Flower Frogs A Selected Bibliography The Rakow Library - The Corning Museum of Glass
Note: Flower frogs are also called flower holders and flower bricks, but the term flower holder can also refer to a vase.
Books
The black glass encyclopedia / The West Virginia Museum of American Glass, Ltd. Atglen, PA : Schiffer Pub., c2005. 224 p. : Flower frogs: pages 65-67 Location: Stacks; Secured Stacks NK5112 .B62
Bull, Bonnie. Flower frogs for collectors / Bonnie Bull ; photography by Don Bull. Atglen, PA : Schiffer Pub. Ltd., c2001. 190 p. : Includes bibliographical references and index. Includes images from CMGL's Steuben archives (p. 150-152). American, Czech and English glass, as well as ceramic and metal frogs. Chapters 7-9 on American, Czech, and English glass. Location: Stacks NK5440.F5 .B93 Location: Microforms F-19104
Gardner, Paul. The Glass of Frederick Carder. New York: Crown, 1971. Line drawings, page 237, show 11 designs for flower blocks.
Garmon, Lee and Spencer, Dick. Glass Animals of the Depression Era, Including Figural Flower Frogs and Reissues. Paducah, KY: Collector Books, 1993. (NK5440.F4.G23)
National Cambridge Collectors, Inc. Colors in Cambridge glass / by National Cambridge Collectors. Paducah, KY : Collectors Books, c1984. 128 p. : Original volume has been re-issued with updated prices (1995, 1999). Flower holders: pages 120-121. Location: Stacks: Secured Stacks NK5112.9.C2 .N27
Spillman, Jane Shadel. Glass Bottles, Lamps & Other Objects. New York: Alfred Knopf, 1983. p. 226. (NK5112.S75gb)
Zemel, Evelyn. American Glass Animals, A to Z. North Miami, FL: A to Z Productions, 1978. (NK5440.F4.Z53)
Articles - anonymous
Collectors' Questions: Glass Flower Pots Country Life v. 132, no. 3461, Dec. 6, 1962, p. 1394 ill. Possibly 18th-c. vessels VF: Glass Types -- Novelties -- Flower frogs
“Flower Holders” Cambridge Crystal Ball no. 146, June 1985, pp. 8-9 1
Glass Flower Pots. "Flower Holders." Cambridge Crystal Ball, no. 146, June 1985, p. 8-9. Periodicals PER
“Patents of the Past: Fostoria No. 2371 Bowl and Flower Holder.” Glass Works, v. 13, no. 5, Sept./Oct. 2006, pp. 14-15, ill. Published by Fostoria Glass Collectors Inc. Patented in 1927.
Articles by author
Blumenstecker, Flower Frogs. Pressglas-Korrespondenz, no. 3, 2002, pp. 108-111, ill. Excerpt from Bonnie Bull, Flower Frogs for Collectors, Atglen, PA: Schiffer Books, 2001. Periodicals PER
Berman, Ann. Flower Frogs. Martha Stewart Living, March 1996, p. 64-65, ill. Collecting flower frogs, including glass. Photocopy only VF: Glass Types -- Novelties -- Flower Frogs
Bonner, Teresa. Flower Frogs are Works of Art. The Fenton Flyer, v. 18, no. 1, Feb./March 2007, p. 10, ill. Fenton's September Morn. Periodicals PER
Bull, Bonnie. Co-Operative Flint Glass Company The Flower Frog Gazette v. 2, no. 1, Jan. 1985, pp. 1-2 Rochester, Pa., firm, 1879-1935 Periodicals PER
Bull, Bonnie. “Frosted Glass Ladies.” The Flower Frog Gazette, v. 3, no. 2, April 1986, p. 1 Periodicals PER
Bull, Bonnie. “The September Morn Story.” The Flower Frog Gazette, v. 1, no. 3, July 1984, p. 1+ Periodicals PER
[Citron], Shelley Cole. Figural Flower Frogs: Part I Cambridge Crystal Ball, no. 367, Nov. 2003, p. 5 Periodicals PER NK5112.9.C2.C16
[Citron], Shelley Cole. Figural Flower Frogs: Part II. Cambridge Crystal Ball, no. 368, Dec. 2003, pp. 4-5+, ill. Includes patent information and names and descriptions of six figural flower frog patterns. Periodicals PER NK5112.9.C2.C16
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Jailer-Chamberlain, Mildred. “Collectors Don't Have to Make a Trip to the Pond for These Frogs” Antique Week (Eastern edition) v. 30, no. 14, June 23, 1997, pp. 7-8 Flower frogs, including glass examples Periodicals PER
Jennings, Greg A., ed. “Westmoreland Flower Frogs.” The Towne Crier (National Westmoreland Glass Collectors' Club), v. 14, no. 2, April/May 2004, pp. 1-8, ill. Includes lines 1850 through 1858. Periodicals PER
Jones, Helen. “Glass Flower Frogs -- An Overview.” All About Glass, v. 6, no. 2 (July 2008), cover and pp. 4-5, ill. 1549-621x Also known as flower holders or floral blocks; includes history and American makers, 19th and 20th centuries. Periodicals PER
Little, Nina Fletcher. "Early Ceramic Flower Containers." Antiques, v. 35, June 1939, p. 281-283. Periodicals PER
McFadden, David. The Cambridge Figural Frogs The Flower Frog Gazette irregular series: v. 2, no. 2 April 1985--v. 2, no. 4, Oct. 1985 v. 2, no. 2: patent in 1927, 1,645,577: Bashful Charlotte (or Draped Lady; catalog no. 518); September Morn (#1114), Rose Lady(#512), Mandolin Lady (#1108) v. 2, no. 3: turtle flower bloc, introduced in the early 1920s (no. 70); Geisha girl in 2 styles (single bun, no. 523); 2 buns, no. 522, introduced in 1926; eagle (no. 514, introduced in 1927) v. 2, no. 4: Heron flower frog, (late 1920s; no. 1111); Bluejay flower frog (, late 1930s, no. 1137); Seagull (no. 1138, late 1930s); Two Kid (no. 509 Periodicals PER uncataloged, April 2013
McFadden, David and others. “The Cambridge Glass Company.” Glass Review, Irregular series; some of the articles, as listed below, included flower frogs v. 8, no. 4, April 1978, p. 30-32 v. 8, no. 5, May 1978, p. 30-32 v. 8, no. ? June or July 1978, p. 30-32 v. 8, no. 9, Sept. 1978, p. 17 McFadden’s series in The Flower Frog Gazette refers to an article by David & Joy McFadden, and Frank & Vicki Wollenhaupt in the Rainbow Review {Glass Review] covering all the Cambridge figurals, which is probably this article
Miller, Paul. Arthur J. Bennett Flower Holder Cambridge Crystal Ball no. 109, May 1982, pp. 6-7 Cambridge Glass Co. item, 1926
Morey, Karen. Fostoria No. 2371: Flower Holder Revisited. Glass Works, v. 14, no. 3, May/June 2007, pp. 20-21, ill. Published by Fostoria Glass Collectors Inc. 3
Produced from 1925 to 1932.
