reference book updates

as published in

The Opaque News

The Official Publication of the

NATIONAL

MILK GLASS COLLECTORS

SOCIETY

by Barton Gardner

This article recaps the many reference book updates published in the Opaque News, the official publication of the National Milk Glass Collectors Society, over the past several years. Many of the updates were a result of articles written on specific pieces of glass and were never labeled as reference book updates. It is published and distributed for those members who do not have all the back issues and who might wish to update their standard reference publications.

In some instances the updates have not yet been published because of space limitations in the Opaque News. Others were not published because of the insignificance of the update or its limited appeal to the membership of the NMGCS. They are included here for those who are interested in them and wish to update their reference books.

These updates deal mainly with the prime reference material for milk glass collectors. For those new collectors who do not have copies of these books, they are still available through many antique book dealers. One of the prime sources for finding these books is the classified book section in the AntiqueWeek or on-line at sites such as www.bibliofind.com. The reference books alluded to are:

B = E. M. Belknap’s Milk Glass (1949)

F = Regis and Mary Ferson’s Yesterday’s Milk Glass Today (1981)

G = Everett Grist’s Covered Animal Dishes (1988)

H = Shirley Smith’s Glass Hen on Nest Covered Dishes (2007)

M = S.T. Millard’s book, Opaque Glass (1975)

N = Betty & Bill Newbound’s The Collector’s Encyclopedia of Milk Glass (1995)

W = Edwin G. Warman’s Milk Glass Addenda (1952 & 1959)

C/S = Frank Chiarenza and Jim Slater’s The Milk Glass Book (1998)

Each section of this pamphlet is designed to stand alone. Whenever a reference book updates covers a specific item that appears in more than one book, that update has been added to each applicable section.

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