GLASS 100 Masterpieces of Crystal and Colour - John A. Brooks

Glass - John A. Brooks - Camden House Books - no date - colour and Black & white photographs - Hardcover and dustcover in good condition - Internally clean and tightly bound.

"In all ages craftsmen have endeavoured to produce glass vessels that were both useful and beautiful. Some of those which have survived the centuries and to find resting places in the museums of the world are unique works of unique art which can bear comparison with any of man's artistic achievements. Others still exist today in sufficient quantity to enable private collectors to assemble collections which represents the domestic glassware of particular aspects of glass-making from its earliest beginnings to the present days.

The subjects for illustration have been chosen as being typical of their time and place origin. Some are so important that they appear in many books on the subject, but other items have not been illustrated before and are shown for their relevance to the subject rather than rarity."  

 It has 80 pages with numerous black and white and colour photographs.   The contents include Egypt (15^th century BC-900AD), Rome (1^st century BC-400AD), The Middle East & Islam, The Siene-Rhine Area (4^th-7^th centuries), Venice (15^th-17^th centuries), Spain (15^th-18^th centuries), China (11^th century BC-now), Britain (middle ages -17^th century), England (Ravenscroft-1850), Ireland (16^th-19^th centuries), Germany (middle ages-18^th century), Bohemia (16^th-19^th centuries), The Low Countries (15^th-18^th centuries), England after 1850, France (middle ages-20^th century) and America (17th century - now).