Nelson, Ramona. “Collecting Flower Frogs: An Overview.” The Flower Frog Gazette, v. 1, no. 2, April 1984, p. 1. Periodicals PER
Nye, Mark A. “The Making of Flower Holders” Cambridge Crystal Ball no. 251, March 1994, pp. 3-9+ Periodicals PER NK5112.9.C2.C16
Otten, Georgia. “From Asia with love” Cambridge Crystal Ball, no. 306, Periodicals PER NK5112.9.C2.C16
Roberts, Paul Baker. “Flower Frogs.” Glass Review, v. 8, no. 8, Aug. 1978, pp. 20-22, ill. Periodicals PER
Roberts, Paul Baker. "A Rare Species: Flower Frog Collectors." Antiques News, Oct. 6, 1972, p. 24+. (CMGL VF; same article as above) Periodicals PER
Six, Dean. “Flower Frogs.” All About Glass, v. 1, no. 2, June 2003, pp. 20-21, ill. Includes brief history of the patent and examples by Viking Glass Company. Periodicals PER
Smith, Mrs. Anson Howe. "Some Early Flower Holders." Antiques, v. 57, April 1950, p. 282-283. Periodicals PER
Smith, Bill. “Flower holders” Cambridge Crystal Ball, no. 40, Aug. 1976, p. 5. Includes information on the geisha flower frogs Periodicals PER NK5112.9.C2.C16
Smith, Phyllis. "The Elusive Turtle." Cambridge Crystal Ball, no. 98, June 1981, p. 7; no. 101, Sept. 1981, p. 9. Periodicals PER NK5112.9.C2.C16
Spillman, Jane Shadel. “'Carder' Design Reassigned.” Journal of Glass Studies, v. 51 (2009), pp. 237-238, ill. Candlestick/flower holders by Soho and Vesta Glass Works, John Walsh Walsh, about 1903 to 1915. Periodicals PER NK5100.J86
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Other
The Flower Frog Gazette. (1) Contains articles and notes on glass and non-glass frogs. Not indexed. (2) Library holdings: v. 1, no. 4, Oct. 1984 - v.5, no. 4, Oct. 1988. Ceased publication. (3) Vertical File under Glass Types--Novelties--Flower Frogs (pots, hyacinth vases, garden items) and Flower Frogs in Trade Catalogs
Chna, Glass and Lamps, March 28, 1926, v. 43?, no. 28, cover includes an ad for the Geisha flower holder by Cambridge. CMGL only has on microfilm, and the microfilm is not good quality.
Steuben Glass, inc. Shape no.: 6495 [girl and flower frog] [picture]. Corning, N.Y. : Steuben, n.d. Description: girl and flower frog. Crystal block and matted figure. (Carder glassware photos.) Bib 111611
Steuben Glass, inc. Shape no.: 7039 [girl in a ring table decoration and flower frog [picture]. Corning, N.Y. : Steuben, [n.d]. Description: table decoration and flower frog . (Carder glassware photos.) Bib 111885
Steuben Glass, inc. Shape no.: 7064 [fish table decoration and flower frog] Corning, N.Y. : Steuben, [n.d]. glass. Description: fish table decoration and flower frog Technique: fumed Additional notes: Fish are matte finish, flower frog is glossy. (Carder glassware photos.) Bib 111681
Steuben Glass, inc. Shape no.: 7231 [elephant table decoration with flower frog] [picture]. Corning, N.Y. : Steuben, [n.d]. Description: table decoration Additional notes: elephant is matte finish (Carder glassware photos.) Bib 111905
Steuben Glass, inc. Shape no.: unknown [flower frog] [picture]. Corning, N.Y. : Steuben, n.d. Shape no.: unknown [could be shape 3269, 6495, 7039, 7064] Description: flower frog Additional notes: There are 3 or 4 shapes that this might be. (Carder glassware photos.) Bib 111524
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Trade catalogs The Rakow Library often, but not always, lists individual types of objects in the cataloging records of its trade catalogs. The following list is based on an OPAC(online catalog) search, April 2013. The staff is not able to look through individual catalogs, searching for specific types of glass.
