I LOOKED FORWARD TO THIS BOOK BUT AM DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE THERE ISN'T MUCH TO IT. FIRST OFF, I WAS EXPECTING DEPRESSION GLASS; IN ACTUALITY THE MAJORITY OF FEATURED ARTICLES ARE ELEGANT GLASS MADE DURING THE DEPRESSION TIME. MUCH OF THE BOOK IS FULL PAGE PICTURES OF JUST ONE ARTICLE. ON PAGE 100 IS SHOWN AN IMPERIAL GLASS CANDLEWICK PLATE IN A RARE SLAG COLOR. ACTUALLY, THAT IS CLOUD GLASS NOT SLAG, AND THE FIRST I'VE SEEN OF IT BY IMPERIAL. NOTATION IS THAT IT WAS FROM IMPERIAL'S EXPERIMENTAL ROOM. (THE LARGE ROOM OF EXPERIMENTAL GLASS AT THE IMPERIAL FACTORY WAS BULLDOZED ALONG WITH IT'S CONTENTS DURING THE SELL OFF SALE.) WILL THIS BOOK BE OF BENEFIT TO ME-- PROBABLY NOT. BUT BEING FROM THE IMPERIAL FAMILY, I WAS GLAD TO SEE THAT ONE PIECE OF CANDLEWICK. MARLENE
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