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ANTIQUE GLASS: BY COMPANY 127 A Collector’s Handbook of Miniature Perfume An Unauthorized Guide to Fire-King Glasswares. Blenko 1972-1983 Catalogs. Introduction Bottles: Minis, Mates and More. Jeri Lyn Ring- Revised & Expanded 3rd Edition. Monica Lynn by Leslie Piña. This reprint of the twelve 1972- blum. A convenient handbook with hundreds of clear Clements & Patricia Rosser Clements. Colorful Fire- 1983 Blenko Glass Company catalogs explores color photographs and fascinating stories about each King Depression era glassware is studied through a the early and middle years, an area of growing fragrance. Fragrance names, their creators, launch brief history, over 200 photographs, updated market interest to collectors. Some items from the 1970s dates, bottle and package designs and dimensions values, and an index. Dinnerware, mugs, mixing bowls are already commanding high prices in the are all here, as well as a price guide refl ecting today’s (from splash-proof to Swedish Modern), kitchenware, secondary markets both on-line and “in person.” fragrance bottle market. and ovenware in copper lustre, jade-ite, sapphire blue, The catalogs are reproduced in their entirety. Size: 6" x 9" • 400+ color photos and turquoise blue glasswares all are well represented. Size: 8 1/2" x 11" • 161 photos Price Guide/Index • 264 pp. Size: 6" x 9" • 212 color photos • 144 pp. Price Guide • 160 pp. ISBN: 0-7643-0038-5 • soft cover • $24.95 ISBN: 0-7643-2515-9 • soft cover • $12.95 ISBN: 0-7643-1383-5 • soft cover • $35.00 ANTIQUE GLASS BY COMPANY Royal Ruby. Philip Hopper. 250 color pho- Fire-King™: An Information and Price Blenko Catalogs Then & Now: 1959-1961, tographs, 12 factory bulletins, and numerous Guide. Joe Keller & David Ross. Over 2000 1984-2001. Leslie Piña. A combination of catalog references document Anchor Hocking’s pieces of the Anchor Hocking Glass Company’s original Blenko catalog pages and photos, this Royal Ruby red glassware from the late 1930s popular Fire-King dinnerware and cookware book completes the Blenko story, covering to the 1980s. Some items shown here were illustrated in color with current prices. Included the early designs and the later designs readily experimental/test pieces never mass produced, are the popular Jadite and opaque blue lines, available to collectors. The first three color while the more uncommon patterns include High as well as the eagerly collected ivory, fi red-on catalogs show some of the best of Blenko’s Point, Whirly Twirly, Fairfi eld, Classic, Berwick, colors, and transparent lines. Contains rarities, early glass production. The year 1983 marked Beverly, Shell, Fortune, and Rainfl ower. as well as common Fire-King. the beginning of the late period. Size: 8 1/2" x 11" • 250 color photos Size: 8 1/2" x 11" • 500+ photos Size: 8 1/2" x 11" • 100s of color photos Price Guide/Index • 128 pp. Price Guide • 160 pp. Price Guide • 160 pp. ISBN: 0-7643-0667-7 • soft cover • $24.95 ISBN: 0-7643-1641-9 • soft cover • $24.95 ISBN: 0-7643-1651-6 • hard cover • $29.95 More Royal Ruby. Philip Hopper, with photog- The Fire King™ Years & Beyond : Anchor Central Glass Works: The Depression raphy by Bruce Waters. Ruby red glassware made Hocking™ Decorated Pitchers and Glass. Era. Tim Schmidt. The glassware line produced by Anchor Hocking is a popular collectible today. Philip L. Hopper. 360+ color photos and catalog by Central Glass Works of Wheeling, West Over 300 color photos, including uncommon pages display decorated glass pitchers and Virginia, from the 1910s through 1939, are patterns such as Chateau, Newport, Inspiration, drinking glasses produced by Anchor Hocking presented in 470 images. Stemware, tumblers, and Avon, display the many varieties available. Glass, from the 1950s Fire King years to today. compotes, marmalades, covered candy dishes, Detailed information about each piece and a Three pitcher styles - the 86 oz. upright, Finlandia, dresser & vanity trays, pitchers, tankards, jugs, price guide are included. and Chateau - decorated in many patterns, candlesticks, & barware appear in many colors, Size: 8 1/2" x 11" • 305 color photos including Annapolis, Breezes, Flair, Jubilee, etched decorations, & forms. Price Guide/Index • 128 pp. Pagoda, Shell™, Wexford, and more. Size: 8 Size: 8 1/2" x 11" • 440 color, 30 b/w photos ISBN: 0-7643-0870-X • soft cover • $24.95 1/2" x 11" • 366 color photos • Price Guide • 128 Price Guide • 192 pp. pp. • ISBN: 0-7643-1761-X • soft cover • $24.95 ISBN: 0-7643-2016-5 • soft cover • $29.95 Forest Green Glass. Philip L. Hopper. The his- Anchor Hocking Catalogs, 1940-Present. Central Glass Company: The First Thirty tory of Anchor Hocking’s Forest Green glassware, Philip L. Hopper. Over half a century of glassware Years, 1863-1893. Marilyn R. Hallock. Heavily covering 17 established patterns and a myriad production in the catalog pages and ads from illustrated with color images, historical documents, of accessory pieces such as relish