Topic: glass links

[krsilber]

I'm not sure this is the proper place to post these, but here goes.  These are non-commercial, informative sites I thought might interest people.  I'm sure many of you have seen many of them, but maybe there are a couple new ones you like.  'Tis but a smattering of those I have saved, but I tried to choose general ones that some folks might not have already.

Pages about glassmaking, chemistry, history, etc.

general glassmaking and history
http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Glass

glassmaking page focusing on bottles, but has lots of general info, too
http://www.sha.org/bottle/glassmaking.htm

Corning Museum of Glass glassmaking videos
http://www.cmog.org/index.asp?pageId=1565

some interesting glass patents; rest of site worth exploring, too
http://www.1st-glass.1st-things.com/glass-patents.html


Glossaries and Glass Marks

Extensive (but not alphabetized) glass glossary (just found this today; it’s posted in another thread):
http://www.museumoflondonarchaeology.org.uk/NR/rdonlyres/FCBB7609-4C5A-48A1-9082-F42EBA062F4B/0/post92molglass_glos.pdf

Lots of glass marks, maybe half of which are American.
http://cgi3.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPage&userid=butchiedog_gone_it

Another glass glossary
http://users.ticnet.com/mikefirth/i-glos.htm#M

“Mini Encyclopedia” of glass:
http://www.stylendesign.co.uk/guidepages/encycont.html


Museum Collections – first three have large online databases of images you can browse and search. 

Corning Museum of Glass
http://www.cmog.org/collection/main.php?module=objects

Powerhouse Museum
http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/search_tags.php

Boston Museum of Fine Arts
http://www.mfa.org/collections/index.asp


Books Online

Libbey glass book online (most of it).  Lots of old images of glassmaking, cutting, and machines (including a great one of a light bulb blowing machine)
http://www.libbeyhistory.com/LIBBEYGLASS-Since1818.html

Reminiscences of Glassmaking, by Deming Jarves
http://glassian.org/Making/Reminiscences/pagei.html
and other books on the same site
http://glassian.org/Making/index.html


Miscellaneous:

photo tips
http://glassandpotterysellers.org/photo_tips.html

fulgurites – glass created by nature
http://plaza.ufl.edu/rakov/Gas.html

glass conservation, crizzling
http://nautarch.tamu.edu/class/anth605/File5.htm

[pamela]

I try again to correct butchiedogs' list:

STS Zagreb with wineglass in front of a 5 star is NOT German, but formerly Jugoslavia.

Sachsenglas SG in a crown is RADEBERG

a heart shaped SG  or AWS is August Walther in Ottendorf/Okrilla Saxonia

none of these are Schwepnitz!

positively identified your Edelweiss as Max Malky
and Streit Rittermarke

[pamela]

http://www.pressglas-pavillon.de/karaffen/03058.html
Teekanne tm

[Anne]

Pamela, thank you for updating those.

[krsilber]

BTW Anne, your links page is great!  That's been one of my bookmarked sites for a while, but I didn't connect it with you until just now.

I'll drop Mike a line about the corrections.

[Anne]

Thanks Kristi,   it's a work in progress and I have around another 1000 glass bookmarked sites to add when I have some spare time.