Reference Material Corrections -
American Cut and Engraved Glass by A. C. Revi (1965)
American Brilliant Glass Education and Research - HBG
The following issues of the newsletter of the American Cut Glass Association contain correct names for most of the patented and non-patented patterns that are illustrated in Revi’s book:
Additional corrections, not included in the above issues of The Hobstar, are as follows (patented patterns only, except as indicated)::
- p. 29 left: Marcella (Libbey) not “Pentagon”; source: ACGA Libbey composite catalog (1996).
- p. 53 lower right: Mirror Block (Mt. Washington), neither Block Diamond nor “Cushion”. The former is the official name of a pattern very similar to Mirror Block; the latter is the name assigned by Revi. Source: pat. no. 18,959 and Crockery and Glass Journal, issue of 2 May 1889.
- p. 54 lower right: Hortensia (Mt. Washington), not “Daisy”; source: CMG f-2981 (c1893).
- p. 55 right: Magnolia (Mt. Washington), not “Fan and Diamond”; source: CMG f-2976 (c1894).
- p. 56 left: Admiral (Pairpoint), not “Ox-bow”; source: CMG f-2976 (c1894).
- p. 57 left: Cambridge (Pairpoint), not “Bull’s-eye”; source: ACGA Pairpoint composite catalog [1990].
- p. 58 left: Holland (Pairpoint), not “Tulip”; source: ACGA Pairpoint composite catalog [1990].
- p. 178: Russian-Persian, not Persian; see the russian3.htm file (Persian) in Part 1. Persian is a non-patented pattern.
- p. 194 upper left: Engraving No. 8 (Sinclaire), not “Wreath and Flower”; source: Sinclaire and Spillman (1997, p. 222)
The ACGA correction sheets, together with the above additions, also apply to a reprinting of Revi’s 1965 book that was re-published in 2000 by Schiffer Publishing Ltd. with the title ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN CUT AND ENGRAVED GLASS. In this “new” book Revi often ignores official factory pattern names that have been discovered since 1965, preferring instead to use unofficial names that he himself “coined” thirty-five years ago. Although he does provide official names in some instances, they are always accompanied by “coined” names, and the reader is not told which is which! A “coined,” or assigned, name is never appropriate once a pattern’s official (factory) name is known.
The many textural errors and misconceptions that are present in the 1965 edition — their number is not surprising given the fact that the text was written more than thirty-five years ago — have, like the “coined” names, been retained in the “new” book. They are too numerous to be considered here. Additionally, design patents overlooked by Revi in 1965 have not been included in the current edition. They are, therefore, provided here:
Cut-glass design patents granted during the period 1875-1920 that are NOT included in Revi’s book. All patents were assigned by their patentees to the patentees’ companies except those marked with an asterisk (*). These were retained by the patentees.
Patent No. / Catalog or “Coined” Name / Patentee / Company / Application Filed / Patent Granted
28,179 / Boston / Andrew Snow, Jr. / Pairpoint / 3 Nov 1897 / 18 Jan 1898 (*)
38,346 / “Frond” / William S. Jones / Economy Tumbler Co. / 8 Nov 1906 / 11 Dec 1906
40,497 / (unnamed) / Charles O. Northwood / Dorflinger / 9 Dec 1909 / 8 Feb 1910
40,498 / Chippendale / Charles O. Northwood / Dorflinger / 9 Dec 1909 / 8 Feb 1910
40,499 / Rock Crystal Cosmos / Charles O. Northwood / Dorflinger / 9 Dec 1909 / 8 Feb 1910
40,760 / Tiger Lily / Harrison A. Silsbee / Pairpoint / 7 Mar 1910 / 12 Jul 1910
40,876 / (unnamed) / Charles O. Northwood / Dorflinger / 14 Jul 1910 / 13 Sep 1910
41,555 / Royal / Harry S. Hunt / Hunt / 15 Apr 1911 / 11 Jul 1911 (*) (This patent is mentioned but not illustrated in the first printing; by the fifth printing (1973) one drawing from the patent application is shown, but the second drawing remains missing. It can be seen in the russian3.htm file in Part 1.)
42,367 / “Floral” / Thomas Mortenson / 12 Jan 1912 / 26 Mar 1912 (*)
43,568 / “Engraving No. 1” / Samuel Heinzelman / Corona Cut Glass Company / 5 Dec 1912 / 18 Feb 1913
43,569 / “Engraving No. 2” / Samuel Heinzelman / Corona Cut Glass Company / 5 Dec 1912 / 18 Feb 1913
43,570 / “Engraving No. 3” / Samuel Heinzelman / Corona Cut Glass Company / 5 Dec 1912 / 18 Feb 1913
47,411 / Adam / Henry P. Sinclaire / Sinclaire / 23 Feb 1915 / 1 Jun 1915 (*)
50,550 / Georgian / Floyd F. Cary / Pairpoint / 7 Jan 1916 / 3 Apr 1917
50,551 / Adams / Floyd F. Cary / Pairpoint / 30 Oct 1916 / 3 Apr 1917
53,319 / “Floral” / Frank Schneider/ 17 Feb 1919 / 13 May 1919
Content courtesy of Warren and Teddie Biden and Jim Havens