Signed THE DECANTER Ancient Modern McConnell 2018 Book Glass Pottery Silver
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Brand New! THE DECANTER Ancient to Modern Andy McConnell Signed 2018 2nd Edition Hardcover Glass Pottery Metal Reference Book 9781851498406Andy McConnell is a former journalist and glass dealer. He is a lecturer, and has been widely published in the Daily Telegraph, the Times, Antique Collecting and Country Life. He was the first glass specialist on the BBC's Antique Roadshow, and has been a regular on the show for 10 years. A product of 20 years of research, this totally revised editi...on of this work includes new chapters on The First Glass, Art Deco, Modernism, Post Modernism, cocktail mixers and shakers, as well as 2, 000 new images. The definitive work on the subject and an essential reference book. This exciting new edition, the result of twenty years of research and writing, is the second edition of the in-depth study of the leading vessel in the European glass-makers repertoire between 1650 and 1950. In presenting the subject on a wide stage, The Decanter provides the reader with a history of European and American glass-making from a decanter perspective. Illustrated by photographs, patterns and drawings of thousands of examples drawn from numerous public and private collections, the text encompasses the stylistic and technical evolution of fine glass-making and its influences and social uses. Drawing from thousands of documentary sources and benefiting from the knowledge and experience of scores of experts in Britain, Europe and the United States, The Decanter is the most comprehensive and current history of fine glass-making ever published. It provides a glossary of the names of all familiar shapes for the first time and dispels the innumerable myths surrounding the subject. Written by a former journalist and glass dealer with forty years' experience, The Decanter is readable and accessible, and provides an indispensable guide to social historians and lovers of antique glass and wine. Hardcover: 448 pages, Publisher: Antique Collectors Club Dist; 2nd edition, Language: English, ISBN-10: 1851498400, ISBN-13: 978-1851498406, Dimensions: 9.7 x 2.1 x 12.2 inches, Weight: 7.8 pounds
