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Depression glass is clear or a specified number of colored translucent magazine subscriptions, thus glassware. It was produced in making its way into almost a multitude of colors, ranging every American home. from the deep colors of purple, Depression glass started one black, cobalt, and red to the of the largest collecting trends pastels of pink, yellow, green, ever, from collectors to amber, and blue which nostalgia hunters. Over created to bring a bright note 100,000 eager collectors now into the otherwise drab times seek this prized glass, of the depression. Most of this whether to complete a glassware was made in the handed-down family set of Ohio River Valley of the United dishes, or to find the highly States, where access to raw sought and elusive rare materials and power made pieces. manufacturing inexpensive. Depression glass is More than twenty becoming more scarce on the manufacturers made more open market. Rare pieces may than 100 patterns, and entire sell for several hundred dinner sets were made in dollars. Some manufacturers some patterns. continued to make popular It was distributed free, or at patterns after World War II, or low cost, in the United States introduced similar patterns, and Canada around the time which are also collectible. of the Great Depression. Much The most popular colors depression glass is uranium with collectors today are pink glass. The glass was mass in varying hues, cobalt blue produced and appeared and green. Some of the most relatively crude next to the popular patterns buyers seek fine, handmade crystal glass today are Cameo, Mayfair, that was expensive to own. American Sweetheart, The colored glassware was Princess and Royal Lace. Even very inexpensive, many times the pattern names alluded to was given away as a premium better times and a longing for at movie theaters, gas stations, the glamorous lifestyles of the or stores, or simply for selling 1920s¢ 4 / AMERICAN JOURNAL Volume 25, FALL/WINTER 2017-18
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CITY REGION PG Funkstown WESTERN 18 Angola NORTH 15 CITY REGION PG Bloomington CENTRAL 15 MICHIGAN Signal Hill SOUTHERN 12 Cambridge City EAST 13 Carmel CENTRAL 15 Centerville EAST 13 Columbus SOUTH CENTRAL 14 Edinburgh CENTRAL 15 Fort Wayne EAST 13 Huntingburg SOUTH 15 Indianapolis CENTRAL 15 Madison SOUTH CENTRAL 14 Metamora SOUTH CENTRAL 14 Mooresville CENTRAL 15 Shelbyville CENTRAL 15 Westfield CENTRAL 15 Winchester EAST 13 KENTUCKY
CITY REGION PG CITY REGION PG Belleville SOUTHEAST 21 Burlington RIVER 17 Burton FLINT-TRI CITIES 19 Florence RIVER 17 Coldwater CENTRAL 20 Frankfort HEARTLAND 17 Flat Rock SOUTHEAST 21 AMERICAN ANTIQUITIES JOURNAL Volume 25, FALL/WINTER 2017-18/ 7 STATES, CITIES, REGIONS AND PAGE NUMBERS
Jonesville CENTRAL 20 Mt. Victory NORTHWEST 21 Kalamazoo WEST 20 New Concord SOUTHEAST 26 Lake Odessa CENTRAL 20 Newark SOUTH CENTRAL 23 Marshall CENTRAL 20 Oregonia SOUTHWEST 24 Monroe SOUTHEAST 21 Parkman NORTHEAST 22 Royal Oak SOUTHEAST 21 Pataskala SOUTH CENTRAL 23 Saginaw FLINT/TRI CITIES 19 Piqua SOUTHWEST 24 Sterling Heights SOUTHEAST 21 Powell NORTH CENTRAL 25 Williamston CENTRAL 20 Proctorville SOUTH CENTRAL 23 Reading SOUTHWEST 24 Ripley SOUTHWEST 24 OHIO Ross SOUTHWEST 24 Sharon Center NORTHEAST 22 South Vienna SOUTHWEST 24 Springfield SOUTHWEST 24 Steubenville SOUTHEAST 26 Strasburg SOUTHEAST 26 Tallmadge NORTHEAST 22 Toledo NORTHWEST 21 Troy SOUTHWEST 25 WEST VIRGINIA Urbana SOUTHWEST 25 Van Wert NORTHWEST 21 Wapakoneta NORTHWEST 21 Waynesville SOUTHWEST 25 West Carrollton SOUTHWEST 25 West Liberty SOUTHWEST 25 Wickliffe NORTHEAST 22 Wilmington SOUTHWEST 25 PENNSYLVANIA
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Arcanum SOUTHWEST 24 CITY REGION PG Avon NORTH CENTRAL 25 Barnesville SOUTHEAST 26 Huntington METRO VALLEY 30 Berlin NORTHEAST 22 Nitro METRO VALLEY 30 Cairo NORTHEAST 22 Parkersburg MID OHIO VALLEY 30 Cambridge SOUTHEAST 26 South Charleston METRO VALLEY 30 Carrollton SOUTHEAST 26 CITY REGION PG Wheeling NORTH PANHANDLE 27 Chillicothe SOUTH CENTRAL 23 Cincinnati SOUTHWEST 24 Canonsburg PITTSBURGH 27 Columbiana NORTHEAST 22 Carlisle PA DUTCH 27 WYOMING Columbus SOUTH CENTRAL 23 Heidelberg PITTSBURGH 27 Coolville SOUTH CENTRAL 23 Washington PITTSBURGH 27 Dayton SOUTHWEST 24 East Liverpool NORTHEAST 22 Fairfield SOUTHWEST 24 TENNESSEE Findlay NORTHWEST 21 Hanoverton NORTHEAST 22 Lakewood NORTHEAST 22 Lancaster SOUTH CENTRAL 23 Lebanon SOUTHWEST 24 Mansfield NORTH CENTRAL 25 Marietta SOUTHEAST 26 Medina NORTHEAST 22 CITY REGION PG CITY REGION PG Milan NORTH CENTRAL 25 Montpelier NORTHWEST 21 Sevierville EAST 27 Gillette NORTHEAST 30 8 / AMERICAN JOURNAL Volume 25, FALL/WINTER 2017-18
AMERICAN HOME & GARDEN EXPO HOLDS INNAGURAL EVENT IN JANUARYYY
By Jess Grimm
