From imitation to innovation: The art and industry of Bristol Glass manufacture in the Long eighteenth century.

Posted on January 1, 2002September 13, 2019 by matthewhallows

By Sue Gordon

Issue 08, Winter 2002. pp 2-6

The period between the sixteenth and the nineteenth centuries in the city and county of Bristol, in particular the long eighteenth century (roughly 1660 to 1830), witnessed a great transformation in the character and history of luxury glass.

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