Chance Additions:
A Sequel to Chance Expressions (http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,18362.msg106233.html#msg106233), The History of Domestic Glassware from Chance Brothers
by David P. Encill
Edited by Christine Hudson (lustrousstone)
Publisher: Cortex Design
Published date: 23rd November 2014
ISBN-13: 97809549109627
Data: 124 pages, A4 size (210 x 297mm) softback, full-colour, about 650 photographs - over 5 per page!
Price: £20.00 - discounted to £16.00 at the National Glass Fair (http://www.nationalglassfair.co.uk/) - but if you can't make it and would still like to purchase, please mail me (envelope icon to the left of this message)
More information from: www.ChanceGlass.net (http://www.ChanceGlass.net)
Available direct from the publisher (www.cortex-design.co.uk (http://www.cortex-design.co.uk)), Broadfield House, Smethwick Heritage Centre, various online sources.
A sequel to Chance Expressions, this latest volume uncovers more details on the pressed-glass and Fiestaware ranges manufactured by Chance Brothers.
The entire range of Orlak oven-to-tablewareDetails of five new pressed glass patternsNew items in all the pressed glass rangesAll items listed as found in the production recordsPhotographs of many previously unseen Fiestaware designsAll known Green Leaves, Balloon, Cut Pearl patternsThe Kenneth Townsend 'Shakespeare' rangePhotographs of Koala, Stars, paperweightsLarge catalogue of advertising and promotional traysSummaries of Fiesta Glass Ltd and Joseph Joseph rangesCircular blank handkerchief vases; Experimental themesLarge catalogue of items from known Chance competitorsWhen Swirl & Lace are not Swirl & Lace!Other Chance collectablesABOUT
Despite its being a producer of domestic glassware, that Chance Brothers was a large industrial glass producer – the largest in the UK and one of the largest in the world during Victorian times – must not be overlooked. Its domestic glass output actually represented a fraction of its total manufacture: it was almost a sideline. Even so, the range of tableware products was vast, in particular, the Fiestaware slumped glass range, which was produced from 1951 to 1981.
Since publishing Chance Expressions, several new revelations have emerged about the glassware that prompted this second volume. The most significant reason for this is due to the Chance archives moving back to their ancestral home in Smethwick, West Midlands, which permitted unparalleled access to previously unseen documentation.
Given that Chance Brothers started producing domestic glassware in 1929 and continued in this vein for over 50 years, perhaps it is not so surprising. This is the second volume, which expands on the history of domestic glassware from Chance Brothers, 1929 to 1981. At last, the entire ranges of Orlak and Aqualux tableware are revealed, along with details of new pressed-glass and Fiestaware ranges.
FREE UK postage