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Go to the site and select Bohemian Glass History
A brief history of Bohemian glass through the centuries supplemented with photographs of work from the various periods. Location:
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The Corning Museum of Glass presents The Stenberg Foundation Collection of over 1200 drawings used to produce glass art in the Czech Republic. Location: One Museum Way Corning New York 14830 USA
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The Nineteenth Century artisan Johann Loetz established a factory in Austria. An article written by Niclolas M Dawes appears in the Winter Issue 1994 of the magazine Cigar Aficionado. Location: USA
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Beyond the history of Murano, there exists in Italy another town - Empoli - where a glassworks produced interesting table and stemware in dark green colors. Location:
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For 120 years Geo. Davidson & Co. producted high quality pressed glass in Gateshead. The site presents the history of the company. Location: United Kingdom
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An article from the Corning Museum of Glass with photographic examples of the art glass discussed. Location: Ithica New York USA
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An interesting article written by Colette Save presented at the Created-In-France.com site. Location: France
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An article about Kozo Kagami who introduced to Japan the art of cutting and engraving crystal glass. He was also the founder of the Kagami Crystal Company. Location: Japan
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A history of the North Lands Creative Glass school which celebrated its 10th anniversity in 2006 Location: Scotland
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The Antique Glassworks presents an article written by James M Havens. Important information on this American Brillant art glass includes four sections. Location:
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A list of American glass factories producing pressed glass. Location: Canada
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A blog presenting critical and popular opinion and providing a historical record of glass and glass blowing with an emphasis on Seattle, Washington and the USA. A site with extensive information. Location: Seattle Washington USA
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A theisis with six basic aesthetic principles: Glass-as-glass; Absolutely beautiful; Futurism: The Invisible Canvas: The Glass Body: and Shards. Location: Estonia
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A site presenting many aspects of collecting paperweights including the sale of these art glass forms. The information provided includes data about modern Chinese paperweights. A series of books are offered about this collecting. Location: United Kingdom
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Information on the historic American glassworks started in 1784 by John Frederick Amelung. The company The New Bremen Glass Manufactory was a self contained community. Location: New Jersey USA
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A short article on American Brilliant glass. Location:
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Christopher and Marie Kierkus present an article with three goals: an introduction to American Brilliant Period Glass - A "how to" guide for identifying and evaluating this form of glass and sharing advice about collecting this art glass form. Location: USA
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James M. Havens writes an interesting article on the many aspects of American Brilliant Glass. Specific topics include composition, blanks, cutting, motifs, rims, engraving, colored, foreign, fakes, catalogs and more. Location: USA
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An article defining the Russian and Persian patterns which are part of the cut glass from the American Brilliant Period. Location: USA
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A site with a listing of historic American glass houses. Some sites present historic information on the glassworks. Location:
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The Research Library publishs an article issued by the Springfield Library and Museum Association located in Springfield, Massachusetts-The exhibition presents 20th Century Studio glass artists. Location: USA
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An article written by Patricia Mc Culley about the history of purple slag glass. Photographs supplement the text. Location: USA
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The Heckscher Musuem of Art provided the source material to Resource Library Magazine for the essay written in conjunction with an exhibit of 50 works representing 30 glass artists including Harvey Littleton from July to September 2004. Artist biographies are presented. Location: USA
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The Collectors Weekly in their Digital Libary present the book by Martha Drexler Lynn.
A must reading for those interested in evolution of art glass to glass art. Location:
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A history of the Meriden Flint Glass Company from 1876 to 1888. Most aspects of the companies history is presented including data on the glassworkers union, photographs and more. The article is written by Diane Tobin. Location: USA
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An article written by Enrico Tantucci in Trieste Contemporanea about the transformation in the production of functional and art glass on the island of Murano. The Anfora furnace is the basis for this discussion. Location: Italy
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An exhibition of Ernest Gordon's glass art created at Kosta with Vicke Lindstrand and at Åfors the factory home of Bertil Vallien and his wife Ulrica. Location:
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An article written by Christopher and Marie Kierkus which appears in The Antiques & Dynasties website. The article includes photographs of crystal appropriate to the article. Location: Kirkland Quebec Canada
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A very interesting site presenting valuable data on historic techniques in ancient times including information on glass pottery, cameo glass, cage cups, Hedwig beakers, and much more. Many of the technique descriptions are accompanied with illustrations. Location: Germany
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A speciality bookstore on the internet featuring art and antiques. They specialize in books about art glass, porcelain, ceramics, metal work, modern design and much more Location: Germany
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A Canadian website with over 1000 antique and collectible dealers, shows, auctions, articles about all forms of collectibles and more. Art glass is one of the featured areas on the site. Location: 550 Eglinton Avenue West Toronto Ontario M5N 3A8 Canada
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An article on antique American Brilliant cut glass. A history,photographs of various cut styles, various museums exhibiting this glass, information on various companies like Dorflinger, J.B.Clark Co., Luzene Cut Glass Co., Union Cut Glass Co. and many more are presented. Links to appropriate sites are provided. Location: Mountain Top Pennsylvania USA