sets, ashtrays, Anchor Hocking, ranging from dinnerware and and catalog pages, it will satisfy both the collector and lamps, vases, pitchers, and tumblers. These are punch sets, giftware, and salt & pepper shakers the glass historian. Each pattern is illustrated, most beautifully presented in over 300 gorgeous color to bowls, glasses, established patterns, and with beautiful color photos, and all are carefully de- photographs. Many historical documents are etched glassware. Store displays and original scribed. A guide to current values is included. An easy included to make this the most comprehensive catalog pricelists are also featured. Values for identifi cation guide compiles every known pattern. reference guide to Anchor Hocking’s Forest the wares provided. Size: 8 1/2" x 11" • 120+color & 100s of B&W Green glassware. Size: 8 1/2" x 11" • 253 color photos illus. • Price Guide • 176 pp. Size: 8 1/2" x 11" • 304 photos • Price Guide/Index • 112 pp. Price Guide/Index • 160 pp. ISBN: 0-7643-1762-8 • hard cover • $39.95 ISBN: 0-7643-1058-5 • soft cover • $19.95 ISBN: 0-7643-1915-9 • soft cover • $29.95 Anchor Hocking Commemorative Bottles: and Avon’s 1876 Cape Cod Collection: The Charleton Line: Decoration on Glass Other Collectibles. Philip L. Hopper. Filled with over Glass Dinnerware. Revised & ex- and Porcelain from Fenton, Cambridge, 150 color photos, this book displays unique Anchor panded 2nd Edition. Debbie & Randy Consolidated, Westmoreland, Duncan Hocking bottles commemorating retirements, high Coe. Avon’s 1875 Cape Cod pattern & Miller, Heisey, Imperial, Limoges, and school graduations, historical events, centennials, plant glass dinnerware is one of the most others. Michael and Lori Palmer. Charleton line expansions, performance awards, and conventions. beautiful deep ruby patterns. Over 130 hand-painted decoration was prolifi c during the Fabulous insight into the history of Anchor Hocking. photos show the shapes and the original 1940s and '50s on blanks from American and Size: 6" x 9" • 170 color photos mold drawings, and the captions relate European glass and porcelain manufacturers. Price Guide • 144 pp. the date each design was approved, Over 600 images, history, bibliography, and ISBN: 0-7643-1001-1 • soft cover • $16.95 the designers’ names, and number of values provided. Size: 8 1/2" x 11" • 570+ molds used. Size: 11" x 8 1/2" • 136 color photos • Price Guide • 112 pp. color & 50 b/w photos • Price Guide • 176 pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-3679-9 • soft cover • $19.99 ISBN: 0-7643-1645-1 • hard cover • $29.95 Anchor Hocking Decorated Pitchers and Blenko: Cool ’50s & ’ 60s Glass. Revised PYREX®: The Unauthorized Collector’s Glasses: The Fire King Years. Philip L. Hopper. 2nd Edition. Leslie Piña. Blenko Glass remains Guide. Revised & Expanded 5th Edition. Over 350 color photographs display the Fire one of the few glass factories in the US still Barbara E. Mauzy. In this popular collector’s King pitchers and glasses produced from 1950 making modern hand blown production glass. guide’s revised and expanded 5th edition, Barba- to 1970 by the Anchor Hocking glass company, Over 675 color photographs of Blenko glass ra Mauzy adds a new chapter on restaurantware ranging from Tilt Ball and juice pitchers to frosted (courtesy of Blenko Visitors’ Center Museum, PYREX® to a completely revised text that also glasses and cocktail sets. A brief history of the the Huntington Museum of Art, and private includes chapters on ovenware, fl ameware, company, catalog pages, an index, and prices collections), info on designers, the 1960 catalog colorful later additions, laboratory glass, pattern in the captions round out the presentation. (not previously published), and more. names, and more. Size: 8 1/2" x 11" • 350+ color photos Size: 8 1/2" x 11" • 675+ color & b/w photos Size: 8 1/2" x 11" • 620 photos • 192 pp. Price Guide • 128 pp. • Price Guide • 208 pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-4664-4 • soft cover • $34.99 ISBN: 0-7643-1488-2 • soft cover • $24.95 ISBN: 978-0-7643-2250-1 • hard cover • $39.99 Anchor Hocking Decorated Pitchers and Blenko Glass: 1962-1971 Catalogs. Leslie Corning Pyroceram® Cookware. Randy Glasses: The Depression Years. Philip L. Piña. Recently, Blenko glass designs from the & Debbie Coe. A detailed account of Corning’s Hopper. Over 310 color images display the 1950s and 1960s have caught collectors’ eyes. Pyroceram® cookware. 60 plus patterns are pitchers and glasses produced from circa 1905 This book presents an exact, full-color reprinting listed and shown in over 400 color photos. through America's Great Depression. This book of the yearly Blenko company catalogs from Reprints of catalogs, brochures, and historical presents the different pitcher and glass shapes 1962 through 1971, thus offering a complete, material, and a detailed bibliography provide and their decorative treatments, ranging from well-illustrated record of Blenko glass products, much additional information.