Glass of the Alchemists: Lead Crystal/Gold Ruby, 1650-1750

By Dedo von Kerssenbrock-Krosigk and others.

ISBN: 978-0-87290-169-8
357 pp., 236 color / 16 black and white illus., 2008.

This catalog of the Corning Museum's 2008 special exhibition introduces the concept of alchemy in the 17th century and traces developments in European glassmaking and advances made by alchemists/glass technologists. The catalog of 117 objects includes 35 gold ruby glasses.