A.C.B. Jewelers, Chicago, IL, USA. [The A.C.B. Jewelers' wholesale price list]. Chicago, Ill. : A. C. Becken Company, [1907] [24] leaves : Trade catalog photocopy. A.C.B. Jewelers' catalogs issued by A.C. Becken Company. P. 353, 392-394, 404, 414-416, 426, 432-446, [?]. Rich American cut glass, cut glass begins on p. 426. Received as part of ACGA archives. Cut glass tableware including flower holders, Photocopy. [24] leaves, 1 p. copied per leaf ; 28 cm. CMGL does not own original catalog. CMGL owns an additional photocopy of this catalog (less complete), received as part of ACGA Archives and keptwith that archive. Location: Secured Stacks Copy Received as of 08-28-12 Location: Secured Stacks - Archives (Active) Order Information: 1 Copy Received as of 08-28-12 130373
Anglo-Belge Glass Association Ltd., London, England. Assorted case list F. London : Anglo-Belge Glass Association, [n.d., ca. 1910] 24 p. : Catalog is not dated; suggested date provided by previous owner. Anglo-Belge Glass Association, purchased glassware from manufacturers for resale. This catalog identifies a cut glass selection from Sweden, and more from Bohemia. A great assortment of glassware from the early 1900's, for resale. Ware includes flower tubes, the "Carrington" metal flower stand with glass tubes, flower frogs (know here as Blitz flower holders Location: Secured Stacks - Trade Catalogs Call Number: Anglo-Belge Glass Association Ltd. 95842
Barbini (Firm), Murano/Venezia, Italy. Oggettistica. Venice : Barbini (Firm), [n.d., 198-?] 1 v. looseaf : Price list laid in back pocket. Includes vases, bowls, paperweights, novelties, and flower frogs. Location: Secured Stacks - Trade Catalogs Call Number: Barbini (Firm) 47936
Bartlett-Collins Company, Sapulpa, OK, USA. Pressed and blown glassware. Sapulpa, OK : Bartlett-Colins Company, [n.d., between 1921-1930] 58 p. : On title page: "Manufacturers of pressed and blown table glassware, lamps, globes, tumblers and jars". Includes: tumblers, jugs, pitchers, coasters, casters, flower frog. (Catalog ;P) Location: Secured Stacks - Trade Catalogs Call Number: Bartlett-Collins Company, Sapulpa, OK, USA. Bib 72806
Butler Brothers (Firm), 65th anniversary : Spring 1942. Baltimore, Md. : Butler Brothers (Firm), 1942. 436 p. : 6
Glassware includes flower frogs ( Catalog no. 4826.) Location: Secured Stacks - Trade Catalogs Call Number: Butler Brothers (Firm), Baltimore, MD, USA. Bib 96004
Butler Brothers (Firm), All America is at work. Baltimore, Md. : Butler Brothers (Firm), 1942. 340 p. : Index, p. 335-339. Glassware includes flower frogs, (Catalog No. 4819.) Location: Secured Stacks - Trade Catalogs Shelving Title: Butler Brothers (Firm), Baltimore, MD, USA. Bib 96006
Butler Brothers (Firm), More business for your store. Baltimore, Md. : Butler Brothers (Firm), 1941. 492 p. : Fall 1941. Index, p. [3] of cover. Glassware includes flower frogs Location: Secured Stacks - Trade Catalogs Call Number: Butler Brothers (Firm), Baltimore, MD, USA. Bib 96003
Butler Brothers (Firm), "Our Drummer" Fall 1940 : complete new fall lines. Baltimore, Md. : Butler Brothers (Firm), 1940. 336 p. Index, p. 332-336. Glassware includes flower frogs (Catalog No. 4763) Location: Secured Stacks - Trade Catalogs Call Number: Butler Brothers (Firm), Baltimore, MD, USA. Bib 96003
Butler Brothers (Firm). "Our Drummer" May-June 1936 : home goods. Baltimore, Md. : Butler Brothers (Firm), 1936. 226 p. : Index, p. 222-226. Glassware includes flower frogs, Location: Secured Stacks - Trade Catalogs Call Number: Butler Brothers (Firm), New York, NY, USA. Bib 96001
Butler Brothers (Firm), "Our Drummer" November-December 1934 : home goods. Baltimore, Md. : Butler Brothers (Firm), 1934. 312, [6] p. : Additional [6] p. at the end is the index, p. A-F. Glassware includes flower frogs. (Catalog No. 4175) Location: Secured Stacks - Trade Catalogs Call Number: Butler Brothers (Firm), Baltimore, MD, USA. Bib 96000
Butler Brothers (Firm), New York, NY, USA. Fall 1905 : glassware. [Westfield, Ind.] : B. Hilton, [n.d., 2000?] 1 v. : Trade catalog reprint. Reprint of two catalogs. Pages from the glassware department of both catalogs: Butler Brothers catalog, Fall 1905 (p. 431-469) and G. Sommers & Co. catalog, June 1926 (p. 98- 108). Pages from the Butler Brothers catalog primarily offer pressed tableware but includes cut 7
glass, lamp chimneys, globes, shades, lanterns, table lamps, hanging lamps, library lamps, and more. G. Sommers & Co. offers mostly pressed tableware including reamers, bird baths, seed cups, coasters, casters, rolling pins, churns, flower frogs, and some American heavy cut glass. CMGL does not own originals of these catalogs. Location: Stacks Order Information: 1 Copy Received as of 01-24-08 Bib 97700
Butler Brothers (Firm), New York, NY, USA. Our drummer : March 1891 : glassware. [Westfield, Ind.] : B. Hilton, [n.d., 2000?] 1 v. (various pagings) : Trade catalog reprint of two catalogs. Selected pages from Butler Brothers catalog, March 1891and G. Sommers & Co. catalog, August 1925. …G. Sommers & Co. offers mostly pressed tableware including a flower frog, CMGL does not own an original of either catalog. Location: Stacks TP868 .B98 1891r Bib 97703
Cambridge glass, 1927-1929 / [reprinted by] Bill and Phyllis Smith. Sprinfield, OH : the authors), 1986. [vi], 66 p. : "Copies of original catalog pages...Spring 1927-Summer 1929". Includes index. Accompanied by Identification guide to Cambridge glass 1927-1929 (12 p.). Flower blocks: p.2 (No. 461) p. 3 (no. 522, 523: Geishas; not listed in index) 4 16, 37. CMGL also has the original catalog for Spring 1927, with numbers 522 and 523. Location: Stacks TP868 .C17 1927-1929 Location: Microform / Trade Catalogs Call Number: Tableware: Cambridge Glass Company, Cambridge, OH, USA (F-9752T)
