Identifying American Brilliant Cut Glass (Schiffer Book for Collectors) [Paperback]

Bill Boggess (Author), Louise Boggess (Author), Ryan Fleisher (Contributor)

Book Description

Series: Schiffer Book for Collectors | Publication Date: April 5, 2004

This invaluable guide is not only a basic reference but an identification tool that can be taken to auctions, shows, exhibits, and antique shops. This revised and expanded fifth edition includes a newly updated value guide, the catalog names for various shapes in cut glass, and the identity of 280 patterns of American and Canadian glass by catalog name. Many patterns are identified for the first time. It points out 130 cut glass pieces by company signatures, patent records, and magazine advertisements. In addition, this revised edition shows you how to analyze a pattern by finding the miter outline and matching it and the motifs to an illustration or picture in a catalog or book. It gives practical advice for buying and collecting unidentified pieces and answers questions on acid polish, repairs, investments, insurance, upgrading, and selling a collection. Over 900 exquisite photographs were taken expressly for this book. No collector, dealer, or appraiser will want to be without it!

Product Details

• Paperback: 274 pages
• Publisher: Schiffer Pub Ltd; 5 Revised edition (April 5, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764322095
• ISBN-13: 978-0764322099
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,214,230 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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32 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars This book needs an index., October 28, 1999

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This review is from: Identifying American Brilliant Cut Glass (Schiffer Book for Collectors) (Paperback)

I believe this book would be easier to use and more accessible to a reader if it had an index. It does have some good points, but it is not the definitive work on American cut glass.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Invaluable reference information, September 6, 2005

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This review is from: Identifying American Brilliant Cut Glass (Schiffer Book for Collectors) (Paperback)

Bill and Louise Boggess provide the revised 5th edition of Identifying American Brilliant Cut Glass, updating prices and adding even more photos to this glass history and reference. Take it to auctions and antique shops, or along to garage sales, but also read it for leisure: tips include how to analyze a pattern and match it to a catalog or book picture. Invaluable reference information.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Identifying American Brilliant Cut Glass- Revised 5th Edition, March 21, 2006

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Maurice A. Reece "mar107glass" (Chapel Hill, NC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Identifying American Brilliant Cut Glass (Schiffer Book for Collectors) (Paperback)

This is a must-have book for ABP cut glass collectors. This revision corrects many errors, mis-identifications from the earlier versions. It has exactly the same photos as the previous versions but the print IDs and captions seem to incorporate most of the corrections listed earlier by ACGA and glass researchers in other publications.