Lavishly illustrated in color and black-and-white, this in-depth book reviews the history and manufacturing of Victorian opalescent glass and pictures and identifies over 1,300 examples with identifying captions. 

OPALESCENT GLASS FROM A-Z by William Heacock and revised by JoAnn Elmore, The Glass Press/Antique Publications, OH, 2000. 

This is a revised edition of William Heacock’s Encyclopedia of Victorian Pattern Glass, Books 2 and 9,  which deal with opalescent pattern glass and cranberry opalescent.  This edition is much expanded and corrected.  Many of Heacock’s original pages remain, and Elmore’s additions appear in italics to distinguish the two authors.  Among the topics covered by chapter are:  original manufacturer’s names, reproductions vs. reintroductions; blown opalescent after 1905; manufacturer’s imperfections; reeded and twisted handles; attribution based on 1905 Butler Brothers’ catalogs; on naming unlisted patterns; shape moulds used in opalescent production; method of manufacture; English opalescent glass; opalescent dots and their names; thumbnail sketch of most of the opalescent glass manufacturers; patterns and descriptions.  Carefully researched and beautifully presented, this volume constitutes an excellent identification guide that will appeal to dealers, curators, collectors, and appraisers of opalescent glass.

8.75” x 11.25” color imprinted hardback in very good condition.  224 pages.

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