Cambridge Glass Company, Cambridge, OH, USA. Fine handmade table glassware : by The Cambridge Glass Company. Cambridge, OH : Cambridge Glass Company, June 1949. [188, W-1--W-7, 3] p. : Differs from another catalog with same title, dated 1949 (F-23T), but whose index is dated September 1950. Pagination in the two catalogs are similar, but each has some pages that the other does not, and both have inserted pages (50A, 50B, etc., for example) Index at front. Glassware includes flower frogs, Location: Secured Stacks - Trade Catalogs F-17206T Location: Microform / Trade Catalogs Call Number: Tableware: Cambridge Glass Co., Cambridge, OH, USA (F-17206T) 59841
Cambridge Glass Company, Cambridge, OH, USA. Fine handmade table glassware by the Cambridge Glass Company. Cambridge, Ohio : Cambridge Glass Company, 1949-1950. 167 p. : Title page has June 1949 date, but index is dated September 1950. Differs from another catalog with same title, dated 1949 (F-17,206T). Glassware includes flower frogs Location: Secured Stacks - Trade catalogs Call Number: Cambridge Glass Company Location: Microform / Trade Catalogs Call Number: Tableware: Cambridge Glass Company, Cambridge, OH, USA. (F-23T) 8
Bib 54489
Cambridge Glass Company, Cambridge, OH, USA. Fine handmade table glassware by the Cambridge Glass Company. Cambridge, Ohio : Cambridge Glass Company, [n.d., 1956-1958?] (Cleveland, OH : Perlmuter Prtg. Co. ) 159, [1] p. : Glassware includes flower frogs CMGL acquired an original catalog in 1999, and a second copy in 2002. CMG also has the National Cambridge Collectors' reprint, issued 197? (CMGL: TP868.C17r.1956-1958). F-6794T, filmed from borrowed copy. Location: Secured Stacks - Trade Catalogs Call Number: Cambridge Glass Company Location: Microform / Trade Catalogs Call Number: Tableware: Cambridge Glass Co., Cambridge, OH, USA. (F-6794T) Bib 59840
Carbone Inc., Boston, MA, USA. General catalogue. Fourth issue Boston : Carbone, c1929 (Boston : Carver New England Press) 111 p. : Glassware includes English flower blocks (flower frogs) of clear, apricot and turquoise, p. 54; Location: Secured Stacks - Trade Catalogs Call Number: Carbone Inc. Bib 134103
Carbone Inc., Boston, MA, USA. Italian arts and antiques. Boston, Mass. : Carbone Inc., 1925. 77 p. : English flower frogs: p. 76 Location: Secured Stacks - Trade Catalogs F-12899T Location: Microform / Trade Catalogs Call Number: Tableware: Carbone Inc., Boston, MA, USA. (F-12899T) Bib 56660
Carl Hosch (Firm), Haida, Czech Republic. Cat. VI. : 25. Haida, Czechoslovakia : Carl Hosch (Firm), [1912] pl. 183-222. : Catalog is not dated, suggested date provided by researcher Deborah Truitt. First page of catalog advertising the firm Carl Hosch is perforated and probably meant to be removed for retailers use. This is the only place in the entire catalog where Hosch is mentioned as the manufacturer. Catalog has descriptive and price information on the left hand side page, and the illustrations on the facing page. Both has the same "Tafel" number. Catalog of beautifully colored illustrations of glassware - Including flower bowls with flower frogs, Location: Secured Stacks - Trade Catalogs Call Number: Hosch, Carl (Firm) Location: Digital Trade Catalog Linked Resources: Click here to View Digital Content http://exhibitdb.cmog.org/opacimages/PDFs/Books/Rakow_1000034682.pdf Bib 94452
Carl Hosch (Firm), Haida, Czech Republic. Catalogo de las ultimas novedades en articulos de cristaleria = Musterbuch von Neuheiten in Glas- u. Cristallwaren... Edition IV. Haida, Czechoslovakia : Carl Hosch (Firm), [between 1890-1910] pl. 77-129 : 9
Chiefly colored or white glass, elaborately decorated in colors and gold. Includes: reproductions, Art Nouveau, art glass, gold-decorated glassware, fancy flower holders, etc. In English, French, German, and Spanish. Title andintroductory page in 6 European languages. F-6318T. Filmed from borrowed copy, CMGL has microfiche and On Microfilm, R-455a Location: Microform / Trade Catalogs Call Number: Tableware: Hosch, Carl, Haida, Czechoslovakia. (F-6318T) Location: Microforms : R-455 Bib 55176
Cavalier Glass Co., Long Island City, NY, USA. Cavalier decorative glass flower holders and centerpiece accessories : add a touch of charm to the modern home. Long Island City, N.Y. : Cavalier Glass Co., [1939] 1 folded brochure : Cavalier Glass Co. was first established in Bohemia, and then moved to America. Entirely ornate flower holders and centerpiece accessories. Location: Secured Stacks - Trade Catalogs Call Number: Cavalier Glass Co., Long Island City, NY, USA. Bib 91712
Cavalier Glass Co., Long Island City, NY, USA. Decorative glass : flower holders & centerpiece accessories by Cavalier. Long Island City, NY : Cavalier Glass Co., [193-?] [15] p. (Catalog no. 110) Includes: glass flower arrangements, centerpieces, candlesticks, mirrors, novelties. Location: Secured Stacks - Trade Catalogs (Oversized) F-8488T Location: Microform / Trade Catalogs Call Number: Tableware: Cavalier Glass Co., Long Island City, NY, USA. (F-8488T) Bib 54502
Central Glass Co., (Wheeling, W. Va.) Chippendale Krys-Tol : the glass of quality. Wheeling, W. Va. : Central Glass Co., [n.d., 1919- 1933] 70 p. : Company name as listed on catalog: Central Glass Works. Includes a flower holder (flower frog). Chippendale molds were acquired in 1919 from Jefferson and sold to Davidson in England in 1933. Ref: Heacock's Glass Collector 4, p. 38-41. Catalog was flooded and is completely disbound. (Catalog ; no. 40) Location: Secured Stacks - Trade Catalogs Call Number: Central Glass Co., (Wheeling, W. Va.) Location: Microform / Trade Catalogs Call Number: Tableware: Central Glass Co., (Wheeling, W. Va.) (F-43T) Bib 54508
