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Glass Mall => Glass Market Place => Topic started by: Glen on January 10, 2012, 11:24:38 AM

Title: Sowerby e-books on eBay
Post by: Glen on January 10, 2012, 11:24:38 AM

Sowerby’s Ellison Glass Works CD roms (e-books) on eBay now.


Sowerby Volume One: Victoria to George V
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300647340909

Contains a wealth of Sowerby catalogue, text and photographic information covering the years from 1882 to 1912.
Also contains an analysis of Sowerby’s output (colours, design inspirations, history, trademarks, marketing strategy and more).


Sowerby Volume Two: George V to Elizabeth II
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300647344550

Contains 120 Sowerby catalogue pages covering the early 1920s through to the late 1950s
Also contains a comprehensive series of article and features from the Pottery Gazette, 1928-1948. Plus other articles and information / illustration on Sowerby during this era.


Sowerby Volume Three: A Celebration of Sowerby
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300647345786

Contains Sowerby Pattern Book No. XI – 1885 (107 pages featuring 1700 items)
Also contains the Sowerby Pictorial Compendium—250 photos and exaplanatory text featuring over a century of Sowerby’s glass.


£14.99 each. Free postage within UK -  £1.50 for international postage

Title: Re: Sowerby e-books on eBay
Post by: Glen on January 10, 2012, 01:47:41 PM

Here's a little snapshot of one of the catalogue pages in the 1885 Pattern Book (in Volume Three). Please note this is a reduced, small resolution image—the actual ones on the CDrom are full size and detailed.

The Sowerby CDs are for Microsoft operating systems.