Glass and Glassware - 225 ilustrations in clour and black and white

Glass is a unique substance whose origins is lost in the mists of antiquity. This beautiful book describes the art and history of glass and glassmaking through the ages from 17th century BC to the refinements and developments of the 19th and 20th centuries. There are chapters on bottles and falsks, wine and drinking glasses, decanters and carafes, candlesticks, candelabra and chandeliers, paperweights and millefrori glass, as well as glass as an element of interior decoration. The photographs, many of them specially taken for this book, complete a fascinating insight into the uses past and present of glass.