Clayton Mayers & Co., London, England. A catalogue of superfine British and Continental table glassware for the home. London : Clayton Mayers & Co., 1934 (London : Spottiswoode, Ballantyne & Co.) 80 p. (Catalogue ; no. 45) Glassware includes flower frogs Location: Secured Stacks - Trade Catalogs Call Number: Mayers, Clayton, & Co. 55098 Location: Microform / Trade Catalogs Call Number: Tableware: Clayton Mayers & Co., Ltd., London, England.(F-7258T) Bib 55098
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Co-operative Flint Glass Company, Beaver Falls, PA, USA. "Co-operative glassware" : new general catalogue. Beaver Falls, Pa. : Co-operative Flint Glass Company, [1920-1929] 114 p. : Ware includes flower vase and block (flower frog) and much more. Location: Secured Stacks - Trade Catalogs Call Number: Co-operative Flint Glass Company, Beaver Falls, PA, USA. Bib 54515 Location: Microform / Trade Catalogs Call Number: Tableware: Co-operative Flint Glass Company, Beaver Falls,PA, USA. (F-64T) Bib 54515
Co-operative Flint Glass Company, Beaver Falls, PA, USA. [Three price lists, 1929-1930]. Beaver Falls, Pa. : Co-operative Flint Glass Company, 1929-1930. 3 items : F-12929T. Microfiche only, original catalog borrowed for filming. Price list "Japana" (crystal) flower holders. [n.d.] 2 p. Location: Microform / Trade Catalogs Call Number: Tableware: Co-operative Flint Glass Company, Beaver Falls,PA, USA (F- 12929T) Bib 56677
Crown Crystal Glass Company Limited, Christchurch, New Zealand. Crown Glass export 1970/71 [catalog]. Christchurch, New Zealand : Crown Crystal Glass Company Limited, L [1970] 56 p. : Includes flower frog Location: Secured Stacks - Trade Catalogs Call Number: Crown Crystal Glass Company Limited, Christchurch, New Zealand. 118355
Davidson, Geo., & Co. Gateshead-on-Tyne, England Davidson English pressed glass. Revised edition. Gateshead-on-Tyne Geo. Davidson October 1935 16 p. : Vases and flower frogs, bowls, novelties, one electric lamp, console sets. Location: Microforms Call Number: F-10146T 55775
Desenske Sklarny, DesnaÌ , Czechoslovakia. [Folder of colored and clear glass tableware]. DesnaÌ , CÌŒeskosloven SklaÌ rny, [11] loose [n.d.]. sheets : Includes: ashtrays, novelties, paperweights, flower frogs, figurines. Catalog is in Czech, German and English. Location: Secured Stacks - Trade Catalogs Call Number: DesenskeÌ SklaÌrny, DesnaÌ, Czechoslovakia. 77240
Ercuis, Channevières, France. Innovation et tradition d'orfevre 88. Channevières, France : Ercuis, 1988. 44 p. : Includes: silver plated, flower frogs. Location: Secured Stacks - Trade Catalogs Ercuis 46611 11
Federal Glass Company (Columbus, Ohio) Floral mate vases / by Federal. Columbus, Ohio : Federal Glass Company, [n.d., 1975-1985?] 1 folded sheet : Federal is a Division of Federal Paper Board Company, Inc. Floral vases with separate arranger (flower frog). Location: Secured Stacks - Trade Catalogs Call Number: Federal Glass Company (Columbus, Ohio) 118967
Fenton Art Glass Company, Williamstown, WV, USA. [Catalog pages of colored stretch glass]. Williamstown, W.Va. : Fenton Art Glass Company, ca. 1921. [6] p. : Colored catalog pages 3-8, of Fenton Art Glass, in coloredglass. Ware includes flower frogs, These pages identified in, and dated from "Fenton glass: the first twenty-five years, 1907-1932," by William Heacock. Location: Secured Stacks - Trade Catalogs Call Number: Fenton Art Glass Company, Williamstown, WV, USA. 87542
Fostoria Glass Company, Moundsville, WV, USA. Bouquet holders. Moundsville, W.Va. : Fostoria Glass Company, [1920] 36 p. : Dated 1921 by owner; corresponds with 1920 price list "Flower holders, pressed and blown," Dec. 1, 1920. Catalol includes bouquet holders, vases, hyacinth jar, cemetery vase, flower bowls with silver plated mesh screen (flower frog), and much more (Catalog ; no. 7_ Location: Secured Stacks - Trade Catalogs Call Number: Fostoria Glass Company. 54602 Location: Microform / Trade Catalogs Call Number: Tableware: Fostoria Glass Company, Moundsville, WV, USA (F-5861T) 54602
Fostoria Glass Company, Moundsville, WV, USA. Price list : flower holders pressed and blown, March 2nd, 1925. Moundsville, WV : Fostoria Glass Company, 1925. 8 p. ; Catalog ; no. 7 Location: Secured Stacks - Trade Catalogs Call Number: Fostoria Glass Company 88224
Fostoria Glass Company, Moundsville, WV, USA. Price list : flower holders pressed and blown May 8th, 1916, catalog no. 7. Moundsville, WV: Fostoria Glass Co., 1916. 8 p. ; Location: Secured Stacks - Trade Catalogs Call Number: Fostoria Glass Company 82468
Fostoria Glass Company, Moundsville, WV, USA. [Price lists for 1917]. Moundsville, W.Va.: Fostoria Glass Company, 1917. 7 items ; 12
F-5903T, 5 sheets. Microfiche only, original catalog borrowed for filming. Items 2, 3 and item 5 have penciled addition on cover: "To Item 4 has pasted on last p. and both sides of back cover prices dated Jan. 1, 1918. Clearwater, T0255 Location: Secured Stacks - Trade Catalogs Call Number: Rakow Library does not own original catalog. Location: Microform / Trade Catalogs Call Number: Tableware: Fostoria Glass Company, Moundsville, WV, USA (F-5903T) 29887
Fostoria Glass Company, Moundsv ille, WV, USA. Price lists for 1920]. Moundsville, W.Va. : Fostoria Glass Company, 1920. 4 items ; Microfiche only, original catalog borrowed for filming. Call Number: Rakow Library does not own original catalog. Location: Microform / Trade Catalogs Call Number: Tableware: Fostoria Glass Company, Moundsville, WV, USA (F-5906T) 29884
Fostoria Glass Company, Moundsville, WV, USA. [Price lists for 1921] Moundsville, WV : Fostoria Glass Co., 1921. 5 items ; F-5907T, 2 sheets. Originals borrowed for filming. CMGL now owns item no. 4. Location: Secured Stacks - Trade Catalogs F-5907T Volumes Owned: Price list: flower holders pressed and blown, December 1st, 1921. (item 4) Location: Microform / Trade Catalogs Call Number: Tableware: Fostoria Glass Company, Moundsville, WV, USA. (F-5907T) 29883
