American Cut Engraved Glass - Hawkes Steuben Sinclaire Hoare Etc. / Scarce Book

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Over 750 captioned black-and-white photographs support this early out-of-print book on vintage American cut and engraved glass.
THE COMPLETE CUT & ENGRAVED GLASS OF CORNING
by Estelle Sinclaire Farrar and Jane Shadel Spillman, Corning Museum of Glass, Crown Publishers, NY, 1979.
As a result of centenary preservation efforts, intensive research about Corning’s history was undertaken.  This volume, with its emphasis on the master craftsmen, especially Bohemian, who made Corning “the engraving center of the United States,” traces the company from its 1874 beginnings.  It treats of “the techniques of glassmaking and of cutting and engraving; the companies and their personnel; the craftsmen and artists and their training; the problems and hazards of the industry; the awards and achievements, and—by no means least—the wealth of newly discovered facts and photographs that will correct many published errors and inaccuracies.”  Of special interest is the text’s treatment of Corning’s major firms—Steuben and others—as well as “ghost” companies mentioned in print but non-existent in fact.
This comprehensive text covers by chapter:  The Cut-Glass Industry; The Cutting and Engraving of Glass; J. Hoares & Co.; T.G. Hawkes & Co.; Hunt Glass Works, Inc. / Hunt Glass Co. / Hunt and Sullivan; O.F. Egginton Co.; Engraving in Corning 1868-1968; Small Companies and Home Shops in Corning and Adjacent Villages; Bronson Inkstand Co.; George W. Drake & Co.; Corning Cut Glass Co.; Giometti Brothers; Steuben Glass Works (1903-1918); Steuben Glass, Corning Glass Works (1918-1933); H.P. Sinclaire & Co.; J.F. Haselbauer & Sons; Frederick Haselbauer, Engraver; Thomas Shotton Cut Glass Works; John N. Illig, Manufacturer of Artistically Engraved Glassware; Corning’s Ghost Companies; Neighboring and Corning-Founded Companies; Corning Today; Chronological List of Cutting Companies and Home shops in Corning and Immediate Vicinity; Reference Notes; Bibliography; and Index.
This scarce out-of-print book, a collector’s item in itself, belongs in the permanent reference library of the serious collector, dealer, or historian of antique cut and engraved glass.
8.75” x 11” hardback with dust cover in very good condition.  344 pages.
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