National American Glass Club

Glass Research

Chinese dish, late 18th to early 19th century

RESEARCH

Dish, China, Late 18th – Early 19th c.

At the present time research programs of the National American Glass Club are self-initiated by its many author-glassmaker-collector members. The results of their endeavors frequently appear on the pages of the Glass Club Bulletin, The Glass Shards other published works or chapter-related activities. Frequently, special exhibitions or lectures will highlight research projects.

This page will lead to areas of research whereby members may place notices concerning research projects and requests for information. There will be links to libraries with substantial holdings in books on glass as well as other resources as they become known to us. Watch this page for its continuing development.

    • The Rakow Library, Corning Museum of Glass – Ask a Librarian. Reference librarians may be contacted via letter, telephone, fax, or through our new Ask a Librarian service online. The Library staff will be happy to answer questions which require short answers; for in-depth research, we recommend you visit the Library or borrow materials through Interlibrary Loan.

      As of February 2004, the Rakow Research Library s catalog is available on the Internet. Direct access to the Rakow Library Catalog is provided at rakow.cmog.org ; access is also possible through a link from the library s homepage on the Museum s web site at http://www.cmog.org/library. Visitors to the web site will find a tutorial for searching the databases as well as help screens which, along with the databases, are continually being revised and improved.

    • Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Search for glass books, catalog listings returned via e-mail

    • Boston Athenæum Library, Boston, Boston. Massachusetts. Search for glass books, catalog listings returned via e-mail

    • NAGC Club Library, Boston Athenæum Library: Status, book list

    • BARGER-SUPPES Collection Of Books On Glass – Booklist. Chevy Chase Library, Chevy Chase, Maryland

    • The BLACKISTONE Glass Periodical Collection This collection is no longer at the Potomac Branch of the Montgomery County Libraries (Md); it has been divided between the Museum of American Glass in Weston, West Virvinia and The New Bedford Museum of Glass, in New Bedford, Massachusetts.

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    • Glass FAKES and REPRODUCTIONS: Real or Repro An excellent source of information about fakes and reproductions. The link focusses on the glass section.

    • Amazon.com Many glass books here.

    • National American Glass Club Bulletin and other club publications Search for titles, authors and subject matter. Includes NAGC catalogs of Club exhibitions as well its sixtieth anniversary publication Reflections on Glass.

    • Link to The Corning Museum’s Ask a Librarian at The Rakow Library of Glass.

    • J.Paul Getty Museum, Art and Architecture, Article and Citation Databases The mission of the J. Paul Getty Museum is to delight, inspire, and educate a diverse public through the collection, preservation, exhibition and interpretation of works of art of the highest quality.

    • E-Bay Auctions Search for glass objects. If you think you know the pattern name, maker, function, search in E-bay for comparisons.

    • Enclyclopaedia Britannica An aggressive search capability. Try searching for the word “glass”

    • The Glass Encyclopedia The Glass Encyclopedia is a reference source on glass, covering a broad list of types of glass. Each topic has its own page with a definition of the topic, interesting background and history, pictures, references to other on-line sources and articles, and suggested books on the topic. The Glass Enyclopedia is currently being upgraded page by page, to update the links, enhance the text, and add new information about relevant books on glass. Some really interesting articles from the Glass Museum have been incorporated into these updated pages. See what you think.

    • The Glass Shards, A data base of material appearing in this official newsletter and other NAGC publications. Click on “Search” for a word-search of titles, authors and subject matter as well as complete copies of these publications.

    • Google.com Search for glass objects, companies, personalities, etc. Discussions in chat rooms and other “message boards” are archived on Google and may be searched. Google’s “advanced search” windows for web and message board searches will allow one to focus on glass topics, pattern names, makers, companies, etc.

    • Pattern Glass School. NAGC members Elaine & Bill Henderson of Albuquerque, New Mexico take you through all the possibilities in collecting pressed glass. The purpose of the “School” is to help educate the unknowing about the wonders of Victorian American pressed glass. With over 50 pages, they and contributing NAGC members cover various types, look-alikes, manufacturers, factory histories, locations and site digs, etc. Insightful articles – lavishly illustrated. A learning experience for all.

    • NAGC Notices Page – Contains some RESEARCH results

    • Elegant and Everyday Glass Forum A glass forum requiring no-fee registration. The Gallery tab contains useful information for glass identification without registion and some of which is drawn from commercial sources

    • Twentieth Century Glass.com Glass Encyclopedia A commercial UK site, including an on-line shop, providing information covering an enormous variety of twentieth century glass. Emphasis is on British and other European glass

    • Pressglas-Pavillon.de An all-inclusive German site strong on European pressed glass.

    • Pressglas-Korrespondenz Munich, Germany. A premier research journal and source of information about European glass. Journals are on line, in German, but Google translator makes it a simple cut and paste job. Many American makers are included. Profusely illustrated

    • Corning Museum of Glass BLOG An interesting exchange of diverse information about glass – a MUST VISIT!

    • A History of Glassmaking in London, by Dr. C. David Watts. A website devoted to the History of Glass and Glassmaking in London. Much of the material in this site is completely new or has been gathered from sources otherwise difficult to access. A MUST for research into English Glass.

    • Early American Pattern Glass Society’s Pressed Glass Pattern ID Page A valuable research tool for American pattern glass up to 1915.

    • If you can’t find out what you’ve got – ASK. Chat about it, post a picture. Visit our FaceBook page.

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We are always on the lookout for useful research web sites about glass. Let us know about them at nagc@comcast.net Thank you.

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