Ships in Bottles

Author: Guy DeMarco
Publisher: Schiffer Craft
ISBN: 9780764309991
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Five projects explained clearly, step-by-step through drawings and black-and-white and color photographs. Woven into the instructions is historical background that gives the ships and bottles greater interest and authenticity. The modeler is led slowly through the steps to create this legendary art form.

Sailing in Glass

Author: Joop van Schouten
Publisher: Brassey's
ISBN: 9780333322161
Category : Ship models
Languages : en
Pages : 102

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Shipwreck in a Bottle

Author: Dan Berg
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781482733303
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 124

Book Description
For many, a ship-in-a-bottle is perhaps the most recognizable classic piece of nautical decor available. This fascinating book puts a new twist on this ancient maritime art. For years shipwrecks have intrigued and fascinated everyone from treasure hunters and divers to fisherman and maritime historians. Now you can learn how to create your own unique Shipwreck-in-a-bottle maritime masterpiece. This 124 page text is heavily illustrated with hundreds of color images. Find out how easy it really is. This book details all the tricks of the trade and secrets involved in building these unique miniature vessels. Anyone interested in shipwrecks, or who loves the sea, can now have the enjoyment of crafting and displaying their own shipwreck-in-a-bottle.

Ships In Bottles

Author: Artem Popov
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 118

Book Description
This book reveal the secrets of creating ships in bottles. You will find an answer to that torturing question "How?" The book tells you about various methods of fitting ship into bottle, gives you recommendations about making small details of a ship model and reveals the secrets of puzzled bottle stoppers. A great number of pictures and illustrations will help you to get a deeper understanding of the process. This book will be interesting for both beginners and experienced masters and everybody will find something interesting in it.

The Collector's Book of Snuff Bottles

Author: Bob C. Stevens
Publisher: Weatherhill, Incorporated
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 340

Book Description
Out of print for more than 10 years, this exceptional book has become a rare item sought after by collectors for many years. This important limited edition reprint is inevitable and fulfills the growing need of new collectors for reliable and useful reference on the subject. This book is produced in Japan with high quality to ensure the superb feel of the original edition. Each copy is hand-numbered. It covers snuff bottles made of all the various precious materials and discusses the fundamentals of collecting and details of the symbolism, motifs, reign marks, and seals. Moreover, it includes extensive bibliography useful for further research.

Bottles from the Deep

Author: Ellen C. Gerth
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781933034072
Category : Bottles
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Antique Glass Bottles

Author: Willy van den Bossche
Publisher: ACC Distribution
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 450

Book Description
A major and comprehensive book on the history and evolution of antique glass bottles between 1500 and 1850. Lavishly illustrated with new specially commissioned colour photography, it also includes the most comprehensive worldwide bibliography on glass bo

Secrets of Ships in Bottles

Author: Peter Thorne
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1447486595
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 90

Book Description
This vintage book contains a fascinating and detailed guide to constructing ships in bottles, with information on technique, materials and tools, rigging, and much more. Complete with simple, clear instructions and handy, detailed illustrations, this book is ideal for those with an interest in making bottle ships, and it would make for a wonderful addition to collections of model-making literature. The chapters of this book include: “The Bottle”, “Uses of a Drawing”, “Preparing the Hull”, “Deck Fittings”, “Making the Masts”, “Deckhouses and Lifeboats”, “The Rigging”, “Laying out the Sails”, “Finishing the Model”, and “A Ship in a Globe”. Although old, the information contained within these pages is timeless, and will be of considerable utility to the modern reader with an interest in model ship building. This book is being republished now in an affordable, modern edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on model building.

Bottles and Bottle Collecting

Author: A.A.C. Hedges
Publisher: Shire Publications
ISBN: 9780852632093
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 32

Book Description
As more and more people feel the urge to possess objects of age or beauty, so the prices of antiques soar beyond the pockets of many people. Bottles, however, have remained comparatively inexpensive. In Victorian times, our forebears packed everything from tea to hair restorer in glass bottles, and they discarded them with their household refuse. In dumps all over Britain, these bottles are waiting to be dug up, each non-machine-made bottle a collector's item. This book describes the development of bottles of all sorts and illustrates over two hundred examples.

Miniature Perfume Bottles

Author: Glinda Bowman
Publisher: Schiffer Pub Limited
ISBN: 9780887406287
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 160

Book Description
Miniature perfume bottles, from the demure and delicate antique bottles of the last century, dramatic and striking Art Deco bottles of the 1920s, graceful bottles of the World War II era, to today's variety, all illustrated with beautiful, full color photos. The top makers are well-represented, including Lalique, Guerlain, Coty and Lentheric, with a special section of the popular bottles produced by Avon. A price guide makes this a valuable book for collectors.