RESPONSE TO CRITICSM

Alan

I have a polite rebuttal to Scott’s comment. Because of the members response and a group effort we are coming to a close on the full study of Rouge Flambe, Rouge Flamme, and Cardinal Red. I have the information compiled and the plate is on it’s way. I have corrected the issues with Persian Blue, Window Glass Green, Celadon, and Russian Amber, and am just weeks away from resolving the issue of Cardinal Red. After that there is only one left, Antique Green. We absolutely have Antique Green wrong on the website and I can prove it.

I already knew this information (excluding Cardinal Red) coming into this 4 years ago when I introduced myself to you. It has been hard for all to accept and has been an uphill battle but there is only 2 colors left to correct. I can’t do it all at once and have spent 4 years gaining the Club’s confidence putting the information out in a slow and polite manner.

Marshall has seen one of the red plates in California at David Chadwick-Brown’s house and it is definitely Steuben. We only know where 3 of these plates are at. It is a very very rare color.

Thank you so much Jo Ann Godawa for the wonderful gift of the railroad lantern with the Steuben red lens. Mr. Carder was once asked why he did not make red glass colored with copper for production. He replied ” copper red is ok for traffic lights but not for art glass”. Well I bet it is copper red. I can’t wait to see it.

Mr. Scott Hansen I appreciate your strong opinion but we cannot close our eyes and make my plate disappear. Like it or not sooner or later Steuben collectors will have to come to terms with this new Steuben red I am showing. It’s color is unique to Steuben and I know of no other major glass houses in the world that produced a red in this unique shade of color. The color starts off yellow and turns orange at the fire or by returning it to the fire. With the perfect amount of heat it then turns a shade of red similar to Rouge Flambe yet remains quite transparent. This color gave Mr. Carder more fits than Rouge Flambe and is the most rare color he produced in the Transparent Colored Crystals. This is exactly why it has flown under radar for the last 50 years since Eric Ericson brought it to our attention.

Randy Bly, Birmingham, Alabama

2013 Carder Steuben Club annual Symposium will be held at The Corning Museum of Glass in Corning, NY from September 19-21, 2013. The festivities will begin with Frederick Carder’s 150th birthday celebration on the evening of September 18, 2013.

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