{"title":"Martine Newby","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"glass-of-four-millennia-book-martine-newby-9781854441232","title":"Glass of Four Millennia","description":"This book charts the development of Glass over four millennia -- from 18th Dynasty Egypt, through to the present day -- illustrated by 56 examples from the collections held by the Ashmolean Museum. The earliest fragments are from a Meopotamian glass beaker, dating from the 15th\/14th century BC and found relatively recently in Iraq; the earliest complete piece is a small, green fish-shaped dish from Ancient Egypt dated 1400\/1300 BC. The invention of glass-blowing in the first century BC revolutionised the glass industry -- two early Roman vessels are illustrated -- the later discovery of the moulding process is illustrated by moulded bottles from Northern France. Most of the later examples are English, from early eighteenth-century wine bottles and engraved wine glasses, including examples by William Beilby and an 'Amen' glass c1740\/50, ending with the contemporary 'Finzi' bowl engraved by Lawrence and Simon Whistle c.1981 to commemorate the composer Gerald Finzi (1901-56).","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49532830581009,"sku":"GOR004199092","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/185444123X.jpg?v=1750930630"},{"product_id":"glass-of-four-millennia-book-martine-newby-9781854441249","title":"Glass of Four Millennia","description":"An historical survey of the development of glass from Ancient Egypt, Ancient Rome, Islam, Medieval Europe, the 18th and 19th centuries to the present day.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49567254806801,"sku":"GOR007489112","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1854441248.jpg?v=1750898855"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/collections\/author-books-by-martine-newby.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}