House of Brilliant Glass

Table of Contents (currently under construction -- check for updates)

• From the book -- A Guide to American Cut and Engraved Glassware by James M. Havens
1. Introduction to cut and engraved glass
   1. The Four Stages in the Production of Cut Glass
   2. The polishing of cut glass
   3. "Sick" glass and its problems
2. Blanks for cutting
   1. Introduction
   2. "Figured" blanks
   3. The influence of the "figured" blank
   4. Pressed and pressed-patterned blanks
3. Types of cutting
   1. Introduction
   2. Flat cutting
   3. Hollow cutting
   4. Miter cutting
   5. Edge or slice cutting
   6. Pillar cutting
4. Cut Glass Motifs
   1. Introduction
   2. Check-list of motifs used in American cut glass
   3. Diamonds
   4. Hobnails, triangles and pyramidal triangles
   5. Hobstars and Brunswick stars
   6. The cane family
   7. Hexad and Kohinoor
   8. Pinwheels
   9. Stars
   10. Miters and prisms; blaze and silver threads
   11. Notching and beading
   12. Bullseyes
   13. Flutes and pillar flutes
   14. The Russian and Persian motif patterns
5. Rim Treatments
   1. Introduction
   2. Fan Scallop
   3. Hawkes and his U-notch
   4. Crenellated and castellated rims
   5. "Cornered Brim"
6. Types of Engraving
   1. Definitions and Some References (Articles)
   2. Diamond-Point Engraving
   3. Copper-Wheel Engraving
   4. The Rock-Crystal Sytle (including "The Fritsche/'Fritchie' Riddle")
   5. Stone-Wheel Engraving
   6. British Intaglio; French and American "Intaglio"
7. Pattern Names
   1. How to Identify a Pattern
   2. "Signed" Cut Glass
   3. Confusing Pattern Names
8. Fakes, Forgeries and Reproductions
   1. Introduction
   2. Fakes
   3. Forgeries
9. Cut Glass Repairs
   1. Introduction
   2. Jim Haven's Personal Experience with Glassware in "As-Found Condition"
   3. "On Glass Repairs" -- Survey Results of a Farrar Report

(Note: The 'corrections' pages for selected publications have been moved to the "Identifying Glass" section)

 

 

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