Identifying American Brilliant Cut Glass

Identifying American Brilliant Cut Glass
Author: Bill Boggess
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
Total Pages: 283
Release: 1991
Genre: Cut glass
ISBN: 9780887402968

A basic reference to use at auctions, shows, exhibits, and antique shops. This expanded fourth edition includes a newly updated value guide, the catalog names for various shapes in cut glass, and the identity of 280 patterns of American and Canadian glass by catalog name. It also presents 130 cut glass pieces known by their company signatures, patent records or magazine ads. 33 new photos make this edition the biggest yet.

American Brilliant Cut Glass

American Brilliant Cut Glass
Author: Bill Boggess
Publisher: Crown
Total Pages: 200
Release: 1977
Genre: Cut glass
ISBN:

Advice on identifying and evaluating old cut glass accompanies illustrations and descriptions of more than six hundred pieces from the Brilliant period.

Handbook for American Brilliant Cut Glass

Handbook for American Brilliant Cut Glass
Author: Bill Boggess
Publisher: Schiffer Pub Limited
Total Pages: 159
Release: 2001
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 9780764312250

This practical book provides guidance in identifying and evaluating American brilliant cut glass. It is organized by patterns and illustrated with 396 color and black and white photographs. Standard, Choice, Premium, and Rare quality pieces are identified throughout, and separate value ranges for each quality of every piece are provided. Tips for recognizing non-American cut glass are given and examples are shown. Separate indexes of pattern names and manufacturers provide quick references. This is the book you want at your fingertips when on the Internet and with you in the shops and auctions when you buy cut glass. It will help you find some good buys.

Reflections on American Brilliant Cut Glass

Reflections on American Brilliant Cut Glass
Author: Bill Boggess
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1995
Genre: Cut glass
ISBN: 9780887407222

Valuable new information on American Brilliant Cut Glass is presented here. Colored patterns and their variations, common and unusual shapes, changing terminology, and signature marks are all discussed in detail. Rare pieces, such as those appearing in exhibitions, are also addressed.

Art Glass Identification & Price Guide

Art Glass Identification & Price Guide
Author: John Shuman, III
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2011-02-28
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 1440225125

Daring designers such as Louis Comfort Tiffany and Reneacute Lalique are remembered for their intricate pattern creations with glass that pushed the evolution of design. These entrancingly beautiful masterpieces of yesterday are commanding high prices in today's antiques and collectibles marketplace. Author John Shuman Ill gives art glass collectors the helpful advice they need - from bidding techniques at auctions and detecting fakes and frauds, to protecting valuable. With the aid of this identification and price guide they'll obtain a collection they can be proud to display. Valuable information and current market prices are included for Baccarat, Custard Glass, Durand Art Glass, Fairy Lamps, Kimball Glass, Lalique, Loetz, Tiffany, and much more. Readers will confidently identify collectible pieces with more than 300 color images, illustrations, and vintage advertisements. They'll peruse original advertisements from sale catalogues and marvel at the progression of some of the most highly sought after art glass pieces from popular manufactures.