Five thousand years of glass / edited by Hugh Tait.

Title: 
Five thousand years of glass / edited by Hugh Tait.

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Author/Artist: 
Tait, Hugh.
Publisher: 
London : British Museum Press, 1999.
Description: 
256 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm.
Other Authors: 
Hollister, Paul M., 1918-2004. Europe and America 1800-1940.
Gudenrath, William. Techniques of glassmaking and decoration.
Tatton-Brown, Veronica.
Pinder-Wilson, Ralph H.
Tait, Hugh. Glass, 5,000 years.
British Museum.
Edition: 
Rev. ed.
Format of Material: 
Books
Subjects: 
Glassware History.
Glass art History.
Glass blowing and working History.
Decorative glass processes. YKM
Bib ID: 
65713
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Location: 
Secured Stacks
Call Number: 
NK5106.T13b 1999
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Variant Title: 
5000 years of glass
5,000 years of glass
5 thousand years of glass
Notes: 
First published in 1991.
Reprinted with revisions, 1999.
Includes illustrated descriptions of glass working techniques.
ISBN: 
0714117560

Object/Material Note

Object/Material Note: 
Includes CMoG objects: 74.3.24 A, t.p. -- 74.3.24 B, t.p. -- 74.3.24 C, t.p. -- 74.3.24 D, t.p. -- 74.3.24 E, t.p. -- 74.3.24 F, t.p. -- 74.3.24 G, t.p. -- 74.3.24 H, t.p. -- 74.3.24 I, t.p. -- 80.3.38, p. 19 (#13-14) -- 78.1.1, p. 87 (#109) -- 74.3.129, p. 190 (#244) -- 66.3.20, p. 191 (#245) -- 65.3.68, p. 192 (#246) -- 54.2.16, p. 194-195 (#248) -- 84.4.165, p. 196-197 (#249) -- 51.4.536, p. 196-197 (#250) -- 89.4.30, p. 196-197 (#251, left) -- 89.4.32, p. 196-197 (#251, center) -- 89.4.34, p. 196-197 (#251, right) -- 62.4.4, p. 200 (#253) -- 79.3.466, p. 202 (#256, right) -- 79.3.330, p. 202 (#256, left) -- 74.3.27, p. 209-210 (#264) -- 65.3.48, p. 210 (#265) -- 59.1.88, p. 226 (fig. 88).