Old Glass and How to Collect it

Glass-collecting is so full of interest that it need not be followed on any large scale. It is equally fascinating when pursued in the humblest fashion, by ransacking old second...

The eighteenth century is the “Golden Age” of the collector of English glass. At the beginning of the century glass manufacture was already a flourishing industry. Vessels of al...

The early history of glass manufacture in Britain is decidedly obscure. The earliest specimens of the art extant are certain coloured beads, known as “aggry” beads. Many of thes...

The history of the manufacture of glass in Ireland is very obscure, and the dates of its various periods difficult to fix. Hence it is well-nigh impossible to place before the r...

The origin of glass is lost in antiquity. Pliny, indeed, ascribes its discovery to certain Phœnician mariners who, being shipwrecked upon a sandy shore, used a block of the natr...

No specimens of English glass have greater fascination for the collector than those which derive their interest, apart from their intrinsic merits, from their association with s...

Presumably, as long as there is a demand for old glass, there will be found persons sufficiently unscrupulous to attempt to eke out the very limited supply of the genuine articl...

It is a matter of regret that Bristol’s ancient fame for making and cutting glass should have so completely disappeared. In the palmy days of its glass industry it boasted no fe...

Hitherto we have confined our attention to what one may term the legitimate drinking glass in its different varieties. But there were many freak glasses and curious objects made...