Wednesday, January 11, 2012

First we hear from Terry Frey. Terry asked whether a whole in a Steuben holiday ornament is correct. John Styler provided some response. Now Terry has a clarification.

Hi Alan

Am I supposed to reply here? Regarding John Styler’s question about the hole, the ornaments are the regular Steuben Christmas ornaments with the glass hanger at the top that he has listed below but there is a hole in the base of the hangar as if when the ornament was made this hole was not closed. The hole was not drilled to hold the ribbon as there is the regular hanger made out of glass on the ornaments.. The other ornaments I have are solid pieces. No holes in the ornament at all. I would take a picture but since it is clear glass I doubt you would see it. I would love the name of the site where John found the fake ornaments.

Thanks for helping me.

Dean Six, Curator at the West Virginia Museum of Glass has a new book on glass manfucturing towns.

West Virginia Glass Towns

West Virginia Glass Towns ($29.95) by Dean Six features over 450 companies and locations that have produced hot glass since the first glass was produced in Wellsburg in the second decade of the 19th century. West Virginia Glass Towns provides a town by town list of the glass producing communities giving dates, product lines and then offers a plethora of photos of glass factories, glass workers, maps, advertisements and much more. The book is a richly textured history using period images to tell the story of what has been a significant industry in the state, an industry that employed tens of thousands of men and women over the nearly two centuries of activity.

The books spans communities from Alum Bridge to Williamstown with significant chapters on know glass communities like Clarksburg, Fairmont, Huntington, Morgantown, Wellsburg, Weston and Wheeling. Also addressed are the numerous factories and glass producers in lesser recognized glass towns such as Cameron, Dunbar, Grafton, Mannington, Parkersburg, Pennsboro and Star City to name but a few.

The $29.95 book can be bought at www.wvbookco.com

The weather is the most perfect in the world; actually, second best to the Canary Islands. That is San Diego’s weather. In the heat of the summer there is no better place to be than San Diego. The American Cut Glass Association is having their annual meeting from August 21 to August 24. See the attachment and put it on your calendar. Not many glass meetings are held on the west coast. So, this is a special vacation opportunity. Chair, Judy Manginella’s husband Mike did a riveting presentation on glass cutting and engraving at the Club’s Symposium this past September.

www.cardersteubenclub.org

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2012 Carder Steuben Club annual Symposium will be held at The Corning Museum of Glass in Corning, NY from September 20-22, 2012.