[Rarebooks] fs: Classic American Glass Book

[Joslin Hall Rare Books]

Hunter, Frederick W. STIEGEL GLASS.

Boston and New York; Houghton Mifflin Company:1914.
Edition limited to 420 signed copies.

Although Hunter, along with his brother-in-law / collaborator J.B. Kerfoot, 
was overzealous in his attempts to attribute much too much glass to the 
Stiegel factory, his book nonetheless "set a standard of excellence for 
factory histories that seldom has been surpassed." (Kirk Nelson writing in 
Ames & Ward). Nelson continues, "Hunter's work remains the most 
comprehensive study of this celebrated eighteenth-century Pennsylvania 
glass manufactory. In the first two major sections Hunter provides a 
detailed biography of Henry William Stiegel and illuminates the account 
with information drawn from period documents. Typescripts of many of these 
documents are presented in the Appendix...the second section explores the 
materials, techniques and products of the Stiegel glasshouses."

Hunter's style and presentation have also been widely praised; Helen 
McKearin notes in her preface to the Dover edition that "in all American 
glass literature, "Stiegel Glass" alone approaches belles letters." George 
McKearin once wrote- "As a beginner in collecting American glass I pored 
for hours over the pages of this fascinating book."

An important, well-written and researched study of American glassmaking, 
despite the fact that the actual pieces attributed to Stiegel too often 
turned out to be the products of other factories.

Hardcover.  7.5"x10.5", 272 pages, 8 color plates and 159 b&w 
illustrations; slightly soiled covers. [19957] $350.00


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