ANTIQUE APPRAISAL: ANTIQUE GLASS APPRAISAL

The appraisers of antique glass items at EmailAppraisals.com are trained and experienced in the knowledge of the history of the companies that produced finely crafted and delicately designed items.

One of the finest glassworks, Waterford, was in operation between the years of 1783 and 1851. It was set up by the Quaker merchants, George and William Penrose, who, like other entrepreneurs at the time, benefited from grants awarded by the Irish parliament to Irish glassmakers. With over 40 years of antique glass appraisal experience, we have appraised numerous Waterford glass items. From antique glass to contemporary, the EmailAppraisals.com glass appraisers know how to distinguish those designs that have been discontinued and are in shorter supply from those that remain in production and may be less valued.

As in other antique items where the artist should not be ignored, the history of glassmaking must include knowledge of the history and background of the glassmakers. An antique glass appraisal expert must have the knowledge to appraise both English and Irish antique glass, the two government financed industries during the late eighteenth century. Our research archives at EmailAppraisals.com provide our antique glass appraisal experts with the necessary information to allow them to know when it is of importance to apply the historical element to the development and determination of an appraisal value opinion.

An antique glass appraisal expert must also maintain a full and comprehensive knowledge of both the technique and the artisan. Every appraisal of antique glass that we perform includes a short history of the glass industry in order to give our customers a sense of the importance of the design or the maker. We believe as antique glass appraisers that glass items have influenced the design, and production of other antique items within the decorative art field. There is no better evidence of this then in the delicate lines of design in many of the antique porcelain figurines that we appraise at EmailAppraisals.com.