Akro Agate - Federal Collectible Glass Sugars & Creamers Book 1

Collectible Glass Sugars and Creamers, 2nd Edition, Book 1, Akro Agate - Federal. 250 pages of sugars and creamers from Akro Agate, Anchor Hocking, Bartlett-Collins, Beaumont, Bischoff, Blenko, Cambridge, Canton, Central, Consolidated, Co-Operative Flint, Degenhart, Dell, Diamond, Dorothy Thorpe, Dunbar, Duncan & Miller, and Federal are included in this first volume in a series. The book begins with "The Story of Sugar and Cream," narrating the introduction of dairy products and sugar into our diets, with a special emphasis on the influence of coffee, and the huge historic and economic events related to its use. Sugars and creamers became a part of most dinnerware sets and also were frequently made for stand-alone use, in a myriad of colors and decorative techniques. Although very few new sugar and creamer sets are being made today, largely due to the introduction of artificial sweeteners and non-diary products, there are hundreds of these older unusual and unique sets to discover. Sugar and creamer collecting occupies a special niche shared by few other glass tableware items. This volume concludes with an index of the over 500 sugar and creamer sets meticulously researched and documented in this volume. Written by Shelly Yergensen. Published by The Glass Flakes Press, ISBN 979-8-9922765-2-7.If you are a member of WVMAG, you will be refunded $4.00 from the price of this book after payment.About the West Virginia Museum of American Glass, Ltd. (WVMAG)The West Virginia Museum of American Glass, Ltd. is a non-profit museum with a mission to share the diverse and rich heritage of glass as a product and historical object as well as telling of the lives of glass workers, their families and communities, and of the tools and machines they used in glass houses.WVMAG, Ltd. is located in Weston, West Virginia. The Museum includes representative samples of all glass products...from bottles to lightening rod balls, from telegraph insulators to glass used in automobiles, from pressed to blown tableware. We preserve the history of the places and people who made these products. Our Museum examines the rich history of some of America's most famous glass factories, while at the same time carefully understanding the impact that the hundreds of smaller and often time forgotten glass houses made on the history of the glass industry. The WVMAG displays many of the diverse and beautiful objects produced by factories during the past century. The museum attempts to compare and contrast similar pieces produced by once competing companies. No other public collection offers such contrasts on a large scale. Powered by eBay Turbo ListerThe free listing tool. List your items fast and easy and manage your active items.