Fostoria Glass Company, Moundsville, WV, USA. Fostoria fine crystal and colored glassware : cut, etched and plain. Moundsville, WV : Fostoria Glass Company, [1927] 70 p. : This catalog is different from F-5878T, a [1930] catalog. Includes flower frogs, colognes, puff box and cover, candleholders, clock, vanity set, vases, bowls, sugar and creams, ice buckets, cigarette holders. Catalog has been disassembled; covers and pages are all loose. "1927" is written in pencil, on both the front and back covers. No. 2 catalog Location: Secured Stacks - Trade Catalogs Call Number: Fostoria Glass Company 88653
Geo. Davidson & Co., Gateshead-on-Tyne, England. [Catalog, negative photocopy]. [Gateshead-on-Tyne, England : Geo. Davidson & Co., ca. 1910?] 18 p. : Trade catalog photocopy. Page 3 shows 1912 design. In 1910, Geo. Davidson & Co. invented and introduced the dome flower block, which is included in this catalog. (See: Claude L. Fraser: A short history of Geo. Davidson & Co., Ltd. 1867-1948. 1948.) Includes flower frogs Location: Secured Stacks TP868 .G34 1910 80070
Geo. Davidson & Co., Gateshead-on-Tyne, England. English pressed glass. Rev. ed. Gateshead-on-Tyne, England : the company, [1935] 16 p. : 13
Trade catalog photocopy. First of 3 Davidson catalogs from the 1930s in a binder. Vases, flower frogs, bowls, novelties, console sets. Photocopy. 1 p. copied per leaf ; 30 cm. For fiche, use F-10146T. Location: Stacks TP868 .G34 1930s
Glasfabrik Brockwitz, Sörnewitz bei Meissen, Germany. Musterbuch der Glasfabrik, Aktiengesellschaft Brockwitz = Catalogue de la verrerie de Brockwitz, socieÌ teÌ anonyme = Book of patterns of GlassWorks, Aktiengesellschaft Brockwitz = Muestrario de la faÌ brica. Meissen, de vidrio,Germany Aktiengesellschaft, : Glasfabrik Brockw Brockwitz, [n.d. 1929] [7], 160 p. : Published to coincide with the Leipzig fair. Includes, flower frogs, Location: Secured Stacks - Trade Catalogs Call Number: Brockwitz, Glasfabrik Location: Microform / Trade Catalogs Call Number: Tableware: Brockwitz, Glasfabrik Sornewitz bei Meissen, German (18579T) 71321
Glashuttenwerke Adlerhutten, Penzig bei Gorlitz, Germany. AGA-glas = AGA-glass = vidrio marca "AGA" = vidro marca "AGA". Penzig bei Gorlitz : Glashuttenwerke AdlerhuÌten, [1932?] 15 p. : Glass manufacturer is not indicated on the catalog, however, the trademark indicates that it is from Glashuttenwerke Adlerhutten. Ware is very similar, and some is the same as "Original Aga-Glas", F-7824T (BIB#55143). "AGA-Glass will be delivered in: white, light yellow, azure-blue, green and pink", p. 15. Includes flower frog Location: Secured Stacks - Trade Catalogs Call Number: Adlerhütten, Glashüttenwerke, Penzig bei Gorlitz, Germany. 86405
Glassexport, Prague, Czech Republic. Glassexport : no. 01, section 14. Liberec, Czechoslovakia : Glassexport, [1949] 156 p. : Glassware was produced by and exported by Glassexport. Catalog is very different from "...No. 1" catalog(BIB#80089). Includes: flower frogs, Location: Secured Stacks - Trade Catalogs Call Number: Glassexport 79332
Glaswerke Ruhr Aktiengesellschaft, Essen, Germany. Domestic glass ware. Essen : Glaswerke Ruhr, [n.d., 1960s or 1970s?] 1 folded brochure : Catalog is not dated, suggested date only. Ware includes bowls, pressed tumblers, vases, ash trays, reamers, flower frog, salts and peppers and more. Some items have a line drawn through them. Location: Secured Stacks - Trade Catalogs Call Number: Rühr, Glaswerke, Aktiengesellschaft, Essen, Germany. 119049
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H. Markhbeinn (Firm), Paris, France. Verrerie; cristaux. Paris : H. Markhbeinn (Firm), Septembre 1932 (Paris : Ateliers P. Colas) [6], 50 p. : Includes flower frogs (p. 39), vases with flower frogs, and more. Location: Secured Stacks - Trade Catalogs Call Number: Markhbeinn, H., (Firm) 130405
H. Northwood Co., Wheeling, WV, USA. The rainbow glassware.Wheeling, W.Va. : H. Northwood Co., [ca. 1924] 32 p. : Dated by lender who states that this catalog is very rare. P. 24-31 blank except for handwritten annotations. Includes flower frogs (one in the shape of a turtle) Location: Secured Stacks - Trade Catalogs F-7703T Location: Microform / Trade Catalogs Call Number: Tableware: H. Northwood Co., Wheeling, WV, USA (F-7703T) 52938
Henry Ford (Organization), Dearborn, MI, USA. 2008 holiday catalog. Dearborn, MI : The Henry Ford (Organization), 2008. 42 p. : Name was changed from Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village to The Henry Ford in January, 2003. Glassware includes holiday ornaments, vases with wire flower frogs Location: Secured Stacks - Trade Catalogs Call Number: Henry Ford (Organization) 106944
Hill-Ouston Co. Ltd., Birmingham, England. Fine crystal and reproductions of the antique. [Birmingham and London : Hill-Ouston Co. Ltd., 1930's] 189 p. : Includes flower frogs Location: Secured Stacks - Trade Catalogs Call Number: Hill-Ouston Co. Ltd. 64481
Hill-Ouston Co. Ltd., Birmingham, England. Hillston crystal : gifts. Birmingham, England : Hill-Ouston Co., [n.d., 1936-1939?] 235 p. : This catalog is not dated, however, Catalogue no. 10 was issued in 1936. Includes flower frogs or flower blocks. (Catalogue ; number 11) Location: Secured Stacks - Trade Catalogs Call Number: Hill-Ouston Co. Ltd. 70032
James A. Jobling & Co. Ltd. Wear Glass Works, Sunderland, England. Weardale glassware. Sunderland, England : James A. Jobling & Co. Ltd., [n.d., 1940?] 14 p. : Ware includes flower frog (block Location: Secured Stacks - Trade Catalogs Call Number: Jobling, James A., & Co. Ltd., Wear Glass Works, Sunderland, England. Bib 98663 15
