English Glassware Photograph Album

Collection — Box: OV 01

Identifier: MS-0245

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This album contains about 200 black and white professional photographic prints of 17th and 18th century English glass. Objects depicted include Jacobite engraved glasses and "Amen" glasses, airtwists and opaque twists, balusters, rummers, sweetmeats, candlesticks, and Beilby enamelled glasses. Some of the prints have annotations on the back identifying objects and owners of objects. Objects from prominent private collections (Schreiber, Albert Hartshorne, Rese-Price, Joshn S. Risley, and Sir Henty Paston-Bedingfield) and significant exhibitions appear in the photographic prints. Many of the photographs were taken by George Newnes Ltd. Images taken by A. C. Cooper and Cooper and Humphreys, among others, are also included in the album.

Dates

Circa 1900-1930

Language of Materials

Collection materials are in English.

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for public research. Researchers must make an appointment to view the collection.

Conditions Governing Use

The Copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions is that the reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use," that user may be liable for copyright infringement. The user agrees to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the Corning Museum of Glass and the Rakow Research Library against all claims, demands, costs and expenses incurred by copyright infringement or any other legal or regulatory cause of action arising from the use of Library materials.

Extent

1.8 Linear Feet (1 flat box)

Additional Description

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

To view annotations on the backs of the photographic prints, researchers may carefully remove them from the album (as long as they are not affixed with adhesive). Researchers are asked to return the prints to their original positions when finished.