First off, Gail Bardhan at the Rakow Library at the Corning Museum of Glass notes that an advertisement supplied by Bob Mueller last week (#506) wasn’t from Wanamakers.

Bob Mueller thought that “The Charm of Colorful Steuben Glass” with the Wanamakers Department store in Philadelphia stamp at the bottom came from the store. It did not – the catalog was probably issued by Steuben, and it appears in an ad for Steuben in a February 1925 issue of House and Garden.

The Rakow Library has the same catalog, without a dealer or store stamp.

Next,

CINTRA’S
By Bob Mueller

Starting with my love of 20th Century Venetian glass, it didn’t take me long after I became a Carder Steuben glass collector to become fascinated with Mr. Carder’s Cintra technique.

Whether it was a single color piece or 2 or 3 colors; these Cintra pieces just have this special hold on me.

Whether the colors are orange, blue, rose, amethyst, or a combination of these colors, I seek them out for my collection. It doesn’t matter if they are bowls, candlesticks, lamps, vases, they always speak to me.

About 25 years ago I attended a major antique show here in the Twin Cities. There was a broad offering of the many top end things Mr. Carder created. Among the many goodies was an ACB Opal/Green Cintra lamp. To me it was special and eclipsed everything else.

The nicest thing about Mr. Carder’s Cintra items is that they are made in such a variety of color combinations and techniques. From single colors, to multiple colors, acid etched or not, bubbles or not, Stripped (Or Verre), cut as in a heavy weight perfume, lace to decorated scenes; the collector has endless choices in Cintra to pick from.

With the vast array of glass Mr. Carder produced I personally feel that his Cintra was the most versatile of them all. Over the years, while I find many collectors who appreciate Cintra, there also are those who don’t appreciate Mr. Carder’s Cintra because they don’t appreciate the color ranged he used. That’s fine with me; it just reduces my competition for these wondrous pieces.

Yes, Bob very much cherishes his Cintra’s. Take a look at the following link for a few of my pieces.

http://www.kddk.com/alans/Cintrapictures.pdf

Bob Mueller
Osseo , MN
March, 2009