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Glass painting with gilding directions, as an instant download.
The Amateur Pottery & Glass Painter (1881) by E. Campbell Hancock is the hobbyist’s angle — pottery and glass painting with gilding directions for the amateur hand. Charming Victorian instruction with real technique inside.
Inside this 1881 manual:
Glass was the sign painter’s finest canvas, and this 1881 volume teaches its crafts: glass embossing. Glass artists and sign painters doing reverse-glass work will find 234 pages of period method from E. Campbell Hancock. Glass workers kept volumes like this at the bench, matching old designs to new commissions.
Complete your shelf: See also Sign Writing and Glass Embossing (1890), Gold Glass Letters (1910), Designs for Embossed Glass (1904).
Details:
- Complete 1881 edition scan — 232 pages
- Amateur glass painting with gilding directions
- Victorian hobbyist instruction
- Pattern plates for embossed, chipped, and enameled glass
- Gold-leaf glass lettering methods from the trade’s height
- Ornament for sashes, transoms, and mirrors
- Two files included: the original scan, cleaned of dust, stray marks, and handwritten notes, and a cleaned white-background edition that's easy on the eyes and the printer
- PDF format, instant download after purchase — no physical book ships
