Thanks Sarah / Ken I found the Corning site. They had a pretty good history pdf file, but nothing specific about glue chip. I downloaded the Rawson & Evans patent last night, but it must have been filed before any requirement to list "prior art". There are no references to previous glu...

Thanks Kent, I appreciate any data I can get my hands on. I had read that the original Jamestown glass works was established in 1610 but lasted only a year. A second effort lasted only a little longer. The first ongoing glass making enterprise was (I think) by Casper Wistar in Salem County, New Jers...

Thanks for the information Ken. I'll try to follow up on some of the Flash chipping references. By the way, my references indicate that cylinder glass came into being around 1825 when it replaced the crown glass process. Do you have any references to making cylinder glass in England at an earlier ti...

Mike! Thanks for the reply. I'll follow up on the links you provided. Odd as it seems, yes, I'm on a quest. I've gotten sort of sucked into searching out the origins of things related to what I'm working on. I just traced down a process for "re-consolidating" flaking paint on old reverse p...

Are there any more ideas of when glue chip glass processing may have started?

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Tom T

I've ran a lot of searches for "glue chip history", "glue chip origins", "stained glass history", "glass history", "glass origins" and most recently "pane glass history" and "pane glass origins". Pretty much hit the same sites. Lo...

HI Mike/David, I agree that it was likely around prior to the 1891 patent. I also suspect that the original piece was created via David's method (happy accident). I found one reference to glue chip in the cathedral at Seton Hall University which was built in 1858 but it was a passing comment only. I...

Thanks Mike. I had found the handlettering page with the various glue chip tutorials but missed the Rawson & Evans page. I tried the US Patent office to search the patent and see if there were any references to earlier patents but I just kept getting hung up (hourglass) when I submitted the quer...

I'm trying to track down the origins of glue chip glass as commonly used on glass signs and windows. I know it became quite popular in the early 1900's but think it was originally developed prior to this time. Does anyone have any information regarding its origins or who developed it first? Thanks T...