Wheeling Art Glass Hobbs Brockunier Central Northwood Etc / Scarce Book + Values

Description

Illustrated in color and black-and-white, this in-depth book reviews the art glass produced in Wheeling, Virginia (later West Virginia) during the period 1829-1939.
WHEELING GLASS: 1829-1939 – Collection of the Oglebay Institute Glass Museum
by Gary E. Baker, et.al., Oglebay Institute, Wheeling, WVA, 1994.
All kinds of items were made and are here depicted in color or black and white, in photo plates and line drawings.  Bottles, flasks, serving dishes, vases, pitchers, tumblers, beverage sets, candlesticks, lamps, compotes, novelties, and whimsies—items glassmakers fashioned at the end of the day with leftover glass.  Illustrations of amberina, cobalt blue, ruby, bluerina, colored opalescent glass, peachblow, custard, carnival and stretch glass, pressed glass and more.  Makers include Hobbs Brockunier, Central Glass Company, Northwood, North Wheeling Flint Glass Works (Sweeney), Wheeling Flint Glass works Ritchie), and others.  Not only is this book a valuable reference guide for collectors and appraisers; it is a veritable history of American glass-making from 1829 through the years of the Great Depression.
8,5” x 11” softback in very good condition.  177 pages.
Includes 1994-1995 Price Guide Supplement.
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