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An online site which presents background information on the most important designers from the period 1895 - 1940. Included is information on Art Deco, Art Nouveau, The Arts & Crafts movement, and glass art created by Emile Galle, Loetz, Andres Dirk Copier and others. Location: The Netherlands
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A short article with superb photographs of antique art glass by Loetz, Poschinger, Riedal, Galle, Daum, Lalique, Stevens & Williams and others. Location:
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The Antique Collectors site presents an article on antique engraved glass. Location:
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A free reference site for antique marks and everything antique or collectible. A full glossary of antique terms and details concerning individual manufactures. Over 10,000 marks and trademarks with examples are provided. Location:
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James M Havens, author, presents an article "A Guide to American Cut and Engraved Glassware". There are four parts and five addendums. Location:
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The site presents first class images of important historic art glass in the form of flasks. Location: USA
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A historic television show in the Untied States, They present leading experts of multiple disciplines related to antiques and collectibles including Reyne Haines and other experts in the field of art glass and 20th century decorative glass. Location: 125 Western Avenue Boston Massachusetts 02134 USA
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A UK location based antiques directory. You can search for antique dealers offering glass and crystal: art glass, blue glass, Boheminan glass, carnival glass, cut glass, Davidson, Galle, Mary Gregory glass, Lalique, Mdina, Monart, Orrefors, paperweights, Venetian, Waterford, Whitefriars, and more. Location: PO Box 47 Urmston Manchester M41 6AZ United Kingdom
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Rita Rief writes in the June 24,1990 edition of the New York Times an article reviewing an exhibition of Russian glass at the Corning Museum of Glass. Location: New York New York USA
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A very interesting article about the evolution of the Art Deco movement and a discussion of two elements making up Art Deco:1.rich material, hand made and 2. mass produced, simple, functional forms. To be read for those interested in Art Deco. Location: The Netherlands
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The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles, Sept. 04, 2004 issue has the article "Art Deco 1909 to 1939", written by Tony Ficsco. Location: USA
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Thomas Karman, author, presents an article offering information on the amazing variety of Schneider Art Glass designs from the Art Deco
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The company offers information on how to make fused glass, how to make glass marbles, and technical information about glass. The site provides links for on-line technical information. Location: 8851 E. Gulf Inverness Florida 34450 USA
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An interesting article written by Richard Whitehouse which presents the Art Nouveau movement and the evolution to the Art Deco period in various countries. He also presents his views on the influence of Art Deco on future design. Location: USA
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An article written by Hartwig Jean providing a small and brief description of the cameo incrustation and sulphides glass art. Location: 1010 Rue de la Nwelle Amilly 45200 France
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An extract of the essay by Marino Barovier as appearing in the catalog of the exhibition "Venetian Glass 20th Century Italian Glass" from the Olnick Spanu Collection.
(New York, The American Craft Museum, 10 September 2000 - 7 January, 2001) Location: USA
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An on-line directory of Northern Michigan artists who create works of art in fiber, glass, furniture, mixed media, painting and sculptures. Lynn Dinning, glass artist is featured. Location: USA
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A program presenting a thematic presentation of glass objects, ceramics, jewelry, design, textiles, calligraphy, etching, photography, lithography, video and more Location: Wollestraat 25 Bruges 8000 Belgium
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A one stop auction site which includes a listing for auctions by states in the USA and provinces in Canada. Categories include collectible auctions, farm auctions, business auctions and antique auctions. Location: USA
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The Funding Universe web site presents information on Baccarat including a detailed history of this French crystal company. Location:
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An article by David M. Issitt, a leading expert on English coloured glass. The history of Bagley Glass is presented along with information on the acquiring company Jackson's Glassworks. Location: United Kingdom
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Baijan glass is hand blown glassware from Azerbaijan, southwest of Russia. Essie Zareh continues the glass tradition of the area by creating unique glass art using overlay wraps of various colors into his forms. Location: Azerbaijan
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A short article on this glassworks. The story appearrs in"Antiques Digest - Lost Knowledge From the Past". Location: USA
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A blog site for those interested in this countries glass artists who produce art glass. IKA is a non-profit organization created by the teachers and students of the Institute of Arts and Crafts. Location: Belgium
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An article about the artist Vladimir Zbynovsky who uses cast glass sculpture in combination with stone to produce works of art. Location:
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An article written by Bruce Guenther on the art of Jessica Loughlin and her creations of art glass. It can be found under TEXTS Location:
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An article on the creation and works of this glasswork shop in Austria. Location:
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The Journal of Antiques and Collectors presents an article on Blenko Glass Company with text and photographs by Damon Crain. Location:
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Information about Blenko Glass Collecting. Also information about other Ohio Valley Glass companies over the years. Location: USA
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European quality glass crafted in the hills of West Virginia is presented in the essay by Catherine Saunders-Watson appearing in the Style Century magazine. Location:
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Blowing Hot, Cutting Cold: 35th Anniversity of the Studio Glass Movement is an exhibition at the Lakeview Museum from Sept.20 to Nov 9, 1997. A brief history of the Studio Glass Movement and definitions of glass working techniques are provided at this site. Location: USA
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An article about Steven Lundberg, glass artist. This information appeared in the June 12-18, 1997 issue of Metro-Santa Cruz. Location: Sanata Cruz California USA
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Presented are the art glass photographs from Bohemia. Glassworks whose art glass presented inlcude Harrach, Moser, Loetz, Kralick, Poschinger and Rindskopf. A site to see for those interested in this historical art glass. Location:
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A pictorial reference for collections of Bohemian glass and Van Briggle pottery of Colorado Springs, Colorado. All works are in the collection of the presentation of the blog. Location: USA
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The art glass exhibition of Susan Taylor Glasgow - "Love Hurts", presented at the Heller Gallery in New York City is reviewed by Mike Martin in the September 14, 2009 issue of American Craft. Location: USA
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An article written by Laura Morello-Simonitis about the art glass program at Kent State University and the work of the students Brian Alloway, and Mary Ann Ricchiuto. The article appears in E-Inside, a site of Kent State University. Location: Kent State University Kent Ohio 44242 USA
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Rodney Bender in this article pesents informative information on these techniques used to decorate art glass and crystal. A must read. Location: USA
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A detailed article with photographs presenting the history of British glass during the defined period. Location: United Kingdom
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An article about the history of this German glassworks presented on The Glass Views site. Location:
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A short article on the history of this Pennsylvania based glass company producing glass since 1841. The article appeared in the 5/1/64 edition of The Mount Pleasant Journal. Location: Mt Pleasant Pennsylvania USA
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A series of interesting articles in collecting all kinds of historical glass from Georgian glass, Art Deco, Art Nouveau, carnival glass, Fenton glass, and more. Location:
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Avid collectors of various art forms including glass art are interviewed by Tina Oldknow. This is part of the Archives of American Art of the Smithsonian Museum. Location: Washington District of Columbia USA
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The history and accomplishments of an important glass designer Ercole Barovier. Over the course of his 50 years activity, he invented numerous decorative techniques which contributed to the evolution of murano art glass. Location: Italy
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Deborah Allen, writer, presents an essay in the Southern Antiquing and Collecting magazine on the art glass produced at the Blenko Glass Works. Location: USA
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An article about the Danish architect and designer Jacob E. Bang while at Holmegaard Glasverk. Location:
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An article on John Adams, an important glass maker in the 19th Century in America. he was the founder of Adams Glass. He developed the use of lime in the glass in the place of lead to produce soda glass. Location:
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An interview of glass artist appearing in Glass Addiction. The artist creates unique marbles with interesting internal motifs. Location:
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This artist brings fine art to glass as a glass and china painter, gilder and enameller. He worked at Stourbridge in 1879 and then set up an independent studio. Location:
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An article on the Blaschka family who created a fantastic array of glass models of exotic plants and bizzare sea creatures. Location:
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Brenda Ross writing for the magazine Craft & Design presents an article about the glass artist
Martin Andrews whose work is inspired by nature. Location: PO Box 5 Driffield East York YO25 8JD United Kingdom
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The summer 2005 issue of the Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide a journal co-sponsored by the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Five articles on the influence of Siegfried Bing and his contribution to the development of Art Nouveau. Location:
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A site presenting extensive information about Akro Agate glass including the history, lamps, advertisements, books, labels, wire holders and club information. Location: USA
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An on-line encyclopedia of antique terms including many articles and photographs relating to the creation of art glass. Location:
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An essay written by Marino Barovier on the history of art glass in the early 20th Century. Location: Italy
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An article by Alide Kohlhass appearing in the Lancette Arts Journal, May, 2007 describing in detail the exhibition of 250 paperweights in the collection of the Royal Ontario Museum. Location: Toronto Ontario Canada
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The Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon, provided source material to Resource Library for the following article on the art glass and more by Louis Comfort Tiffany. Location: USA
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A site presenting a very talented artist working with paints, photography, glass, clay and prints. Her art glass has an Art Deco style with figurines, sculpture and car ornaments. Location: 34844 Old Stage Road Gualala California 95445 USA
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The institute offers one and three day seminars with a basic core curriculum - artistic product line development, pricing, financial practices, marketing, promotion and sales practices. Location: PO Box 4850 Baltimore Maryland 21211 USA
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An article presenting the evolution of the company, The Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Co. who created various forms of lamps including those burning whale oil to the new product from crude oil. Location: 435 Main Street Nurleyville New York 12747 USA
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A site presenting a variety of information about all forms of British glass including types of glass, glass forming, the history of glass, and much more. Location: United Kingdom
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The Glass Road is 250 kilometers and lies in the Arberland between Arber and Franuenau. The road starts at the "Grenzglashutte" and goes to
the village of Frausenau and the glassworks. Location: Bavaria Germany
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