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Antique Glass Bottles : Their History and Evolution (1500-1850) - A Comprehensive Illustrated Guide With a Worldwide Bibliography of Glass Bottles (Hardcover)

~ Willy Van den Bossche (Author)
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"Laid out in a phantastic manner. This is a book that needs to be required". -- Australian Bottle & Collectables Review, Jan.-March 2001.

"Only once in a generation does a really fine bottle book get published. This review is about one of the best of them." -- The Magazine of the Federation of American Historical Bottle Collectors), June 2001

"This book is undoubtedly a major, wholly comprehensive, illustrated landmark guide and reference." -- Bottles and Extras (Magazine of the US FHBC), June 2001

"Willy's book is a Wow! The photographs are "out of this world",quality and breath unbelievable.A real must-have title".(British Bottle Review (BBR), April-June 2001) -- British Bottle Review (BBR), April-June 2001

Photographs superb,text well written,easy to understand.Book well bound.Attractive dust jacket,paper used inside of high quality,printing is excellent. -- David Westcott Publications, Australia, May 3, 2001


Product Description

This is the first major comprehensive book on the history and evolution of antique glass bottles, flasks and jars between 1500 and 1850. Lavishly illustrated with specially commissioned colour photography, it depicts 773 bottles and seals carefully chosen from private collections, with only three examples being from museums.

Whilst the collecting of antique drinking glasses is very popular throughout Europe, the collecting of utility bottles, flasks and jars has until recently very much neglected on the Continent in spite of the wide variety of shapes and colours. This book has been written for all collectors, archeologists, museums, libraries,historians, researchers, writers, institutions, bottlemakers, wine and beer enthusiasts, pharmacists and anyone interested in the collecting of antiques and the social history they reflect. It includes the most comprehensive world-wide bibliograpy on glass bottles ever produced, listing 1,150 titles,an extensive glossary and a separate 16-page price guide booklet.

The history and evolution of glass bottles is chronologically (1500-1850, the pre-industrial period) described in a general chapter.

Bottles illustrated in the book are systematically classified in separate chapters by country :Great Britain, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Scandinavia, Alpine Countries, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal and America.


Product Details

  • Hardcover: 439 pages
  • Publisher: Antique Collectors' Club; illustrated edition edition (June 2001)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1851493379
  • ISBN-13: 978-1851493371
  • Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 9.1 x 1.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 5.2 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,291,708 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars At Last, a True Guide for European-Bottle Collectors, October 27, 2001
By Paul Hanrahan (Ottawa, Canada) - See all my reviews
The publication of Willy's book marks a major milestone in the field of black-glass collecting. It is the first real effort at a comprehensive and authoritative guide on European bottles aimed at a broad English-reading audience worldwide. For years, collectors and others have waited for just such a book to appear. The numerous colour photos are outstanding. The text is clear, to the point, and easy to read. Any collector, no matter where he lives or what he collects, will, after reading the book, be able to pursue his passion in a much more informed way. I highly recommend the book, which should be on the book shelf of every serious bottle collector and student of historical glass containers.
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