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Offline raythered

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glass identification books
« on: June 12, 2005, 12:05:13 PM »
Can anyone recommend a good book(s) for identifying glass makers trade marks?

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Re: glass identification books
« Reply #1 on: June 12, 2005, 12:19:21 PM »
A really handy litle book is Glass Fact File a - z by Ivo Haanstra, published by Millers and only £7.99.  ISBN 1 - 8490099-429-0. I got mine direct from Millers distribution as I couldn't find it in my local shops  The book is packed with other associated information - a good buy!

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Re: glass identification books
« Reply #2 on: June 12, 2005, 06:32:55 PM »
The only book worth bothering with for glass trade marks is Hartmann, only covers 1600 to 1945, costs an arm and a leg, weighs in at over 3Kg. But it is probably 99.9% complete with over 11,000 marks. Text in German
ISBN 3-925369-37-6.

Ivo's book is not really covering trade marks but glass makers.

There is US one too, less comprehensive and with misattributions (authors names is Geffen something)

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Re: glass identification books
« Reply #3 on: June 13, 2005, 10:52:06 AM »
Frank said:
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It's: "Glass Signatures Trademarks and Trade Names from the seventeenth to the twentieth century" by Anne Geffken Pullen, 1986. ISBN 0-87069-462-6
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Re: glass identification books
« Reply #4 on: June 13, 2005, 08:04:42 PM »
Dat's the one Kevin. As it is known to mix-up IOW as Strathearn do not rely too much on the rest. It is cheaper though!

Of course you will need Ivo's book as a companion to Hartmann or on its own anyway :)

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Re: glass identification books
« Reply #5 on: July 21, 2009, 06:02:03 PM »
Frank just looked up Glasmarkenlexicon: Signaturen, Fabrik-und Handelsmarken, 1600-1945 and its £180 ish, is it easy to understand even if you dont speak German, as for me thats a lot of money for one book, but if its well recomended and usefull even to those of us that know not a single word of German. Do you think it would ever be translated in to English???
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« Reply #6 on: July 21, 2009, 07:35:02 PM »
http://dict.leo.org/
works pretty well in both directions.
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« Reply #7 on: July 21, 2009, 08:16:00 PM »
thanks for that Dirk...i cant even work out how to get the site into english so i can use it :24: i use babelfish for translation although might be a bit difficult doing a whole book ;D. I spose i could just translate the bits i need as and when they come up
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« Reply #8 on: July 21, 2009, 08:31:22 PM »
i would gladly offer translation service...  ;D

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Re: glass identification books
« Reply #9 on: July 21, 2009, 09:58:07 PM »
Google translate handles many languages well, including German and Czech (well enough for me to send and receive understandable emails anyhow!) http://translate.google.com
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