Symposium Resources

September 15-17 in Corning, NY

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The Annual Meeting

The last session on Friday morning of the Symposium will be devoted to the annual meeting of the members of the Club. At the meeting, members will hear various reports about the club and will elect officers and directors to vacancies on the Board. The nominees for this year’s open positions are Stacy Levinrad (VP), Steve Skalsky (Treasurer), Janet Ziffer (Secretary), Becky Marinelli (Director), Gerry Getman (Director) and Scott Coots (Webmaster). We will discuss the 2017 Symposium and members will also have an opportunity to ask questions and raise topics pertinent to the Club.

Scott Hansen

President, Carder Steuben Club

Answers to Reeded Cologne Question From Yesterday

1) Regarding Janice Boyd’s reeded cologne, stained or flashed glass color should not come off with soap and water whether made by Steuben or any other company. The only 2 possibilities I can think of is that this bottle is actually clear with black reeding and firstly it has a heavy coating of cigarette smoke or other smoke or secondly someone has put some kind of coating on it (which does not hold up to soap and water) to hide the repair. Try spraying a small area with Fantastic or 409 and letting it sit for a few minutes. Beware, try to keep the repair area dry. Fantastic, 409 or even water can loosen the repair if it is glue.

Harry Morgan

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2) A few months ago, one of Alan Shovers’ photographs taken of my collection, pictured my bottle of a similar color. In the accompanying comments, I mentioned that I had purchased it as “Bristol yellow,’ though had my doubts. Upon my return home, I compared it with both a rosa bottle with black reeding, and an amber with black reeding, and it was clearly neither.

I shared a picture of the new acquisition with Rande Bly, whose eye for color I trust. (I know, I know, there was a dispute over his search for “Cardinal red,” but nevertheless, his concern for getting the color designations straightened out has been both helpful and correct.) His response to me was to look at page 82 in Gardner, where it is written: “Other Gold Ruby colors made at Steuben by adding coloring oxides to the basic ruby batch were Purple Gold Ruby (gold and cobalt), Amethyst Ruby (gold and manganese), Brownish-Yellow Ruby (gold and iron), and Cinnamon Ruby (gold and uranium).”

The item in question is, I am quite sure, the Brownish-Yellow Ruby, and other than this one, and mine, the only other I have seen is in a picture from the New Orleans museum, included in the Gazette several years ago – also a reeded bottle. It would seem that, like Rose duBarry, it is a color limited to reeded bottles, and both equally very limited in production.

David Chadwick-Brown

Additional Activities

Additional activity at CMOG during Symposium Weekend – September 15 – 17:

Harry Allen (prominent NY designer) will be at CMOG working on a couple of Steuben items. He worked with Steuben in the past, although it was near the time when Steuben closed.

Steuben Business Development at CMOG has invited Mr. Allen back for some additional collaboration on a couple of pieces that were worked on in 2010-2011. His schedule for the weekend includes two sessions which are open to the public:

Saturday, September 17 – demo in the amphitheater from 3:30 – 5:30 pm

Sunday, September 18 – working session/demo in the amphitheater from 10 am – noon

Mr. Allen’s work will primarily be focused on a Steuben Piggy Bank. The Museum has a design of his that they are working to bring to market, but while he’s at CMOG the hot glass team will work with him to create a “giant” version. This will occur in the amphitheater sessions Saturday and Sunday. Club members are welcome to take advantage of these sessions with your CMOG membership that is part of your Club benefits.

Reeded Cologne

I recently bought this cologne bottle at auction but after receiving it I have questions I hope the group can answer. The form looks Steuben, #6605 in the small neck version, but not the color. The color is some kind of staining or flashing over the bottle and the threading, which was once black. The neck has been repaired and you can see in the photo where the color has been removed and when I washed it the soap turned a peachy color. In the Gardner book it states that “stained wares were not Steuben production items.” When you look through the neck to the bottom you can see that the bottle was clear. Also, on the threading there seems to be a rust colored “caking” on the top of the treading which I hope you can see in the picture. Any information would be appreciated.

Thank you.

Janice Boyd

Don’t Miss the Boat

The Symposium registration deadline is Tuesday, September 6.

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