American Pressed Glass Cup Plates 900+ Photos Rare Book

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Over 900 glass cup plates are pictured and described in this rare out-of-print book, which is one of the most definitive texts ever published on the subject .

AMERICAN GLASS CUP PLATES by Ruth Webb Lee and James H. Rose., Charles E. Tuttle Co., VT, 1948/1985.

Profusely illustrated with black-and-white photographs, this early book pictures and identifies over 900 patterns. Each plate is described by catalog number, dimensions, rim type, origin, colors, rarity and more.

In addition, the book covers by chapter: Introduction to Cup Plates; Early Process of Manufacture; Cup Plate Molds; Historic Cup Plates; Color Chart; Blown Glass Cup Plates (Nos. 1-7); The Beginning of Pressing / First and Second Phase in the East (Nos. 10-72); The Transition Period in the East (Nos. 75-109); The Lacy Period 1830-1845 / The Beginning in the West, with Eastern Additions to Close Series (Nos. 120-196); The Lacy Period, Miscellaneous Plates, Chiefly Midwestern (Nos. 197-227C); The Lacy Period, Miscellaneous Plates, Chiefly Eastern (Nos. 228-301); The Second Transition Period (Nos. 310-404); The Final Phase of the Conventionals (Nos. 410-418); The Heart Group (Nos. 425-480); The Sunburst Group (Nos. 490-550); Historical Busts (Nos. 560-586B); The Log Cabin Group (Nos. 590-601C); The Ship Group (Nos. 604-632A); Maid of the Mist / Bunker Hill Monuments (Nos. 635-646); The Eagle Group (Nos. 650-680E); Miscellaneous Semi-Historical Plates (685-699); Pontil-Marked Plates (Plate 112); Toddy Plates (Nos. 800-841); Cameo Sulphide Busts (Plate 118); European Plates (Nos. 850-882); Miscellaneous Late Plates (Nos. 885-898); Curiosities (Plate 126); Reproductions and Souvenir Plates (Plates 127-131); Table of Specific Gravities and Fluorescence Observations; Cross Index of Marble and Rose Numbers; and Index. This book is an invaluable reference book, which belongs in the permanent library of the collector, dealer, or historian of early American pressed glass.

6” x 9” softback in very good condition. 445 pages.

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