From Broad-Glass to Cut Crystal. A history of the Stourbridge glass industry
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- Author(s) Guttery, David R
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1956
- Pages 161pp; illus
- Publisher Leonard Hill
- Place Published London
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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An early account largely covering the 17th and 18th centuries.. Chapters include: 'Paul Tyzack - the first Stourbridge glassmaker'; 'The first Henzeys'; 'More Henzeys'; 'Flint glass and the coming of crown'; 'Thomas Henzey and the Englishmen'; 'The seventeenth century scene'; 'The Excise period'; 'George Ensell and the Wordsley Glasshouse'; 'Old furnaces, new products - new men, new methods'; 'Victoriana'; 'Forward to the present'. Includes as appendices: 'Summary of significant dates', 1610-1878, and family tree descending from Joshua Henzey, 1600-60, and Joan Brettel, 1590-1672