James A. Jobling & Co. Ltd. Wear Glass Works, Sunderland, England. Musterbuch James A. Jobling & Co. Ltd., Wear Flint Glass Works, Sunderland, 1934, 1935, 1937 (Auszug). [Gangkofen, Germany : S. Geiselberger, 2002] 16 p. : Caption title. Trade catalog excerpts reprint. Includes reprints of 1934 catalog p. 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17-36; 1935 catalog p. 3-15; and 1937 catalog 4 unnumbered pages , which include a flower ring and a flower holder Catalog pages reprinted from "A collector's guide to Jobling 1930s decorative glass" by John Baker and Kate Crowe and a 2001 CD "The glass man" by John G. Bell. Pressglas-Korrespondenz Anhang ; 2002-3-Anhang 3. Location: Stacks TP868 .P93 2002-3 Anhang 3
Karhula-Iittala, Karhula, Finland. Lasitehtaat. Karhula : Karhula-Iittala, 1947. 68 p. : Includes novelties, table glass, vases, lighting glassware, flower frogs, ashtrays, containers, drinking vessels, etc. F-6886T. Microfiche only, original catalog borrowed for filming. Location: Microform / Trade Catalogs Call Number: Tableware: Karhula-Iittala, Karhula, Finland. (F-6886T) Bib 55201
L.E. Smith Glass Co., Mount Pleasant, PA, USA. 1967-68 [catalog]. Mount Pleasant, Pa. : L. E. Smith Glass Co., 1967. 32 p. : Includes: flower frogs Location: Secured Stacks - Trade Catalogs Call Number: F-8926T Location: Microform / Trade Catalogs Call Number: Smith, L.E., Glass Co., Mount Pleasant, PA, USA. (F-8926T) Bib 52651
Lancaster Glass Co., Lancaster, OH, USA. [Catalog of tableware and lamps]. Lancaster : Lancaster Glass Co., [between 1910-1922] 45 p. : Glassware includes flower frogs R-0798-i; CMGL has on microfilm only. Location: Microforms R-798 Bib 57082
Lancaster Glass Co., Lancaster, OH, USA. Tableware, lamps, novelties, tumblers, decorated specialties. Lancaster : Lancaster Glass Co., [1915?-1922?] 90 p. : Glassware includes flower frogs R-0798-h; CMGL has on microfilm only. Location: Microforms R-798 Bib 57081
LibochovickeÌ SklaÌrny, Libochovice, TcheÌcoslovaquie. Verreries de Libochovice S.A. Libochovice : LibochovickeÌ -1940?] SklaÌrny, [n.d.1937 [16] p. : Catalog is not dated. It appears to be later than "Glassworks of Libochovice..." (BIB#86599), date may need to be reattributed. Cover is in full color, catalog bound by a silver cord. Some pressed glass, very similar in design to Moser and Lalique glass. 16
Glassware includes flower frogs Location: Secured Stacks - Trade Catalogs Call Number: LibochovickeÌ SklaÌrny Bib 86600
[Musterbuch]. [S.l., Bohemia? : s.n., 1900-1940] plates 19-30 : Company, location, title, date are unknown. Photographic plates of ware, chiefly vases and flower holders with colored layers cut to clear. Plates 28 and 30 are of a vaguely art deco geometric design. Probably Bohemian, Austrian or German. Location: Secured Stacks - Trade Catalogs F-10668T Location: Microform / Trade Catalogs Call Number: Tableware: [Musterbuch] [S.l.], Bohemia. (F-10668T) 55905
Paden City Glass Manufacturing Company, Paden City, WV, USA. Catalog no. 2 : hotel, restaurant, and soda fountain supplies. Paden City, W.Va. : Paden City Glass Manufacturing Company, [ca. 1920's or 1930's] [25] loose p. : Trade catalog photocopy. Glassware includes flower frogs Location: Secured Stacks - Trade Catalogs Call Number: Paden City Glass Manufacturing Company Bib 111438
Paden City Glass Manufacturing Company, Paden City, WV, USA. Paden City product catalogue : of founder and company president (1916-1933): David Fisher. Paden City, W.Va. : Paden City Glass Manufacturing Company, [1916-1933] [ca. 174] loose p. : Includes original catalog pages (27 x 35 cm. printed on one side), taped to 28 x 44 cm. paper; supplemented with photocopied catalog pages, 28 x 44 cm. David Fisher founded Paden City Glass Manufacturing Company in 1916 and acted as president until his death in 1933. Glassware includes flower frogs A compilation of original and photocopied pages arranged in the same order as David Fisher's product catalog represented in "Paden City Glass Manufacturing Company, Paden City, W. Va. : catalogue reprints from the 1920s from the private collection of longtime Paden City glassworker, O.O. Brown" TP868.P11 1920. Catalog was arranged first by using the original catalog page. If there was original, photocopied pages were inserted. If the original page was damaged, the photocopied page (undamaged) was inserted behind the damaged original. Includes a few handwritten notations, some dated. Location: Secured Stacks - Trade Catalogs Call Number: Paden City Glass Manufacturing Company Bib 111453
Quaker City Cut Glass Co., Philadelphia, PA, USA. [Cut glass catalog]. Philadelphia, Pa. : Quaker City Cut Glass Co., [n.d., 1910] 20 p. : Glassware includes flower frogs Location: Secured Stacks - Trade Catalogs Quaker City Cut Glass Co. Location: Digital Trade Catalog Linked Resources: Click here to View Digital Content http://exhibitdb.cmog.org/opacimages/PDFs/Books/Rakow_1000042328.pdf Bib 96968 17
Silber & Fleming (Firm : London, England) The Victorian catalogue of household goods : a complete compendium of over five thousand items to furnish and decorate the Victorian home / introduction by Dorothy Bosomworth. London : Studio Editions, 1991. 328 p. : Trade catalog reprint of an undated trade catalog, probably from the late 1880s. Includes glass (probably English, Bohemian, French, Italian, although manufacturers are not indicated). This is not the same as their undated catalog titled Illustrated pattern book of English china & earthenware (TCO, Bib 89888). This contains the same glass sections as the partial catalog (p. 423-452) owned by CMGL (TP868.S58), but is missing pages, including, the Flower holders, vases, baskets, etc. page (p. 435) Location: Microforms F-15159 Location: Stacks TS199 .S58v
Silver City Glass Co., Meriden, CT, USA. Sterling on crystal non-tarnish : gold on crystal 22K. Weston, W.Va. : West Virginia Museum of American Glass, c2000. [26] p. : Trade catalog reprint of [ca.1962] catalog. Glassware includes flower frogs Location: Stacks Call Number: TP868 .S58 1962r
