Antique Fostoria Glass 1887-1942 History Patterns Forms / Catalog Reprints Book

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FOSTORIA: ITS FIRST FIFTY YEARS
by Hazel Marie Weatherman, privately published, 1972.
”This is no ordinary glass book.
FOSTORIA: ITS FIRST FIFTY YEARS
brings to print for the first time the complete history of Fostoria Glass Company’s patterned tableware 1887 to 1942, catalog-reprint style.  Its effect on the American collecting world is bound to be monumental: over 450 old patterns – readily recognizable by collectors and dealers, but as yet unidentified as Fostoria – are chronicled in this handsome volume…”
“In these 300+ pages, some 700 actual pages from the original Fostoria catalogs have been reproduced.  Every kind of ware made by Fostoria is included here: blown, pressed, etched, needle etched, cut, carved, and decorated.  This remarkable compilation is at once a work of reference and a work of art.”
This text covers by chapter:  The Early Years: 1887-1909; The Years of Expansion: 1910-1919; The Coming of Color: 1920-1929; Illustrations in Color; The Golden Years: 1930-1942; and Index.  This rare book “provides us with the dates of each pattern’s introduction and discontinuation, plus the colors it came in and when; and an excellent history of the company itself, and much more.  At the same time, it is beautifully designed and printed.  The eight pages of color photography surely established new standards for collectors’ books to come.”  This book is a collector’s item in itself and would make a fine addition to the permanent reference library of the collector, dealer, or historian of Fostoria glass.
10.8” x 8.75” color-imprinted hardback in very good condition.  320 pages.
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