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Mar 13 Set Up.Indd MARCH 2013 PORTLAND’S Rain OF GLASS, INC. A non-profit organization formed to stimulate interest in collectible glass and to provide educational resources and events for the members and the community at large. UPCOMING EVENTS MARCH MARCH 2-3 – Palmer & Assoc. Portland WHERE: Central Lutheran Church EXPO, EXPO Center 1820 NE 21st Avenue, Portland, OR 97212 3 – Picc-A-Dilly Flea Market, (NE 21st & Schuyler) Rickreall WHEN: Tuesday, March 19, 2013, 3 – Medford Giant Flea Market 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. (Library open at 6:00 p.m.) 16-17 –So. Ore. Antiques & Collectibles, Medford Armory GREETERS: Sandra Millius and Jeff Motsinger (Come early to set up—6:00 p.m.) 17 – Salem Collectors Market, Salem Armory SPECIAL: CHOWDER FEED! 23-24 – Roseburg’s Spring Antiques & Collectibles Sale Get your taste buds ready for some Clam Chowder and/or Homemade Chicken Soup! PROG will host the second annual Every Sunday—Portland’s Clam Chowder and Chicken Soup Feed at the Indoor/Outdoor Flea Market, 5400 th March 19 meeting. The cost of dinner is $8.00 per person. N Lombard, Portland, (one block Homemade pie, salad, bread, drinks and side west of Portsmouth on Lombard) dishes will be provided by PROG volunteers. Come join the fun. Set up at 6:00 p.m. Dinner at 6:30 p.m. nd 2 Weekend – Old Mill at Yamhill Flea Market Pattern of the Month: “BROCADE” BY nd McKEE GLASS COMPANY, 2 Sunday—McMinnville Flea Mkt. presented by Carole White Visit estatesale-finder.com for local sales in the area Carole will share her McKee Brocade collection. Pictured at top is a green McKee Brocade plate. Above is a candle holder. At left (top) is a pink McKee Brocade creamer Visit the Portland’s Rain of and sugar. At bottom left is a Glass website: close up of the pattern. www.rainofglass.com or see us on FACEBOOK BOARD MEETING: Mailing Address: Tuesday, March 12, 2013, 7:00 p.m. Portland’s Rain of Glass ALL MEMBERS WELCOME C/O Ed Martin, 12764 SE Nixon Ave., Milwaukie, OR. 97222. MEMBERSHIP The February General Meeting brought new and returning faces. We had three guests, three new members and one renewal. All members are on board for the May renewal round-up. Want more money for the PROG Convention Auctions? For every person you sponsor who joins PROG, You get $5 in Glass Bucks. No Limit! ENJOY PROG’s SECOND ANNUAL What are “Glass Bucks?” To discover the answer, CLAM CHOWDER FEED!! attend a meeting. TUESDAY, MARCH 19 AT THE RAIN OF GLASS CLUB MEETING For Membership information, SET UP 6:00 � DINNER AT 6:30 please contact: Joi Shervey --MENU-- 654 SW Bella Vista Place ASSORTED APPETIZERS Gresham, Oregon 987080-6526 CLAM CHOWDER WITH GYRID’S SPECIAL TOUCHES HOMEMADE CHICKEN SOUP (H) 503.661.6777 GREEN SALAD with CHOICE OF DRESSINGS (C) 503.312.2188 GARLIC BREAD and FRENCH BREAD HOMEMADE PIES with WHIPPED CREAM COFFEE AND SOFT DRINKS It’s not a potluck—PROG and some generous donors will furnish the entire meal. It is a little fundraiser, so there will be a nominal fee of $8.00 for the dinner (which would cost you a lot more at a restaurant, including appetizer, dessert, second helpings or tip!!). Payment will be collected at the dinner. Once again Gyrid Hyde-Towle will be our SAT. AUGUST 24, 2013 chef. Not a clam chowder fan? Gyrid will have chicken soup as well. PROG’S PICNIC POTLUCK & The meal is optional—if you don’t feel ANTIQUE-HUNTING TOUR OF you want to partake of the dinner, you are McMINNVILLE & LAFAYETTE welcome to come and just enjoy the talk and other activities. We’ll carpool to Ron & Donna Miller’s But if you would like to have the meal and lovely home in McMinnville for a potluck haven’t signed up yet, please R.S.V.P. to: Carole Bess White and then hit the antique stores in the [email protected] or 503-901-0505 area, including theirs! by March 12 If you would like to submit an article for the newsletter, please email Cindy Thomas - [email protected] by the 25th of month for inclusion in next month’s issue as space allows. THE BROOK BY FRANCISCAN They selected the name “Franciscan” to allude WARE WITH SUZANNE LEMON to Franciscan monks, further playing into the Southwest imagery. Patterns such as El Patio, Coronado and Montecito sold well. The name was changed to Franciscan Ware in the late 1930’s to reflect a more upscale and broader image. Shortly after that they introduced their famous raised-relief patterns such as Apple and Desert Rose. They are the only two Franciscan patterns still in production today. Suzanne saw a May Company ad in the early 1970’s offering a service for four in Franciscan’s The Brook pattern, so she laid Franciscan Ceramics