MY NON CARDER NOTEBOOKS

A recent guest at my home noticed that one of the notebooks in my library had the name “Tiffany” on it. I told her that in some art glass articles, Mr. Carder and photos of Steuben glass appear and I felt a need to, therefore, keep that article. I also told my guest that I have 12 other notebooks with articles about other art glass companies that also cross reference to Mr. Carder and Steuben glass.

When shopping at an antique shop have you ever “sort of” recalled reading an article with a photo of a piece of Tiffany, Quezal, Durand, Stevens & Williams etc., and now wish you could go back home and look at that article to confirm the origin of that piece of glass?

This past summer while I was at an antique show in the Twin Cities. I saw a cut perfume, amethyst over crystal that I couldn’t let go of no matter how hard I tried. After looking at it for 3 or 4 times at the show I just couldn’t resist the piece. I bought it and thought I had a great Steuben find.

Then I went home and headed to my non-Steuben notebook. The perfume turned out not to be Steuben, but Stevens & Williams, and was made when Mr. Carder was a designer at Stevens & Williams. I had an article about the perfume and a commemorative celebration in honor of Queen Victoria in 1897 in England.

If someone ever decides to build a library do it how you want. We all look at items with a different view. I have always loved what I have done and will never regret it.

Bob Mueller.