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'The Golden Age of English Glass' features 150 objects from the collection of John H. Bryan, ranging in date from c.1650-1809. These enable a full and detailed discussion of the history of English glassmaking during its critical period of innovation (c.1650-1675) and its world triumph (c.1700-1775), including discussions of crystal table glass, 'black' glass bottles, window glass, mirrors and lighting (glass candle-sticks and chandeliers). In spite of the fact that these pieces are among the most important examples of English glass known (the collection includes, for instance, twenty-five drinking glasses made between about 1690 and 1720, when English table glass is widely regarded as being among the most refined and perfect expression of the glass-makers' art anywhere in the world), few have ever been published. The scholarly text brings together the latest information in a dynamic area of research. Essays accompanying catalogue discussions of individual glasses place them in their wider historical and technical settings. The book is illustrated with some 215 colour photographs of the objects in the collection (including groups and details), some seventy-five comparative objects from other collections and fifty-five period prints, paintings, drawings and other documents that convey the historic context of their use and also document processes of manufacture and decoration

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Book category Books in English The arts Art forms Ceramic arts, pottery, glass

• Full title: Golden Age of English Glass 1650-1775
• Author: Dwight P. Lanmon
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 376
• EAN: 9781851496563
• ISBN: 1851496564
• ID: 05109161
• Publisher: ACC Art Books
• Weight: 2614 g
• Dimensions: 245 × 309 × 39 mm
• Date of publishing: 11. May 2011

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