included ceramic it away. Her aunt surprised her by paying tabletop ware and tile products such as off the lay away and giving her the set for architectural terra cotta and sewer pipe Christmas. When the Glendale CA factory produced in California by Gladding, McBean closed, they offered pieces of The Brook and & Co. from 1934—62, International Pipe and Suzanne added four more place settings. An Ceramics (Interpace) from 1962—79, and aunt convinced Suzanne to display it in a china Wedgwood from 1979—83. cabinet, and then came the earthquake of January 17, 1994. Much was destroyed, so In 1983 Wedgwood closed the Los Suzanne salvaged what she could and has Angeles operation and moved dinnerware used Replacements Ltd. to replace many of the production to England. In 1986, Waterford pieces. Glass Group purchased Wedgwood and became Waterford Wedgwood. In 2009 KPS Capital Partners acquired the holdings of Waterford Wedgwood, and the Franciscan brand became a part of WWRD (Wedgwood Waterford Royal Doulton). All of The Brook pieces have different scenes on them, but they all have the same poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson on the back. The scenes on The Brook are somewhat similar to Friendly Village by Johnson Bros. The Brook was only produced for a few years, Gladding McBean began producing from the early 1970’s until 1975. It is still dinnerware because the Great Depression available from Replacements or on eBay. caused the building materials market to dry up. Their first Franciscan Pottery earthenware Edited by Carole Bess White was made in 1934. It was brightly colored Photos by Neal Skibinski earthenware in the style of Mexican pottery. JERRY & MARTY LINSCHOTEN’S It was made in every conceivable shape and size from the largest vase to the smallest BOSTON AND SANDWICH paperweight. GLASS MUSEUM TOUR The museum displays astonishingly beautiful examples of their work as well as their more utilitarian output such as insulators. Many of the items are from private collections while others belong to the museum. Jerry’s and Marty’s favorite items were the hand painted vases and plates, followed very closely by the oil lamps. Photos by Jerry Linschoten Every vacation trip Jerry and Marty take results in at least one unexpected adventure, and in 2012 it was the serendipitous find of the Boston & Sandwich Glass Museum on Cape Cod in Massachusetts. Trust Jerry to sniff out a connection between Boston & Sandwich Glass and E.A.P.G., but more on that later. Sandwich, Massachusetts, was founded in 1637 and is the oldest town on Cape Cod. Native Bostonian Deming Jarves (1790- 1869) founded the Boston & Sandwich Glass Company there in 1825 because of its shallow harbor, good supply of timber for fuel and They learned a lot about what transpired marsh grasses for packaging. during those early years, such as cute little bear-shaped bottles in various colors that Jarves hired skilled glassblowers from held bear grease for men to help promote hair the New England Glass Company, his previous growth. You could say it was the forerunner to firm, and from England and Ireland. British Rogaine! glassblowers were considered to be the finest in the world at that time. The Boston and Sandwich Company closed in 1888. The early output included pressed and blown glass. The earliest pressed Sandwich glass had the flaws typical of the time so small circles—called stipples—were added to the molds to disguise the flaws. Collectors call this “lacy glass.” When pressing techniques had improved to the extent that there was no longer a need for lacy-looking patterns to hide the flaws, the company began producing plainer fire-polished glass with bold geometric patterns in brilliant colors with exquisite decorations. For whatever reason, in the early 1800’s Photos below by Jerry Linschoten it was the fashion to pour one’s tea from the cup into one’s saucers and drink from them, so cup plates were needed to use as coasters for the empty cups. The museum has a huge array of original, old cup plates, but many of them have been reproduced so you have to be careful if you are collecting them. Neal Skibinski brought an example of a period English china cup and deep saucer along with an original cup plate so we could see how they were used. Neal and Jerry also A salt, shaped like a paddle wheel boat to brought examples of lacy glass, including a pair commemorate Lafayette. of lovely Oak Leaf plates from 1830—40. Neal found one locally for $3.00 that would sell for hundreds on the east coast. Neal brought a spooner and three full lead crystal goblets with copper wheel-engraved designs and cut stems.
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