A Collector's Guide to Black Glass

Plot

The author includes definitive research about the origin and manufacture of black glass, along with a list of companies known to have made it. In addition to several catalog reprints from Fenton, Westmoreland, and Viking, the book contains original photographs of 650 pieces of glass from such companies as Anchor Hocking, Cambridge, Co-Operative Flint, Diamond, Duncan & Miller, Fenton, Fostoria, Hazel Atlas, Imperial, Indiana, L.E. Smith, Lancaster, Lotus, Louie, McKee, Morgantown, Paden City, Tiffin, New Martinsville, U.S. Glass, and Westmoreland. Items include animals, lamps, smokers' wares, and desk and dresser accessories. Carefully researched.