Paul M. Hollister (1) (1918–2004)

"Includes 140 weights in full color and 250 in black and white." Begins with 18th Dynasty Egypt.

Contents
Acknowledgements..........v
Introduction.....................1

!. PAPERWEIGHT GENESIS.............................................5
1. Egyption Mosaic and Roman Millefiori..................7
2. The Part Played by Venice...................................12
3. Bohemian-Silesian Millefiori and Paperweights....24
4. The Victorian Context..........................................35

II. THE INDIVIDUAL MAKERS.........................................45
About the French Makers..........................................46
5. Baccaret..............................................................47
6. St. Louis..............................................................85
7. Clichy................................................................123
8. Other French Factories.......................................145

About the English makers..........................................151
9. Bacchus and Islington........................................152
10. Whitefriars........................................................164
11. Other English Factories.....................................174

12. Belgian Factories................................................185

About American Makers.............................................192
13. The New England Glass Company......................194
14. Sandwich...........................................................211
15. Gillinder.............................................................223
16. Other American Factories...................................233

17. Sulphides...........................................................254
18. Modern Paperweights.........................................268

III EXAMINATION OF PAPERWEIGHTS..............................283
19. Testing for Refractive Index................................285

Bibliiography.................................................................290
Glossary........................................................................299
Some Museums Having Glass Paperweights...................305
Index.............................................................................307

From the jacket backflap of The Encyclopedia of Glass Paperweights (19690: "Paul Hollister Jr., a native New Yorker, and graduate of Harvard, is a leading authroity on paperweights. Formerly and editor for Doubleday, he taught critical writing at New York University and free-lanced for many years. Also a painter, he has had seven one-man shows, one in London and six in New York.

"Mr. Hollister became interested in paperweights at an early age, and began researching them by reading everything available. Related to the founders of Old Sturbridge Village, he cataloged the collection there and then went on to catalog and appraise the mmahor museum colletions in this country [USA]. He is the author of araticles on paperweights for Antiques magazine and the Paperweight Collectors Association Bulletin, as well as a frequent lecturer on the subject.

"He and his wife live in New York City."… (altro)