REPAIRS

Any questions about glass repairs? Primo glass repairman, Wayne Montano of Emett, Idaho, has offered to answer with his professional advice on any. So, let us know.

STRAW OPAL

I wonder why there are so few examples of Straw Opal on the website. I suspect that Steuben straw opal is often misidentified as glass from the many manufacturers who also made straw opal types of glass. Is this correct?

Vivienne Richardson, Port Perry, Ontario

Straw Opal Bottle with Rose Flower

Shape #6590

6.6 inches high

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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