Symposium

September 15-17 in Corning, NY

For the program click here

For Registration form click here

For Symposium Auction click here

For Accommodations click here

Carder Birthday Invitation click here

Auction Notes

Hello fellow members and hopefully attendees to this year’s Symposium,

Today there is one month to the cutoff date for your thoughtful consideration for this year’s Carder Steuben dinner auction. We already have had pieces donated and consigned for this year’s auction, and it looks as if there will be something for everyone once again to spark your interest. I have rescinded my original thought process and have offered to Chair the dinner auction through the 2017 Symposium. Taking over the auction from Marshall Ketchum in 2013 was indeed quite a daunting task for me, and huge shoes to fill, and I hope I have done a good job in your opinion. I have greatly appreciated all of your kind participation over the past years during my tenure as the Auction Chair, and I look forward to hearing from you folks who appreciate the importance for the continued sustained viability of our Club, as this is a fundraising event. I humbly ask you to check your collections, look in your cupboards, closets, or attics, and see if you have one piece which you would generously consider placing in our auction, either donated or consigned. The deadline for submittal is September 7, 2016, and I ask that you do your best to meet the deadline if you choose to participate, as it makes my life a whole lot easier in order to complete the catalogue on time for the Symposium. Thank you, and I hope to see you at this year’s Symposium!

Regards,

Mark Chamovitz

Some Final Thoughts on Rouge Flambe

from Alan Shovers

Rouge has attracted a great deal of commentary on identification. Most shapes are simple in form, so more often than not; shape isn’t a good indicator of authenticity. While capturing the “right” color was exceptionally difficult in Carder’s time, not so much in later years. As a result of these two factors many questions about legitimacy have arisen. E.g. are these red plates Carder’s Rouge Flambé or some other maker of red plates?

Based on a variety of sources here are my guidelines on what to look for.

Rouge Flambé is not lead glass, like most of Carder’s work, but rather soda lime glass. Therefore, the “real deal” will be considerably lighter in weight than a particular vessel might normally suggest.

The finished product has a soft, warm appearance.

The addition of minute, metallic flecks of chrome oxide gives the vessel a pearly finish.

Alfred University’s Paul Vicker’s Gardner’s Glass Center that has many experimental pieces reports there may be variance between translucency and opacity, depending on the degree of crystallization that occurred.

Color varies from a rich tomato red, which color Carder was seeking, to an orange or coral tone.

Carder Birthday Invitation

The Carder Steuben Club

Cordially invites you to attend a

Carder Birthday Celebration Reception

and Glass Show

To celebrate Frederick Carder’s 153rd birthday

and to honor

Tom and Peetie Dimitroff

for their many years of hosting the

Annual Carder Dinner

Thursday, September 15, 2016

Carder Room – Corning Radisson Hotel

5:00 – 7:00 p.m.

Cash bar and hors d’oeuvres

Remarks at 6:00 p.m.

Black tie optional

Tom and Peetie Dimitroff

The registration fee for the Carder Steuben Symposium covers attendance at this event.

Anyone else wishing to attend may do so by an RSVP no later than September 2.

Tickets are $25 per person, payable in advance. Checks should be made payable to Carder Steuben Club
and sent to: Bonnie Salzman, 1501 Harborough Rd., Richmond VA 23238