Correction Sheets for Selected Publications

Related file: See Persian and Russian-Persian Patterns in the russian4.htm file in Part 1.

• Abernathy 1 - [Catalog] Abernathy, Taylor, 2003: [HAWKES PHOTOGRAPHIC FOLIO]. Published by the American Cut Glass Association in co-operation with the Rakow Library of the Corning Museum of Glass. 2003, lii + 247 pp.Lists errors (and omissions) in the Forward by Taylor Abernathy and has comments on the publication in general.

• Boggess - [Books] The Boggess Project

  Correct identifications are provided for hundreds of cut-glass patterns misidentified by Bill and Louise Boggess in five books published between 1977 and 2001.

• Companies - Errors Made by the Companies Themselves

  Errors found in company catalogs and advertising.

• Corning 1a - Errors in Labeling at the Corning Museum of Glass, 2005

  Exhibited cut glass originally incorrectly labeled but now corrected.

• Corning 1b - "A Walkabout in the Galleries", 2006

  Our annual roundup of errors in labeling at the Corning Museum of Glass (American cut and engraved glassware only).

• Crofford 1 - [Book] THE RICH CUT GLASS OF CHARLES GUERNSEY TUTHILL by Maurice Crofford (2001)

  A combined correction sheet and book review.

• Daniel 1 - [Book] CUT AND ENGRAVED GLASS, 1771-1905.

  An article by JMH that summarizes some of the incorrect information Samuel Hawkes gave Daniel when she was ariting her book.

• Emmerson 1 - [Article] Emmerson, Leigh, 2000/2001: The Legacy of William C. Anderson, Part 1, The Hobstar, Vol. 23, No. 2, pp. 4-8 (Oct 2000); [Part Two], The Hobstar, Vol. 23, No. 6, pp. 8-10 (Mar 2001); [Part Three], The Hobstar, Vol. 24, No. 2, pp. 4-7 (Oct 2001).

  Single mitering is incorrectly described as double mitering.

• Emmerson 2 - [Article] Emmerson, Leigh, 2001

  Incorrect dating of Higgins & Seiter Catalog #13.

• Hawkessam - Samuel Hawkes's Legacy of Errors.

• Higgins - [Catalogs] Higgins & Seiter Catalogs

  Suggested dates for catalogs #1 (1890-01) to #20 (1910-11) are provided.

• Howe 1 - [Article] Howe, Ken, 2002: The Phoenix Glass Company, Part One, The Hobstar, Vol. 24, No. 5, pp. 12-16 (Feb); Part Two, The Hobstar, Vol. 24, No. 6, pp. 6-12 (Mar)

  Design patents intended for pressed glass are erroneously presented as patents for cut-glass patterns.

• Howe 2 - [Report] "Patents of cut glass patterns [by] Ken Howe", The Hobstar, Vol. 25, No. 1, pp. 13-14 (Sep 2002)

  More errors by the former president of the American Cut Glass Association.

• Howe 3 - [Report] "It Is No Longer Russian, It Is Now McDonald (sic)!!"

  A self-published report by Ken Howe and Leigh Emmerson (2003). The authors discover the "MacDonald" pattern years after other researchers.

• Howe 4 - [Article] Howe, Ken, 2001: What's in a Name?, The Hobstar, Vol. 23, No. 7, pp. 10-11 (Apr)

  The author fails to recognize that the Block (or Block Diamond) pattern and the patented Mirror Block pattern re two distinct patterns.

• Padgett 1 - [Catalog Reprint] MT. WASHINGTON GLASS CO., NEW BEDFORD, MASS., Leonard E. Padgett (1976).

  Previously dated 1879-1880 by the CMG, evidence is presented that indicates that this catalog was published between 1882 and 1887, in line with Padgett's original estimate of "the 1880's". The year 1885 is suggested as the most likely year of publication.

• Pearson 3 - [Book] ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN CUT AND ENGRAVED GLASS by J. Michael Pearson (3 vols., 1975-1977)

  How to order previously published correction lists for these volumes.

• Revi 1 - [Book] AMERICAN CUT AND ENGRAVED GLASS by A. C. Revi (1965)

  References to two sets of corrections published by the ACGA in 1999 and 2000. Also included are several brilliant period cut-glass design patents that were overlooked by Revi.

• Spillman 1 - [Book] THE AMERICAN CUT GLASS INDUSTRY, T. G. HAWKES AND HIS COMPETITORS by Jane Shadel Spillman (1996)

Updated 10 Aug 2006