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Fragile and Fanciful: The Story of Nova Scotia Glass
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Fragile and Fanciful: The Story of Nova Scotia Glass Paperback - 2011

by Deborah Trask


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In the last two decades of the 19th century and the first two decades of the 20th century, glass manufacturing was a unique enterprise in Canada. Beginning with the founding of the Nova Scotia Glass Company in 1881, the glass factories of Nova Scotia made clear tableware at a time when it was not made anywhere else in Canada.

By the 1800s, people had been making glass for more than 4,000 years. Before that, however, the mass production of glass was not technically possible. Pressing machines to produce glass shapes were invented in the 1830s in New England. As mechanization improved, decorated glassware could be produced relatively quickly and affordably. By the late 1880s, moulded and pressed glass was produced in Pennsylvania and Ohio, in New England, and, perhaps not surprisingly, in Nova Scotia.

In this beautifully illustrated book, featuring photographs of the highly collectable patterned tableware produced during this 40-year period, Deborah Trask tells the story of Nova Scotia glass during this golden age of pressed-glass production.

Employing her skills as a curator and a detective of sorts, she tells the story of the major glass factories -- the Nova Scotia Glass Company, the Humphrey Glass Company, and the Lamont Glass Company -- and provides crucial information on patterns and moulds, allowing readers and collectors to identify what remains of this glittering enterprise.

From the rear cover

Glass has existed for more than 4,000 years, although it was not mass produced until the 1830s, when pressing machines that produced glass shapes were introduced. As mechanization improved, decorated glassware began to be produced relatively quickly and affordably. By the 1889s, glass was most commonly used for bottles, lamp chimneys, and lantern globes. At the same time, moulded and pressed glass was being manufactured in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and New England, and, surprisingly, in Nova Scotia.

In this beautifully illustrated book, featuring photographs of the highly collectable patterned tableware produced between 1881 and 1892, Deborah Trask examines the history of the glass industry in Nova Scotia during the golden age of pressed-glass production. Employing her skills as an historian and detective of sorts, she tells the story of the glass factories -- the Nova Scotia Glass Company, the Humphrey Glass Company, and the Lamont Glass Company, as well as the modern NovaScotian Crystal -- offering a bevy of information on their distinctive glass patterns and products.

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  • Title Fragile and Fanciful: The Story of Nova Scotia Glass
  • Author Deborah Trask
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 120
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Goose Lane Editions, Fredericton, N. B.
  • Date 2011
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780864926555 / 0864926553
  • Weight 1.05 lbs (0.48 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.9 x 8.82 x 0.39 in (22.61 x 22.40 x 0.99 cm)
  • Themes
    • Aspects (Academic): Art Aspects
    • Cultural Region: Canadian
  • Library of Congress subjects Pressed glass - Nova Scotia - History, Pressed glass - Nova Scotia
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2010467404
  • Dewey Decimal Code 748.209
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