American Brilliant Cut Glass - Makers Patterns Patents / Scarce SIGNED Book

Description

AMERICAN CUT GLASS FOR THE DISCRIMINATING COLLECTOR
by J. Michael and Dorothy T. Pearson, The Franklin Press, FL, 1965.
Illustrated with over 600 photographs and patent drawings, this rare out-of-print  book is a classic references on  the subject of early American cut glass.
“The study and enjoyment of American cut and engraved glass of the ‘Brilliant Period’ (1880-1915) is complicated and confused by the fact that so many thousands of patterns were cut, most of which were not distinguishable from the other as so many pieces were produced with inferior quality.  To select with discrimination that which is worthy, to illustrated and analyze plainly and lucidly to give factual information and background without a boring recital of trivia, to re-create and re-capture the aura of aesthetic values that inspired the American artist-designers and master craftsmen – these are the objects that have motivated the authors of this book.”
The book covers by chapter:  Glass and Its Early History; Cut and Engraved Glass in America (1812-1915); Manufacture of Glass (1880-1915); Cutting and Engraving During the “Brilliant Period”; The Aesthetic Appreciation of Cut Glass as an Art; How to Collect American Cut Glass; The Care and Display of Fine Cut Glass; Terminology (with Motifs Illustrated); List of Pattern Illustrations by Plate Number; Patterns (1-95); Unusual Patterns; Examples of Early and Middle Period; Cut Glass Houses (History – Examples of Design); Cameo Glass (American, French, English); Rarities in Cut Glass; Cut Glass by Categories (baskets, bottles, bowls, boxes, cabinet pieces, candlesticks, colored, cruets, decanters, goblets, jars, knife rests, lamps, miniature and whimsies, napkin rings, pitchers, stemware, sugar and creamer sets, trays, tumblers, and vase); Trademarks; and Index.  “One of the most valuable features of this book is the fact that most of the better cut glass patterns can be identified and related to the basic patterns pictures. “   As a privately published book, you will find few copies of this text in circulation.  This book is a collector’s item in itself and would make a fine addition to the reference library of the serious collector, dealer, or historian of American cut glass of the “Brilliant Period.”
8.75” x 10.4” hardback with dust cover in very good condition (
dust cover shows wear / tears / discoloration; contents of book are in good condition
).  204 pages.
Salutation signed by the author.
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