Teaser image source: From the catalog of Belcher Mosaic Glass Co, New York, 1886
Colored glass can be magical. A look at a catalog from 1886 for the American glass artist Henry Belcher’s glass company tells of this. Kites, fish and flowers in bright colors. More in our photo gallery.
Source: Title page, Belcher Mosaic Glass Co catalog, New York, 1886
Title page of the catalog of Belcher Mosaic Glass Co, New York, 1886
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Source: From the catalog of the Belcher Mosaic Glass Co, New York, 1886
From the catalog of the Belcher Mosaic Glass Co, New York, 1886
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Source: From the catalog of the Belcher Mosaic Glass Co, New York, 1886
From the catalog of the Belcher Mosaic Glass Co, New York, 1886
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Source: From the catalog of the Belcher Mosaic Glass Co, New York, 1886
From the catalog of the Belcher Mosaic Glass Co, New York, 1886
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Source: From the catalog of the Belcher Mosaic Glass Co, New York, 1886
From the catalog of the Belcher Mosaic Glass Co, New York, 1886
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Source: From the catalog of the Belcher Mosaic Glass Co, New York, 1886
From the catalog of the Belcher Mosaic Glass Co, New York, 1886
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Source: From the catalog of the Belcher Mosaic Glass Co, New York, 1886
From the catalog of the Belcher Mosaic Glass Co, New York, 1886
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“Today’s glassmaker is able to produce any color and shade required by the artist, many of which are as surprising as they are beautiful,” says the foreword to the Belcher Mosaic Glass Co catalog in New York from 1886. This is followed by some splendid ones Examples for doors, all kinds of windows or for a chimney screen. The product range should have offered it to every taste; She ranged from comparatively simple geometric patterns over floral tendrils to Japanese-inspired views.
At first glance, the glass mosaics seem to have been extremely laborious and time-consuming to manufacture. A special technique made it possible that they could still be created comparatively easily: Glass artist Henry Belcher and his company had developed a special process in which not every single piece of glass had to be put together by hand as usual, but the individual parts and particles were connected by means of casting.
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