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American Cut Glass
Jane Shadel Spillman
T.G. Hawkes and his Competitors. This authoritative book presents new information about the late 19th - and early 20th - centurycut glass indutry in Corning, New York. Being the first book to examine the workings of the American cut glass industry, it examines labor relations, surces of blanks and special orders of the Whte House. It discusses the Paris world's fair in 1889, as well as communication between the cut glass industry and silver manufacturers such as Gorham and Tiffany. Competition and co-operation between the glass cutting firms are also highlighted, and considerable attention is paid to other companies, such as J. Hoare, H. P. Sinclaire, and O. F. Egginton. It embellishes 512 illustrations of glass pieces, and catalogue pages, advertisements, and old documents, including 80 colour plates. This book will be of special interest to collectors of cut glass, and also to students of business and social history
