Friday, May 06, 2011

Scott Hansen of Briarcliff Manor, New York responds to the question of how do you identify Ivory v. Yellow Jade initially with tongue in cheek humor by commenting.

Alan –

Would it be obnoxious to suggest to Leigh that the easiest way to distinguish Ivory from Yellow Jade is that Yellow Jade costs a helluva lot more than Ivory?

OK. I’ve had my fun. Send Leigh (and everyone else) to the club web site. A Color search for “Ivory” yields 42 examples that represent the color quite well. A similar Color search for “Yellow Jade” yields 22 examples that provide the necessary contrast to be able to distinguish the two colors.

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Marshall Ketchum of Genoa, New York also comments on the color confusion with:

Gardner Plate XXV-B is somewhat deceiving in that the Ivory is very thick on this vase where the shade vase was much thinner. The vase in Gardner looks too yellow. To me, Ivory is an off white glass that is on the yellowish side while Yellow Jade is definitely yellow. Compare the Yellow Jade in Gardner to the Ivory in Dimitroff Fig. 5.54 for a better comparison.

On the use of spelling preferences for either “mold” or “mould” for molded glass, sleuth Ed Bush of Corning comments.

In a recent Gazette the spelling of the word mold/mould was discussed, and the latter form was said to be the correct spelling. I claim no personal expertise in the field of spelling, but wish to point out that (1) Gardner spells the word as “mold” on page 89, and (2) David Whitehouse spells the word as “mold” on page 53 of his glass dictionary.

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2011 Carder Steuben Club annual Symposium will be held at The Corning Museum of Glass in Corning, NY from September 15-17, 2011.

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