This all new user-friendly guide designed for both expert and beginning collectors is uniquely organized by shape. It features all the various design elements and pattern names with detailed line drawings and information. Includes a color identification section.

Any presentation of the Fostoria Glass Company would not be complete without the candlesticks, candy jars and boxes, the multitude of coasters, oil bottles, jugs, marmalades, and vases that were often used with patterns, either as part of the line or as accent pieces. Ease of use by the reader is facilitated through a Master Index which documents all four books in the series. With more than 160 colour photos, this volume is both useful and beautiful.

Scope: Formal Dinnerware, Casual Dinnerware, and the Giftware lines.

Great news for collectors! The definitive reference for Fostoria stemware has been updated and expanded. This second edition boasts more than 200 new color photographs to illustrate how a design actually looks on the piece. The same etchings, cuttings, and decorations that were featured in the first edition of Fostoria Stemware remain, but new information, photos, and updated values have been added to make this book a sure bet for Fostoria enthusiasts around the country. The expanded section on the American pattern now shows easily confused stems side by side for comparison. New photographs of tumblers, jugs, and bar ware in the appendices bring clarity to research. Nothing has been deleted from the first edition, but much has been added, including 2008 values.

A thorough sampling of Fostoria glass and dinnerware is showcased. Cuttings, etchings, needle etchings, and pressed patterns of dinnerware are presented, as well as catalog pages of stemware, tumblers, candlesticks, oil lamps, and hundreds more pieces. 8.5 x 11. Current values.

The Tiffin Glass Company, of Tiffin, Ohio, produced popular hand-made glassware, especially stemware from the 1940s-1960s. Over 650 beautiful color photos, including advertisements and patent drawings, showcase Tiffin's many stemware shapes, cuttings, etchings, and decorations, with a sampling of tableware. Here is a useful history of the company, detailed captions, price guide, and index.