Bryce Glass
Art and Novelty in Nineteenth-Century Pittsburgh
$136.57
- Hardcover
256 pages
- Release Date
3 April 2023
Summary
A vibrant study of the history and production of the Bryce glass company, one of the most successful designers and producers of pattern glass tableware, novelties and lamps in the nineteenth century. Scottish immigrant James Bryce (1812–1893) began his glassmaking career at the age of ten as a child labourer on the floor of a Pittsburgh glasshouse working for $1.25 a week. In 1850 he founded his own glassware company just as pressed glass was increasing in popularity. Pressed glass transforme…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781913875336 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1913875334 |
| Author: | Debra M. Coulson, Harley N. Trice, Gerald W.R. Ward |
| Publisher: | D Giles Ltd |
| Imprint: | D Giles Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 3 April 2023 |
| Weight: | 1.65kg |
| Dimensions: | 279mm x 229mm |
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About The Author
Debra M. Coulson
Debra Coulson is a life-long Pittsburgher, retired environmental attorney, and long-time collector of American antiques, with a particular interest in early Pittsburgh history.
Bryce glass is in Harley Trice’s blood–he is a great-great-grandson of company founder James Bryce. He is actively engaged in the antiques and art community, co-authoring publications, and organizing and cataloguing exhibitions highlighting the best of nineteenth-century western Pennsylvania art and antiques, especially glass.
Gerald W. R. Ward is the Katharine Lane Weems Senior Curator of American Decorative Arts and Sculpture Emeritus, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
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