Pirelli Glass

by Bob Martin, Angela M Bowey

Overview

This is the 'go to' reference book if you are interested in Pirelli Glass. It offers collectors a comprehensive history of Pirelli glass and its makers, from its inception in the mid 40s to 1980 when the company closed. The book is filled with colour photographs, original black and white catalogue photographs, stories and a miriad of information on Pirelli and Vasart glass.(review by Jackie S. from Canada).Pirelli Glass offers a definitive guide to identify and learn more about Pirelli Glass.Chapter 1 - the people who worked at Pirelli Glass and the history of the company and its products. Chapter 2 - how Pirelli came to work so closely with the famous Scottish paperweight makers Vasart, including the range of Pirelli/Vasart products.Chapter 3 - all the Pirelli glass models from the 1959 company catalogue.Chapter 4 - the glass animal cartoon figures made under license from Disney; and commissions for the Guinness Company, Ferguson and others. Chapter 5 - later glass models from the 60s/70s, known from a later catalogue, from Pirelli advertisements, by their Pirelli labels, or confirmed by the glass artists who made them (Bob Martin and Mick Munns).Chapter 6 - Pirelli Glass decorated tableware and barware. Appendix A- the original 1959 Pirelli Glass catalogue pages. Appendix B - Pirelli Glass original prices.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781484086308
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	02/22/2016
Series:	London Lampworkers , #2
Pages:	130
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.34(d)

About the Author

I spent my career in management education, as a researcher and lecturer at Manchester Business School and then for ten years as Professor at the University of Strathclyde in Scotland. I retired relatively early and became a management consultant, jet-setting around - giving advice on remuneration in many countries. That was how I found a wonderful place in New Zealand called the Bay of Islands and made it my home. And whilst doing all that travelling I had time to spare in many different cities, so I used to visit antique shops buying collectable glass and researching my new-found passion for glass. In New Zealand I set up a glass museum which turned out to be rather a good way to lose a lot of money. I was saved by the arrival of the internet. My museum was converted into a series of websites about glass and I became a writer on glass as well as a passionate collector. Amongst my previous publications are some ten books on management and four books on glass, and my websites include The Glass Museum, The Glass Encyclopedia, and The Glass Messages Board. I also edit the website for the US Paperweight Collectors Association Inc.