynolds, and Sir Thomas Lawrence. During the second half of the century, the society’s expeditions to the Levant yielded a series of pioneering architectural folios, beginning with the first volume The Antiquities of Athens in 1762. These monumental volumes aspired to empirical exactitude in text and image alike. They prepared the way for Specimens of Antient Sculpture (1809), which combines the didactic (detailed investigations into technique, condition, restoration, and provenance) with the connoisseurial (plates that bring the illustration of ancient sculpture to new artistic heights). The Society of Dilettanti’s projects and publications exemplify the Enlightenment ideal of the gentleman amateur, which is linked in turn to a culture of wide-ranging curiosity.
Cylindrical English Wine and Beer Bottles, 1735-1850
Author: Olive R. JonesPublisher: National Historic Parks and Sites Branch, Environment Canada, Parks
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
For this study 211 cylindrical sealed and dated bottles and 127 completeundated bottles were examined to establish criteria for dating cylindrical"wine" bottles made between 1735 and 1850. Based on capacity, body height, base diameter, and dates of manufacture, four distinct body styles wereisolated.
European Glass in the J. Paul Getty Museum
Author: Catherine HessPublisher: Getty Publications
ISBN: 0892362553
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
The Getty Museum’s collection of postclassical European glass represents a well-defined chapter within the history of the medium. These objects—which range in date from the late Middle Ages to the late seventeenth century—originated in important Italian, German, Bohemian, Netherlandish, Silesian, and Austrian centers of production. The sixty-eight pieces presented in this catalogue include vessels made to resemble rock crystal or chalcedony; glass blown into unusually large or remarkably refined shapes; and glass decorated with ornament that is intricately applied, elegantly enameled, or gilded. Each object is described in detail, including provenance, bibliography, and relevant comparative examples. An introductory essay traces the history of European glass from classical times to the present.
The Parks Canada Glass Glossary for the Description of Containers, Tableware, Flat Glass, and Closures
Author: Olive R. JonesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
The glossary grew out of the need to have a standardized system for the cataloguing of glass artifacts from sites excavated by Parks Canada. It presents information on the general aspects of glass artifacts, such as their colour, condition, and manufacturing techniques. It provides guidance on terminology, measurements to take, and attributes to describe.
Art of Glass
Author: Geoffrey EdwardsPublisher: Macmillan Education AU
ISBN: 9780958574310
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
Jointly published by the National Gallery of Victoria and Macmillan Publishers Australia this book is the first publication to document in depth the nature, extent and history of the National Gallery of Victorias celebrated glass collection. Its author, and expert on the art of glass, Geoffrey Edwards, has selected the most magnificent works from the collection, each reproduced in colour, as the basis for a broader discussion of the history of glassmaking in the worlds leading production centres, from the ancient Mediterranean to the present day. With fine photographs by Garry Sommerfeld, this book provides a most spectacular visual array.