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Wallace Nutting (1861-1941) Wallace Nutting was born in Rockbottom, Massachusetts, in 1861. He was ordained a Congregational Minister in 1887 and while he appeared to excel in this profession, he continually declined calls from one church or another all over the country. He finally settled in 1894 in Providence, Rhode Island, as minister of the Union Church. He resigned from Union Church after a nervous breakdown in 1904 and began to take photographs in [...] Click here to continue reading. Waffle and Thumbprint Glass Pattern This variation on the traditional Waffle pattern was produced from the 1850′s through the 1870′s by various glassworks, including the Boston & Sandwich Glass Co., the New England Glass Co. and Curling, Robertson & Co. It alternates panels with thumbprints with waffled panels. It is known mostly in clear flint glass pieces, but some were also produced using the less desirable and cheaper lime formula process. Vesica Vesica is a term used to describe a particular design motif in cut glass, particularly early Bakewell, Page cut glass from Pittsburgh, comprising an oval, typically but not alwsys horizontally oriented with pointed ends. The vesica’s interior is usually filled by strawberry cross hatching. Vesica comes from a Latin root meaning bladder or sack. Roseville Pottery Roseville Pottery Company thrived for 65 years (1890 to 1954) moving from Victorian to Arts and Crafts, from Art Deco to 50s Modern. Its unique “Roseville look” can be spotted across a room. In its day, Roseville produced over 100 innovative lines of art pottery some with as many as 65 shapes in three different colors. But the Zanesville, Ohio, manufactory was hardly innovative or unique in 1900 when it first branched [...] Click here to continue reading. The Ralph Raby Collection Ralph Raby is a direct descendant of the Chicago retail shoe magnates George and Joseph Bullock. The Bullocks were typical upper-class Victorians, with a sophisticated eye for fine furniture, art and decorations who traveled extensively throughout Europe. The majority of the Raby collection was assembled by the brothers and their wives in the 1870′s and 1880′s. Their travels and philosophy were described by Mr. Raby for a 1984 Chicago Tribune [...] Click here to continue reading. Benjamin Perley Poore Benjamin Perley Poore (1820 to 1887) was a significant early collector of American antiques. A writer by trade, Poore was born near Newbury, Massachusetts to parents Benjamin and Mary Perley Poore. The family estate called Indian Hill became the showcase for his eclectic assemblage of antiques. As a youth Poore was influenced by trips to Europe and was especially fascinated by the old Scottish castles and manor houses. He later sought [...] Click here to continue reading. Jacob Petit (French, 1796 to 1868) Jacob Petit was the greatest exponent of innovation in nineteenth century Paris porcelain. A self-taught painter, he launched a modest porcelain manufacturing business in 1830. By 1839 Petit employed about 200 craftsmen and enjoyed great success. His prodigious production included vases, urns, clocks, figures, inkwells and perfume bottles. Of particular interest are the figural veilleuses, or bedside tea warmers, known as personnages. These brightly painted beauties can be [...] Click here to continue reading. Pairpoint Manufacturing Co. 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 to [...] Click here to continue reading. The M. Austin & Jill R. Fine Collection Marcus Austin Fine’s passion for collecting American Folk Art played an integral role in our family life. There are so many memories. Vacations and drop-offs at summer camps and colleges always included stops off the beaten path to visit antiques dealers, auctions or shows. At an early age, my sister and I boycotted these visits, remaining in the stifling car reading teen magazines. Many years later, [...] Click here to continue reading. John Long Born in Manheim, Lancaster County, the son of John George and Gertrude (Nageli) Long, John Long (1787 to 1856) was trained as a locksmith, a specialized occupation within the blacksmith trade, and may have been apprenticed to Mathias Long (1752 to 1824), a blacksmith who operated a shop in Manheim. He married Peggy Lindemuth, the daughter of Peter Lindemuth of the town of Mount Joy, about 1811. They lived on the property [...] Click here to continue reading. |
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