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- Title
SLOW AND DISCONNECTED? THE HISTORIOGRAPHY OF 17TH-18TH CENTURY GLASS IN ESTONIA AND THE PROSPECTS OF INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH BASED ON A CASE STUDY OF PÄRNU COUNTY.
- Authors
Reppo, Monika
- Abstract
This article provides an overview of the research into 17th-18th century glass in Estonia that has been lacking to date. Works on industrial archaeology, artefact studies and genealogy are discussed, thereby offering a useful reference point for comparative studies on regional dynamics, influences on glass consumption and production, and the origins of foreign products, merchants and glassmakers. The use of art as an iconographic source is described in an attempt to present material that could help to realise art history's full potential in studying glass in Estonia during this period. The potential of interdisciplinary research that combines all of the sources noted above is highlighted through a case study on the research prospects of Pärnu glassworks based on previously unstudied and unpublished data. Based on information from archival records, genealogy, cartography and typology, it is determined that a factory did exist in Pärnu in the first half of the 17th century that could potentially be even older than the factory at Hüti. This could significantly change our understanding of the beginning of glass production in Estonia.
- Subjects
ESTONIA; CASE studies; INTERDISCIPLINARY research; ART history; GENETIC genealogy; HISTORIOGRAPHY; GLASS; SEVENTEENTH century
- Publication
Baltic Journal of Art History, 2019, Vol 18, p211
- ISSN
1736-8812
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.12697/BJAH.2019.18.06