Topic: Just some Glass terms ...

[antiquerose123]

I need to learn lots of these.....   Scroll along, and down...

http://www.collect.com/Categories/Collecting101/CeramicsAndGlass

[Anik R]

Rose, thank you for the link!  I suffer from a tremendous lack of (proper) vocabulary to describe my glass.  Your link is very helpful...  (But knowing me, I'll use half the terms wrongly anyway  )

Ah...  so much to learn.

[subversivegrrl]

Does anyone know of a glossary of terms (online or in print) to describe the various ornaments used in etches or cuts?  i.e., different types of flowers, swag, tassel, garland, plume, etc.?   I'm especially stumped by trying to describe the purely ornamental elements - is that an "urn" or a "vase", or does it vary depending on who's describing it, or does it even matter?

[KevinH]

An Illustrated Dictionary of Glass by Harold Newman could be useful to all who collect glass. Plenty of copies available through the various online booksellers.

And don't forget to also buy a copy or two of Ivo's superb reference book, glass fact file a-z

[Paul S.]

Newman's book really is very useful, and arguably one of the best 'dictionaries' on glass  -  Ivo's book is a definite must have of course     However, something I did not truly
appreciate until recently was the usefulness - in terms of descriptions like what we are now talking about i.e. shapes, finials, ornamentation glossary of terms etc. etc., is the Silber and Fleming volume.     This is the reprint of the C19 catalogue of household items, covering glass, metalware, china etc.  -  and the captioned names/titles are a big help when trying to be accurate with descriptions etc.    Copies can be had on line for something like £12 - £15  ish.    A useful book to have in any event.

[jsmeasell]

I would not get too excited over this listing of terms on collect.com for many of them are not used in the glass industry or are wildly inaccurate (look at "opalescence" for instance!).

[subversivegrrl]

Wow, until now I'd never ever heard of the Silber & Fleming books/catalogs (I'm in the US) but they look incredibly useful.  Must check the local university library to see if they have any of those in their holdings. 

[Lustrousstone]

The only thing with the book is that no manufacturers are ID'd (except S&F itself for lamp parts) though there is English crystal and Continental glassware.