Anchor Hocking's Fire-King & more : identification & value guide, including Early American Prescut and Wexford (ANCHOR HOCKING'S FIRE-KING AND MORE) - Hardcover

Florence, Gene; Florence, Cathy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1574324918 ISBN 13: 9781574324914

Publisher: Collector Books, 2006

Synopsis

From the 1940s through 2000, Anchor Hocking Glass Corporation of Lancaster, Ohio, produced an extensive line of heat resistant oven glassware called Fire-King. The company's lines included not only dinnerware but also a plethora of glass kitchen items - measuring cups, mixing bowls, mugs, and more. Loaded with hundreds of full-color photographs, vintage catalog pages, company morgue items, facts, new information, and values, this new edition will be a hit once again with collectors. It has everything readers expect from glassware authorities Gene and Cathy Florence.

About this title

About the Author:

A collector since childhood, Gene Florence's hobby of buying and selling glassware turned into a full-time career. First writing a book on Depression Glass, Florence has gone on to author many popular glassware titles including books on Depression Glass; Occupied Japan Collectibles; Kitchen Glassware; Very Rare Glassware; 40s, 50s, & 60s Glassware;Elegant Glassware; Stemware; Glassware Pattern Identification; Anchor Hocking's Fire-King; Glass Candlesticks; and Salt & Pepper Shakers.

Cathy Florence, graduated with honors and a coveted voice award from high school, attended Georgetown College where she obtained a French major and an English minor, then married her middle-school sweetheart Gene Florence. In the mid-80s she authored a book on collecting quilts, harking back to skills taught her by her grandmothers; and she has since co-authored many books on glass with husband Gene.

Review:

This is a great resource for any new collector of Anchor Hocking. I find myself fasinated with this book and it's contents. -L. Burton

About this edition

• Publisher: Collector Books
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1574324918
• ISBN 13: 9781574324914
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 224