Development of English Glassmaking, 1560-1640
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- Author(s) Godfrey, Eleanor S
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1975
- Pages 288pp; illus
- Publisher Clarendon Press
- Place Published Oxford
Topics:
- Name Power & fuel history
- Name Competition, collusion, monopoly & cartels inc competition policy & regulation
- Name Production of goods & services - methods & organisation
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
Scholarly account of the early glassmaking industry. Based on doctoral thesis 'Development of English Glassmaking, 1560-1640', University of Chicago, 1957. Refers to numerous glassmakers / glasshouses / individuals associated with the industry, notably Sir Robert Mansell, Sir William Clavell, William Robson, Isaac Bungar, Abraham Bigo, Zouch & Co, etc Has chapters: 'The background - medieval glassmaking'; 'Revival of glassmaking in England, 1567-1590'; 'Projectors, legal battles and the transition to coal'; 'Mansell's administration - the troubled years, 1615-20'; 'Monopoly triumphant'; Technical problems in production'; 'Ownership, marketing and capitalization'; 'Costs of production'; 'Prices, production and the market - window and vessel glass'; 'Specialized glassware - bottles, hour glasses, mirrors, scientific wares'