Gerry Eggert of Rochester, NY comments:
I was in the Office of a CEO in Rochester, NY, yesterday. She had decorated with “Art Glass”, and a “color” consultant recommended brightly colored glass objects, both big and small, vases, and sticks and plates.
It was all new from China. It was hard to tell it was not “new” Italian, but none was European. It was all bright colors. Now I know Rochester has long and drab winters, but this went beyond our lousy weather. Bright colors, modern (contemporary) and inexpensive is in! The same with pottery!
Regards to all,
Gerry Eggert

Next, Orlando’s David Donaldson sends the following inquiry:
There is an experiential form of Intarsia from about 1916-1917 made in a fashion more similar to Cintra I would like to discuss with anyone who thinks they may have seen something of the sort. I had a possible piece that was signed F Carder at one time.
Mark Amato of Mequon, WI asks for help on a piece of glass.


I have been following the discussion on transparent crystal colors. Very interesting. I am sending some pictures of a #6441 trilobe vase in French blue. The foot and vase have an odd fibrous looking sparkle. The connecting ball is very clear French blue but the rest seems to have something more inside the glass. The piece does have crackling and cloudiness in the lower vase section but I’m not completely convinced the sparkle effect wasn’t intentional. It is kind of an interesting effect. Is French blue susceptible to this kind of aging? What do you think?
Mark Amato