LibGuides: American Glass: Pressed Glass

Books & Articles

Early American Pattern Glass by Darryl Reilly; Bill Jenks
Call Number: NK5112.53 .J53 2002
ISBN: 0873494385
Publication Date: 2002
Identifying Pattern Glass Reproductions by Bill Jenke; Jerry Luna; Darryl Reilly
Call Number: NK5112.53 .J53i
ISBN: 0870696424
Publication Date: 1993
Pressed Glass, 1825-1925 by Jane Spillman
Call Number: Stacks NK5112.53.C81
ISBN: 0872901076
Publication Date: 1983
Pressed Glass in America by John Welker; Elizabeth Welker
Call Number: NK5203.W45 1985
ISBN: 0961586109
Publication Date: 1986
Excellent overview of the American glass industry including factory history; individuals; pressed glass patterns; technical introduction; etc.
American and European Pressed Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass by Jane S. Spillman
Call Number: NK5112.53 .S75
ISBN: 0872901033
Publication Date: 1981
Pressed glass from the collection of The Corning Museum of Glass

Links to Websites

A Pressing Solution: Shaped Glass
From the Corning Museum of Glass website.
Pressed glass
Article from Encyclopædia Britannica
Shared Glass Knowledge
Articles from the Early American Pattern Glass Society website

Pressed Glass Plate

Plate, 1835-1845, gift of Louise S. Esterly. 59.4.75.

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