We are an authorized, direct-from-the-publisher retailer of NEW books. Our titles are ON HAND and available for immediate shipping. Slipcase shows shelfware, book shows slight shelfwear. This is an invaluable book for any serious collector or dealer of vintage and antique fine glass. More than 11,000 marks are shown. The author has performed collectors everywhere a monumental work by documenting and dating glass maker’s trademarks across hundreds of years. This reference work is divided up into three sections: - Section 1 – More than 11,000 marks have been reproduced here, subdivided according to appearance into 20 groups. Here you’ll find when the mark was used and in what form it was applied to the glass object.
- Section 2 – This section contains the information about the artist or the firm producing the marks shown in Section 1. Included are Artist Biographies & Histories of the firm.
- Section 3 – This section contains indexes. Included are a List of Abbreviations, Terminology, Glossary, Index of Place Names, Index of Glass Museums throughout the world, Bibliography and Company Index.
Other notes: The author is German, and much of the interior text is German. However, the Foreword and front guidance sections have been translated into four language: German, French, English & Japanese. The marks shown cover companies throughout the world, including names renown to collectors, such as Stueben, Loetz, and other hard to identify art glass makers. We at Collector Bookstore are confident you will find this reference invaluable.
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