The 2012 Portland Vase Project
Subtitle: recreation of a masterpiece
By: Graham Fisher ; with a foreword by David Whitehouse
Publisher: Sparrow Pub.
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Kingswinford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 95
ISBN-13: 9780954878146
Subjects: Portland Vase; Cameo glass; Roman Glassware
Description: A group of glass artisans in Stourbridge work together to recreate the Portland Vase and other examples of Roman cameo glass.
Notes: "Including notes on glassmaking, the Stourbridge glass industry, cameo glass, the Auldjo Jug, the original Portland Vase."

"A spug book"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 92-94).
Table of contents: title: An enigma within a puzzle enshrouded in mystery; title: Once upon a time: a glass engraver's tale; title: Glass, and Stourbridge glass: a précis; title: Cameo glass: what it is and how it is made; title: The Portland Vase and other cameos: their place in the pantheon of glass; title: The 2012 Portland Vase (and Auldjo Jug): engraving and beyond; title: The Portland Vase team; title: The Stourbridge Glass Quarter: the Ruskin Centre: epicentre of the 2012 Portland Vase recreation; title: International Festival of Glass and British Glass Biennale; title: Epilogue: gazing down the line; title: Glossary of terms used.