Named after its founder, Englishman William Blenko, Blenko Glass Company,Inc. began in the late nineteenth century producing stained glass in America. It remains one of the few glass factories in the United States still making modern hand blown production glass. Recently, collectors have been scooping up Blenko designs from the company's middle years of production, the 1950s and 1960s. Three outstanding designers were responsible for the entire design repertoire of that era--Winslow Anderson, Wayne Husted, and Joel Myers. Over 600 color photographs of Blenko glass (courtesy of Blenko Visitor'sCenter Museum, the Huntington Museum of Art, and private collections), detailed captions, information of the designers, the 1960 catalog (not previously published),bibliography, and index make this book a valuable reference.

About the Author,Leslie Piha, Ph.D. is the author and coauthor of more than sixty books on decorative arts and design, including Fifties Glass; Popular '50s & '60s Glass: Color Along the River; circa Fifties Glass, Italian Glass: Century 20; and Scandinavian Glass1930-2000: Smoke & Ice.

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chronology

Part One--The Designers

Chapter 1. Winslow Anderson

Chapter 2. Wayne Husted

Chapter 3. Joel Myers

Part Two--The Glass

Chapter 4. Stoppers

Chapter 5. Vases

Chapter 6. Handles

Chapter 7. Drinkware

Chapter 8. Tableware

Chapter 9. Lighting

Chapter 10. Figural & Others

Part Three--Past, Present, & Future

Chapter I 1. Past: 1960 Catalog

Chapter 12. Present: Matt Carter

Chapter 13. Future

Bibliography

Designer Index