Crystal Stemware Identification Guide

by Dale Frederiksen and Bob Page

Book Overview

Here is the one source glass collectors and dealers have been waiting for--an all-in-one resource which identifies over 4,000 patterns of crystal stemware of the twentieth century. Replacements Ltd.,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1574320319
• ISBN13: 9781574320312
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Collector Books
• Length: 371 Pages
• Weight: 2.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.3" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

Great Book

Lots and lots of phots and makers. Very good even has unknown photos.Worth the money for a glass person

Good Source for Identifying Stemware

This is an excellent book for identifying good stemware that you find at garage sales, swap meets, auctions, estate sales or something left to you by a relative. The book has several hundred pictures - either actual photographs or sketches of stemware that are sorted by manufacturer. Just browse the book until you find a match and you know the manufacturer and pattern name of the item. It also has a handly index - if you happen to know the pattern name - so you can find the corresponding picture or sketch and the manufacturer. Once you know the manufacturer it's easy to get more information off the internet. The book also references a place where you may be able to get additional pieces or sell the pieces you have. My only wish is that the book gave some historical information on the various manufactures and their patterns.

This book will pay for itself!

This book is the greatest. If you haunt flea markets and garage sales like I do you need this book. It will more than pay for itself the first month you have it by allowing you to identify the mystery stemware you pick up. I take it along with me every time I go to the flea market or a garage sale. Once you know the name of your stemware you can always sell it to Replacements or on eBay and pick up a little extra cash for more junk :)

the only one you need!

This excellent reference would have saved me 6 months of fruitless searching to find the name of a discontinued pattern, if I had found it sooner. I would give this 6 stars if I could! Its completeness and layout are truly superior to anything else like it.

Most informative stemware book I've seen!

If you're looking to identify stemware - this is the book for you! Precise illustrations and photos will help you identify just about any pattern in crystal - etched, cut, etc.. I was able to identify two stems I'd been trying to identify for YEARS as a Glastonbury/Lotus pattern.