Steghens-Mayaud (Firm), Paris, France. Joaillerie objets d'art orfevrerie "au Negre", Stéghens-Mayaud. Paris, France : SteÌ ghens- Mayaud, 1922. [15] p. : Appears to be a gift catalog with various gift and household items offered by SteÌ ghens-Mayaud, an importer and exporter of goods. Glassware includes flower frogs Location: Secured Stacks - Trade Catalogs Stéghens-Mayaud (Firm), Paris, France. Bib 96889
Steuben Glass, inc., Corning, NY, USA. Steuben Division, Corning Glass Works, Corning, New York [price list]. New York : Steuben Glass, inc., [1942] 15 p. : Price list only. "Issue of October 1, 1942"--Cover. Page 1 indicates the New York Representative is Steuben Glass, Inc. CMGL has additional copies in Steuben archives, heavily annotated with updated or corrected prices, indications of discontinuation and out-of-stock items, and additions to the price list. Location: Secured Stacks - Trade Catalogs Call Number: Steuben Glass, inc. 73068
Stolle, J., Huty Szklane "Niemen" Sp. Akc. Niemen, Poland Katalog Czesc II-III. Niemen Huty Szklane J. Stolle "Niemen" [193-] p. 50-75 : Date may need to be reattributed; no dates within the catalog. Glassware includes flower frogs Location: Microforms Call Number: F-10147T Bib 55776
T.G. Hawkes & Co., Hawkes crystal : cut, engraved and embellished in gold, silver and enamel. Corning, N.Y. : T. G. Hawkes & Co., c1917 (Cincinnati, Ohio : Procter & Collier Press) 39 p. : 18
Glassware includes flower frogs flower centers (with flower frogs), flower vases, Location: Secured Stacks - Trade Catalogs Call Number: F-11431C Location: Microform / Trade Catalogs Call Number: Cut glass: Hawkes, T.G., & Co., Corning, NY, USA (F-11431C) Location: Digital Trade Catalog Linked Resources: Click here to View Digital Content http://exhibitdb.cmog.org/opacimages/PDFs/Books/Rakow_1000083021_HawkesCrystal.pdf Bib 56182
Toledo Star Cut Glass Co., Toledo, OH, USA. Novel ideas embellished on crystal glass, originated and designed / by Toledo Star Cut Glass Co. Toledo, Ohio : Toledo Star Cut Glass Co., [ca. 1920] 1 v. (ca. 75 pl.) : Catalog consists of black and white photographs mounted on cloth. Some are marked John C. Lewis, commercial photographer; others Harry H. Simpson or L.G. Rose. Some have evidence of price lists on the reverse having been removed. Catalog is undated. Company not found in glass company directories, but is listed in the Toledo city directories from 1886 to 1929, as a division of the Daudt Glass & Crockery Company. Suggested date attributed by reference to shapes of Pyrex; may need reattribution. Chiefly light cut or engraved tableware. Includes flower bowls with flower frog centers. Location: Secured Stacks - Trade Catalogs (Oversized) Call Number: Toledo Star Cut Glass Co. Location: Microforms Call Number: Cut glass: Toledo Star Cut Glass Co., Toledo, OH, USA. (F-11107C) Bib 56044
Verreries Mecaniques Champenoises, Reims, France. French glassware : wholesale price list effective 1/1/80, revised 4/1/80. Morgantown, W.Va. : Morgantown Crystal, Inc., 1980. 3 p. ; Glassware includes flower frogs Location: Secured Stacks - Trade Catalogs Call Number: Verreries Mecaniques Champenoises, Reims, France. Bib 46109
Viking Glass Company, New Martinsville, WV, USA. Treasured American glass. New Martinsville, W.Va. : Viking Glass Company, [ca. 1957] 1 v. (looseleaf, 1, 8, 8, 8, 10 p.) : Glassware includes flower frogs Microfiche only, original catalog borrowed for filming. Location: Microform / Trade Catalogs Call Number: Tableware: Viking Glass Co., New Martinsville, WV, USA. (F-8987T) Notes: Fiche only, original loaned by Frank M. Fenton, Williamstown, WV. Bib 52610
Viking Glass Company, New Martinsville, WV, USA. Viking : fine American handmade crystal since 1902. New Martinsville, W.Va. : Viking Glass Company, [1984] 40 p. : Glassware includes flower frogs Location: Secured Stacks - Trade Catalogs Call Number: Viking Glass Company, New Martinsville, WV, USA. 19
Bib 47774
Westmoreland Glass Company, Grapeville, PA, USA. [1929 catalog]. [Export, Pa. : National Westmoreland Glass Collectors Club, 1998?] 172, 49 p. : Trade catalog photocopy. Cover title. Photocopy of an undated trade catalog which is stamped "Sep 9 1929". Main catalog ends with p. 166 and 2 pages that are lacking page numbers but the index lists pages up to 172. Glassware includes flower frogs Location: Microforms F-18179 Location: Secured Stacks TP868 .W53 1929r Bib 60070
Westmoreland Specialty Company, Grapeville, PA, USA. Catalog 1924. Iowa City, Iowa : FSJ Publishing, [1991] 32 leaves : Trade catalog reprint, spiral bound. Handwritten company and title information on cover. Catalog apparently dated by reprint publisher as the catalog bears no date except for handwritten date on cover. Decorated and colored glassware includes flower frogs, CMGL does not own an original of this catalog, but does own a different reprint with pages photocopied front and back. That catalog has been microfilmed and filed by fiche number (F-12932T). Location: Stacks TP868 .W531 1924r
Westmoreland Specialty Company, Grapeville, PA, USA. Manufacturers of high grade glassware--plain, cut and decorated--for gift shops, florists and table use. Also iron novelties. Private moulds solicited. Grapeville, Pa. : Westmoreland Specialty Company, 1924. 143, [4] p. : Glassware includes flower blocks (flower frogs) Location: Secured Stacks - Trade Catalogs Call Number: Westmoreland Specialty Company Location: Microform / Trade Catalogs Call Number: Tableware: Westmoreland Specialty Company, Grapeville, PA, USA. (F-8574T) Location: Digital Trade Catalog Linked Resources: Click here to View Digital Content http://exhibitdb.cmog.org/opacimages/PDFs/Books/Rakow_2000015481.pdf 55023
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