Did the candy sell the container or did the container sell the candy? The incredible array of American glass candy containers - from airplanes to bird cages, carpet sweepers to elephants, comic characters to windmills - produced in the early twentieth century seems to indicate that the candy was secondary to the container's appeal as a toy. Collector's of this fascinating hobby will be pleased with an excellent new reference entitled "The Compleat American Glass Candy Containers Handbook". The book is a compilation of two ...
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Did the candy sell the container or did the container sell the candy? The incredible array of American glass candy containers - from airplanes to bird cages, carpet sweepers to elephants, comic characters to windmills - produced in the early twentieth century seems to indicate that the candy was secondary to the container's appeal as a toy. Collector's of this fascinating hobby will be pleased with an excellent new reference entitled "The Compleat American Glass Candy Containers Handbook". The book is a compilation of two previous books on candy containers with revisions & updated information on 100 more containers. Well researched, it offers a thorough history of glass candy containers, interesting chapters on their manufacture, the companies & their background. Reproduced are some of the many salesman's catalog sheets as well as photos of actual molds. The toy containers are alphabetically indexed by subject matter - it seemed that anything & everything was inspirational for new designs. Drawings of each container are given with detailed descriptions & information on date of manufacture. A separate price guide is included.
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Seller's Description:
Very good. 1986, 8.5 x 11 in size, Paperback. Very nice line drawings/illustrations of candy containers. Includes price guide insert. Price guide insert shows creases along edges from where it sticks out from book. Previous owner's name and pencil price at top of first page. Book is in Very Good Condition. Shows some cover wear from storage/shelving. Inside pages are in Very Good Condition with no tears and with no notations (no pencil marks, no underlining, no highlighting, etc. ) EXCEPT as noted.
