Anchor Hocking's Fire-King & More: Identification & Value Guide including Early American Prescut and Wexford

Florence, Gene, 1944- ; Beth Summers ; Terri Stalions

ISBN 10: 1574320440 / ISBN 13: 9781574320442

Published by Collector Books, Paducah, Ky., 1998, 1998

About this Item

223 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm ; ISBN 9781574320442, 1574320440 ; OCLC 39053391 ; LOC No NK5198.A55 A4 1998 ; LCCN 98153001 ; color photographic boards ; no dustjacket ; "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, breakfast sets, candy dishes, range sets, vases, and more. There are over 13 ovenware patterns including Currier & Ives, Gay Fad Studios, Jade-ite, and Sapphire Blue. Fire-King Jade-ite has really become popular today. It has propelled Fire-King to the collecting forefront. 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 Cathy and Gene Florence." Source: Publisher ; "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." ; FINE.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Anchor Hocking's Fire-King & More: Identification & Value Guide including Early American Prescut and Wexford
• Publisher: Collector Books, Paducah, Ky., 1998
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1574320440
• ISBN 13: 9781574320442
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Book Type: Book

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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, breakfast sets, candy dishes, range sets, vases, and more. There are over 13 ovenware patterns including Currier & Ives, Gay Fad Studios, Jade-ite, and Sapphire Blue. Fire-King Jade-ite has really become popular today. It has propelled Fire-King to the collecting forefront. 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 Cathy and Gene Florence.

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.