We are an authorized, direct-from-the-publisher retailer of NEW books. Our titles are ON HAND and available for immediate shipping. Table of Contents OUR NOTES: Coudersport Glass: 1900-1904 Today’s collectors refer to vintage Coudersport Glass as it were made by a specific, historic company named Coudersport. To do so would be incorrect. Coudersport, Pa is in fact a small historic town located in rural Potter county Pennsylvania. However, in the early 1900s, this community was a boomtown, with connections to some of America’s most important names in glassware: - Joseph & H. Fitzroy Webb - sons of Thomas Webb of Stourbridge, England
- Joseph Webb was previously associated with Phoenix Glass & Libbey Glass
- Webb Patent Tile Co. of Coudersport
- Joseph Webb Decorative Glass Co. of Coudersport
- Harry Bastow
- Harry Bastow was previously associated with Harry Northwood of Northwood Glass, and Indiana Glass; Harry also helped form the Jefferson Glass company of Stuebenville
- Bastow Glass Co.
- Frank & John Fenton (yes, of Fenton Glass fame) were associated with Harry Barstow until they (the Fentons) moved to Wheeling, West Virginia to work as decorators for Northwood Glass before moving to Martin’s Ferry, Ohio to open go into business for themselves.
I believe collectors of vintage art glass will find this volume quite useful. The book provides a fairly extensive historical snapshot (as evidenced above) as well as numerous color photos of patterns produced from this community. The glass factory underwent various owners and so perhaps some of what a collectors attribute as early Fenton or Northwood may in fact be something produced by these early industry pioneers in Coudersport, Pa during their brief period of production. --- John Kincaid, Collector Bookstore PUBLISHER'S DESCRIPTION: Early American pressed glass collectors and history buffs alike will enjoy this book on the short-lived glass company in Coudersport, Pennsylvania. This well-written book chronicles the "cloud" over Coudersport Glass, from legal difficulties to a disastrous fire, which finished off the company after just four years. Milk, custard, vaseline, art, and opalescent glass collectors will find this book, complete with a 48-page color section, fascinating. Value guide included.
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