David Whitehouse

Corning Museum of Glass

This volumn covers 387 objects mostly from the first to seventh century A.D. Some with mold-blown ornament or inscriptions.

Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass

A sampling of glass work by 196 artists from 28 countries.

A Worldwide Survey

New Glass

formerly in the collection of Ray Winfield Smith, whose great interest in the early history of glass prompted him to acquire an extensive assortment of potentially informative fragments as well as display pieces. Many of these are published here for the first time. The Museum's holdings were also enriched by the acquisition of objects that were formerly in the collections of Maurice Nahman of Cairo, Egypt, and Jerome Strauss." "Each catalog entry consists of a detailed description, usually accompanied by a comment on the history and significance of the object and by a listing of similar pieces in other collections. Every object and fragment is illustrated with a color photograph and a line drawing that shows the profile. The book also provides concordances and an extensive bibliography." --Book Jacket.

Islamic Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass

The Corning Museum of Glass possesses the most celebrated collection of glass in the world, including the extensive world-renowned collection of Roman Glass.

Dedo von Kerssenbrock-Krosigk

Lead Crystal-gold Ruby, 1650-1750

Glass of the Alchemists

Museum Kunst Palast (Düsseldorf, Germany)

Helmut Ricke

Museum of Glass: International Center for Contemporary Art

Steinberg Foundation

The high artistic quality of Czech glass became known in the West only in the late 1970s. The artists drew attention to themselves mainly because they explored the sculptural potential of glass and claimed to create art works in their own right. As a result, Czech glass art established itself as the third European powerhouse together with Scandinavia and Murano. Since the 1980s, it has been the undisputed leader in European glass art.

Aufbruch Tschechisches Glas

Donald Benjamin Harden

Roman glass before the spread of glass-blowing -- Roman blown glass

Glass of the Caesars

This volumn covers 481 objects from the first century B.C. to the eighth century A.D.

Corning Museum of Glass

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