Subtitled: "A story of glass-paperweight craftsmen of the United States, their processes, and their products"
This is the second of two editions of the only book devoted to 20th Century American Glass paperweights. No other book covers the subject as thoroughly. Most books on glass paperweights completely ignore most of the glass artists included in this book. The unique qualities of each weight maker are identified and portrayed in the photographs and descriptions. The names of the makers, and their families, and dates of production are included to aid in identification.
A must have book for collectors of American paperweights.
287 pages plus 20 full color pages featuring 200 weights
(307 pages in all). Over 150 black and white photographs and drawings.
7 1/4" by 10 1/4". 1970.
Sections are:
Click on the picture to see a color page from the book.Appreciation Introduction Note on Paperweight Identification Contents Facts about Paperweights Lester S. Cunningham, Big Pine Key, FL John Degenhart, William Degenhart, Cambridge, Ohio Carl Erickson, Bremen, Ohio Peter Gentile, John and Gertrude Gentile, Star City, WV O.C. Hamon, Fort Smith, Arkansas Robert Hamon, Scott Depot, WV Kent F. Ipsen, Northbrook, Illinois John, Joseph, Frank, and Henry Kreutz, Riverhead, New York Dominick Labino, Grand Rapids, Ohio Emil Larson, Vineland, New Jersey Harvey K. Littleton, Verona, Wisconsin Adolph "Otto" Mach, Vineland, NJ Tom Mosser, Cambridge Ohio Edward Rithner, Wellsburg, West Virginia Joseph, Edward, and Robert St. Clair, Elwood, Indiana Joseph Zimmerman and Gene Baxley, Corydon, Indiana Joseph S. Barker, Newark, Delaware William F. Breeden, Elmer, New Jersey A.F. Carpenter, Pasadena, California Harold Hacker and Associates, Buena Park, California Ronald Hansen, Mackinaw City, Michigan William J. Iorio, Flemington, NJ Charles Kaziun, Brockton, Massachusetts Francis Dyer Whittemore, Jr., Lansdale,PA The Dependent Pot Workers Paperweight Variations Customs of Former Years Paperweight Patents Glossary Bibliography Index
