The decanter
Subtitle: an illustrated history of glass from 1650
By: Andy McConnell.
Publisher: Antique Collectors' Club; Antique Collectors Club Dist
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Woodbridge, Suffolk
Language: eng
Number of pages: 575
Subjects: Decanters -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword
pagenum: 6; title: Preface
pagenum: 7; title: Introduction
pagenum: 10; title: The First 'British' Glass
pagenum: 12; title: The Introduction of Coal Furnaces
pagenum: 16; title: The English Bottle
pagenum: 20; title: Early English Wine Drinking
pagenum: 44; title: George Ravenscroft
pagenum: 50; title: Decanter Bottles Become Decanters
pagenum: 62; title: The First English Cut-Glass
pagenum: 72; title: Stoppering
pagenum: 84; title: The Side-Stacking Bottle
pagenum: 86; title: Mid-18th Century Decanters
pagenum: 90; title: London and The Merchant-Decorators
pagenum: 110; title: The Glass Excise Tax 1745
pagenum: 116; title: Rococo 1740-1775
pagenum: 118; title: 18th Century Engraving
pagenum: 119; title: 18th Century Enamelling
pagenum: 128; title: 18th Century Gilding
pagenum: 140; title: Cutting 1745-1770
pagenum: 146; title: The Rise of the European Decanter
pagenum: 150; title: 18th Century Drinking
pagenum: 166; title: Neo-Classicism
pagenum: 174; title: Cordial, Liqueur and Spirit Decanters
pagenum: 184; title: Decanter Frames, Cases and Coasters
pagenum: 188; title: The Prussian Decanter
pagenum: 208; title: 18th Century Coloured Glass
pagenum: 226; title: The Anglo-Irish Period
pagenum: 230; title: The Advent of Steam Cutting
pagenum: 242; title: The Regency
pagenum: 246; title: The Rodney or Ship's Decanter
pagenum: 254; title: The Nelson or Cylinder Decanter
pagenum: 262; title: The Davenport Patent and Regency Enamelling
pagenum: 266; title: Georgian Wine and Dessert Services
pagenum: 280; title: Moulded Decanters
pagenum: 298; title: American Decanters
pagenum: 306; title: Early Victorian Decanters
pagenum: 316; title: The Rehabilitation of Victorian Glass
pagenum: 317; title: The Commission on Glass Industries 1833
pagenum: 319; title: The Industrialisation of Glassmaking
pagenum: 320; title: Victorian Drinking and Dining
pagenum: 324; title: Victorian Gothic
pagenum: 330; title: End of the Excise 1845
pagenum: 334; title: 19th Century Cased, Flashed and Stained Decanters
pagenum: 336; title: Richardson of Stourbridge
pagenum: 358; title: The Great Exhibition of 1851
pagenum: 362; title: Later Victorian Design Influences
pagenum: 368; title: Victorian Engraving
pagenum: 372; title: Acid-etched and Cameo Glass
pagenum: 384; title: The Webb Dynasty
pagenum: 394; title: Anglo-Venetian Glass
pagenum: 398; title: Whitefriars
pagenum: 408; title: Christopher Dresser
pagenum: 416; title: Cut-Glass 1850-1900
pagenum: 420; title: Rich Cutting
pagenum: 424; title: Whisky Decanters
pagenum: 428; title: Claret Jugs
pagenum: 438; title: Miniatures and Measures
pagenum: 444; title: The Carafe
pagenum: 448; title: Champagne Decanters
pagenum: 452; title: Other Decanters
pagenum: 460; title: Lobmeyr, Moser and Later Bohemian Decanters
pagenum: 472; title: Later French Decanters
pagenum: 480; title: Art Nouveau Decanters
pagenum: 483; title: Reproductions and Fakes
pagenum: 490; title: 20th Century Decanters
pagenum: 496; title: Maker Attribution
pagenum: 514; title: Buying Antique Decanters
pagenum: 516; label: Appendix 1
title: Evolution of Decanter Shapes
pagenum: 520; label: Appendix 2
title: Evolution of Stopper Shapes
pagenum: 528; label: Appendix 3
title: Currency Conversion
pagenum: 529; label: Appendix 4
title: Inflation Index 1600-2002
pagenum: 530; label: Appendix 5
title: Wages Index 1640-1914
pagenum: 531; title: Glossary
pagenum: 532; title: Bibliography
pagenum: 536; title: Periodicals, Pamphlets, Catalogues
pagenum: 546; title: Image Credits
pagenum: 559; title: Index
pagenum: 565