Download or read book Masterpieces of Glass written by Robert Jesse Charleston and published by ABRAMS. This book was released on 1990 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book is an attempt to present the history of glass through the collections of The Corning Museum of Glass. Opened in 1951, the museum has acquired through gift and purchase nearly twenty thousand glasses from all periods, and displays one of the most comprehensive collections of glass in the world"--Introduction, p. 9.