The Amateur Pottery & Glass Painter (1881) — Digital Download

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.

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
• 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