A book on the analysis of flat pane glass for mirrors, windows,  
cabinets and other uses would be very useful addition to Guides to  
American Artifacts Series published by Left Coast Press.

The point of the series is to draw together out of print material,  
update older sources, summarize chronological and typological  
information, and provide an overview of the research potential with a  
particular type of thing, including perhaps a detailed case study.

Carolyn White and I are editors for the series and we are always  
interested to talk with people about possible volumes.

Cheers,
Tim Scarlett

On Feb 19, 2010, at 2:05 PM, David Moyer wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> Here's a bibliography I put together some years ago on Megan  
> Springate's website on just such a topic:
>
>
> http://www.digitalpresence.com/histarch/glass.html
>
>
> The contact info is no good (I should talk to Megan about revising  
> it). If anyone has a better hosting forum for these kinds of  
> bibliographies let me know.
>
> If anyone has any other references that don't appear, contact me at  
> this email address and I'll add it to the bibliography.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dave Moyer
>
>
> --- On Fri, 2/19/10, Benjamin Carter <[log in to unmask]>  
> wrote:
>
>> From: Benjamin Carter <[log in to unmask]>
>> Subject: Plate Glass references
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Date: Friday, February 19, 2010, 8:08 AM
>> All,
>>
>> I am having a bit of trouble finding references for the
>> dating of plate glass.
>>
>> There are, of course, far too many resources for bottle and
>> table glass, but I haven't had much luck finding out any
>> details about plate glass.
>>
>> I have mostly plate glass with a bluish cast, which I
>> assume is soda glass. But, I also have, from the same
>> contexts, some extremely clear plate glass. Why are these
>> different? I assume that 'decolorizing' agents were use for
>> the clear glass. Is there a time when this began. The site
>> is fairly well dated- 1790s-1811. Would a change in glass
>> types have happened at this time? Or, is it likely that the
>> clear glass is intrusive. Many of my contexts are fairly
>> close to the surface.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Ben Carter
>>
>
>
>