Fostoria Glass Company: The Opal Years 1897 to 1922, Book 2: Oil Lamps, Gas and Electric Portables.
By Gary Schneider. Based on the known lamp catalogs and price lists, during the
Opal Years, the Fostoria Glass Company made approximately 920 different Opal
Lamps. Each lamp came with two and many times three decorations expanding the
selection to more than 2,000 Opal Lamps. To this add the Opal Hand and Stand
Lamps, the Portables, the Blue, and the Persian Ware Lamps bringing the total
to over 2,200 Lamps to select from during the 24 years of production. Utilizing
all currently known Fostoria catalogs from 1897 to 1922, this book is the most
complete resources for identification of these lamps and decorations. Divided
into 8 sections covering imitation vase lamps, with or without metal base,
medium grade lamps with removable brass oil pots, banquet and reading lamps,
gas and electric portables, hand and stand lamps, center draft lamps, and
miscellaneous including Persian Ware and Blue glass lamps. Extravagantly
illustrated with 620 photographs and catalog reprints, most in full color. Prefaced with a history of Fostoria from the
earliest Fostoria, Ohio, years until the move to Moundsville, West Virginia
where most of these lamps were made, the book also includes three appendices, a
bibliography, and detailed indexes. Published by Glass Flakes Press. Plastic coil bound with laminated covers. 291 pages with 620 illustrations and index of patterns. A must
for collectors of Fostoria glass, oil lamps, opal (milk glass), or general
antiques.
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