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'The Hotties': Excavation and Building Survey at Pilkingtons' No 9 Tank House, St Helens, Merseyside
by Mick Krupa and Richard Heawood, with contributions by A J Bell, D Martlew and C Wild
The remains of Pilkingtons' No 9 Tank House represent a unique survival from the 19th century, an period of rapid development within the glass industry characterised by innovative but short-lived design. These remains are now recognised as the most complete known glass furnace structures of their era. Between 1991 and 1997, Lancaster University Archaeological Unit (now Oxford Archaeology North) conducted a programme of standing building survey, ...
Paperback. Price US$34.00
Glass of Four Millennia
by Martine Newby
This book charts the development of Glass over four millennia -- from 18th Dynasty Egypt, through to the present day -- illustrated by 56 examples from the collections held by the Ashmolean Museum. The earliest fragments are from a Meopotamian glass beaker, dating from the 15th/14th century BC and found relatively recently in Iraq; the earliest complete piece is a small, green fish-shaped dish from Ancient Egypt dated 1400/1300 BC. The invention ...
Hardback. Publisher's Price US$22.95, Our Price US$7.98
The Conservation of Glass and Ceramics
edited by Norman H. Tennant
This book is the first to bring together in one comprehensive volume a wide range of key topics in glass and ceramics conservation. Scientific research in deterioration mechanisms and in the methods and materials of conservation processes are dealt with extensively by twenty authors, each internationally respected in their subject. The training available for glass and ceramics conservation is covered in contributions by five course directors at ...
Paperback. Publisher's Price US$105.00, Our Price US$29.98
Wondrous Glass: Reflections on the World of Rome c.50 B.C. - A.D. 650
by Margaret Cool Root
book presents a selection of Roman period glass from the collections of the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology. The Kelsey Museum collections are particularly notable for their large holdings of excavated glass from the Roman period Egyptian site of Karanis, and the book illustrates the wide range of well-preserved glass from Karanis and other Roman sites. 48p, illus. (Kelsey Museum 1982)
Paperback. Publisher's Price US$12.00, Our Price US$3.98
Ancient Glass: A Guide to Yale Collection
by Richard Grossman
Shows the extent of the Mediterranean glass within the classical antiquities collection at the Yale University Art Gallery. 50p (Yale University Art Gallery 2006)
Paperback. Publisher's Price US$5.00, Our Price US$1.98
Stained Glass before 1700 in the Philadelphia Museum of Art
by R. Burnham
250p, illus. (Harvey Miller 2005)
Hardback. Price US$219.00
Glasfunde des Mittelalters und der fruhen Neuzeit aus Braunschweig
by Martia Bruckschen
This detailed and specialised analysis of hollow glass production and glass objects produced in northern Germany during the medieval and early post-medieval periods is based around an illustrated catalogue of almost 400 vessels found during excavations of ...
Hardback. Price US$140.00
Conservation and Restoration of Glass
by Sandra Davison
An introduction and textbook for students studying conservation and for conservators and restorers of glass, now available as a revised second edition. Focusing less on painted glass restoration (which has been removed) and more on conservation issues, ...
Hardback. Price US$155.00
Glas des 2. Jhdts v.Chr im Ostmittelmeerraum
by Frank Schweizer
This study of glass from the second millennium BC in Egypt and the Near East looks at the objects, from beads to vessels, and their methods of manufacture, the evidence of their findspots, their distribution, and the evidence from writings on cuneiform ...
Price US$55.00
Early Post-medieval Vessel Glass In England c.1500-1670
by Hugh Willmott
This volume presents the `first comprehensive classification' of post-medieval vessel glass, including both fine, decorative items as well as more day-to-day domestic objects. Intended as a `first-step for the archaeologist, art historian, collector' and ...
Paperback. Price US$55.00
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