By Jane Shadel Spillman and Suzanne K. Frantz

This generously illustrated book has been reprinted exclusively for The Corning Museum of Glass. It traces the history of American glassmaking, the nation's first manufacturing industry, from its 17th-century beginnings in Jamestown, Virginia, to the present day. "Masterpieces of American Glass" tells the story of how this industry shifted from the functional to the artistic. Featured are more than 100 color illustrations of objects from The Corning Museum of Glass and The Toledo Museum of Art as well as from Lillian Nassau Ltd., a leading dealer in Art Nouveau glass.

100 Pages; Hardcover

Published in 1990 by Crown Publishers, Inc.