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Comet Pattern Glass Glass in the Comet pattern was produced in America from the 1830′s through the 1870′s by the Boston & Sandwich Glass Co., Bryce Brothers, McKee Brothers and perhaps other glassmakers. It is identical to the Horn of Plenty pattern, which was made only by Boston & Sandwich. It is mostly found in clear flint, but some rare color pieces are known, including pieces in cobalt blue, canary yellow, amber, and white. Gunderson Glass Works Gunderson Glass Works was established in 1939 when Robert Gunderson and two partners purchased the silverware and glass business of the Pairpoint Glass Co. The works continued to produce glass until Gunderson’s death in 1952. Among the satin glass produced by the works was the Burmese pattern originated and patented by the Mt. Washington Glass Co. in 1885 with production continuing by Pairpoint after its purchase of Mt. Washington, and then [...] Click here to continue reading. Jadeite, Jade-ite, Jadite “Jadite” generally refers to the pale green color that can be opaque “milk” glass or painted on the inside. It is also a trade name for an opaque green that Jeannette Glass Co. (Jeannette, PA) made. The name “Jade-ite” was used by anchor Hocking. Other pieces in opaque green were made by Fenton Glass Co., called simply “Jade”, and McKee Glass Co., called Jade Green. (300 Years of Kitchen Collectibles, Linda [...] Click here to continue reading. Vaseline Glass Vaseline glass obtains its distinctive color by adding a small amount of uranium to the glass formula. It usually can be detected with a black light. Crazy for Tea We’ve all seen the movies depicting English life in the 19th and early 20th centuries where a charming hostess calls on Flora, the parlor maid, to lay the tea for company. Flora soon reappears with a gleaming tea service and a plate of crumbly biscuits and sandwiches, and then retreats leaving the guests sipping and chatting. This English, and later the American, infatuation with tea may be easier to understand with [...] Click here to continue reading. Dorothy Thorpe Glass Dorothy Thorpe was independent artist and interior designer with a glass decorating studio in Los Angeles from the 1930′s into the 1960′s. She purchased glass from various companies, including Fostoria, Heisey and Cambridge glass, decorated with hand-painted enamels, sand-blasting, etching or gold and/or silver overlay. She also designed glassware and ceramics. Most Dorothy Thorpe pieces are signed with a trademark of a large printed T in the center with a smaller [...] Click here to continue reading. Dominick Labino-Glassmaker (1910 – 1987) “In 1963, after working for thirty-five years in the glass industry, Dominick Labino began blowing glass for the first time. He brought to his work in art glass the skills and experience he had gained in glass research and technology. His free-form designs, swirled colors, and carefully planned air sculptures constituted a unique and inventive approach to paperweight making. Born in Pennsylvania, Labino studied at the Carnegie Institute of [...] Click here to continue reading. Thomas A. Gray Tom Gray of Old Salem, North Carolina is an heir of the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company family fortune. A graduate of the Winterthur program in Early American Culture, Tom curated the corporate collection of the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. He partnered with his mother, Anne Pepper Gray, to found the Old Salem Toy Museum. Gray has a long association with the Old Salem Inc. historic restoration, including vice president [...] Click here to continue reading. Erickson Glass Works The Erickson Glass Works was founded in 1943 by two Swedish brothers, Carl and Steven Erickson, in Breman, Ohio. Their mold blown products are characterized by controlled bubbles, relatively heavy casings and, often, a heavy ball base. The works closed in 1961. Mt. Washington Glass Works The seaport city of New Bedford, Massachusetts, once famous as a whaling center and featured as the home port in Herman Melville’s novel Moby Dick, also hosted a thriving glass industry in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Foremost among its glass factories was the Mt. Washington Glass Works, originally founded in 1837 in South Boston (in the vicinity of a small hill known as “Mt. Washington.”) It relocated [...] Click here to continue reading. |
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