In Sparkling Company: Reflections on Glass in the 18th‐Century British World. Edited by Christopher L.Maxwell. Corning, NY: Corning Museum of Glass. 2020. 304 p. 191 illus. $65 (hb). ISBN 978‐0‐87290‐223‐7.
Abstract:Even a dedicated scholar of eighteenth-century material culture must admit that the history of glass in this period is somewhat underservedunlike the related arts of porcelain and silverware, which have been thoroughly contextualised by scholars including Karen Harvey, Amanda Vickery and Philippa Glanville. While there are numerous collectors' volumes dedicated to table glass, documenting a bewildering variety of drinking vessels, there has been no book that attempts to locate glass within the broader cultural… Show more
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