As families begin thinking than thirty years to create show founder. about their next project for world-class shows for their The American Home & summer, whether it be new customers. Their aim is to Garden Expo aims to not only take the effort out of the search to begin a new project, but also to create a fun, engaging experience for their customers. The expo will host numerous exhibitors at the Atlanta Expo landscapers,” Scott said. Atlanta Expo Centers in Centers. Local and national “There is a diverse group of Atlanta, Georgia from craftsmen in all fields of home people to help with January 18-21, 2018. The expo and garden improvement homeowners.” will be open Thursday have gathered to meet a through Saturday from 9 a.m. seeker’s needs. to 6 p.m. and Sunday from 10 A variety of booths await a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is those attending, including $8 at the door or you can contractors, designers, purchase tickets in advance landscaping, energy on the show’s website. Acres efficiency companies, indoor of free parking are available and outdoor products and at the expo center, as well as a home construction or a produce entertaining and much more. There’s complimentary shuttle remodel, an upgrade to new educational events that something for everyone at this service. energy efficient appliances, or smoothly seam together new, exciting expo. For information on how to a landscaping makeover, a providers and customers in a For those looking into new become an exhibitor, to buy new home and garden show friendly, customer-service construction projects, whether tickets, or to find hotels and in Atlanta is ready to be their based environment. it be a house, barn or restaurants nearby, go to one-stop shop for builders, “We are all excited about something else, the expo will www.AmericanHomeandGarden decorators, landscapers and this show and so are the have experts on hand to help Expo.com. more. exhibitors signing up for what with every step of the process. The people behind the we anticipate being one of the “There will be window American Home & Garden top home shows in the people, flooring people, banks The American Home & Photos Courtesy of the Ameri- Expo have worked for more country,” said Don Scott, to help with financing and Garden Expo will debut at the can Home & Garden Expo¢ AMERICAN ANTIQUITIES JOURNAL Volume 25, FALL/WINTER 2017-18/ 9 FAIRS, FESTIVALS AND ANNUAL EVENTS
The Origins of Glassmaking
When lightning struck occurred many times before sand, it creates glass in the man learned the techniques of form fulgurites. Also known glassmaking. as ‘petrified lightning’ or Where and when and man ‘lightning tubes’, they form in first learned to make glass is sand and a wide variety of not known, but cut glass has soils when the moisture been traced back as far as content is right. ancient Egypt, and engraved The main component of glass to ancient Rome. regular glass is silica, which Glassmaking flourished in all melts at around 1650°C. the countries under Roman Sand, generally is mostly rule. The celebrated Portland made of silica. The plasma vase was manufactured in centimeters high and 56 in scenes. earliest glass was fused in generated by lightning Rome about 70 AD. It is the circumference. It is made of Glassmaking gradually molds to make beads or strikes, on an average goes best known piece of Roman violet-blue glass, and spread all over Europe, and formed around sand cores to well over 30,000°C. cameo glass and has served as surrounded with a single the trade was considered to be make small vessels. The event Volcanoes fusing rocks an inspiration to many glass continuous white glass cameo an art of high social standing. that changed glass making the with sand creates obsidian and porcelain makers from making two distinct scenes, The methods and most was the introduction of glass. It is produced when about the beginning of the 18th depicting seven human ingredients used to make the blowpipe. Historians felsic lava extruded from a century onwards. It has has figures, plus a large snake, glass, and the tools used to don’t really know when this volcano cools rapidly with been in the British Museum in and two bearded and horned form it, have probably occurred either, but generally, minimal crystal growth. Both since 1810. heads below the handles, changed less over the years it was before the birth of of these natural events The vase is about 25 marking the break between the that any other process. The SEE “ORIGINS” Page 10 10 / AMERICAN JOURNAL Volume 25, FALL/WINTER 2017-18
“ORIGINS” Cont’d From Page 9 a shop there that exclusively superimposed on it. Colors technique attributed to the glass, this style was purely Christ. Since then gravity, sold glass. were usually those that were South Jersey workmen was the American and did not temperature, and constant The first successful glass movement of the molten made commercially in material have been used in the America was that of Wistar, a formation of objects of glass. manufacturer of bottles, In 1608 Captain John Smith window glass, and other brought glassblowers to his practical utensils from 1739 to new colony of Virginia. A 1780, a remarkably long time glasshouse was built on the for a colonial business. The mainland where plenty of fuel factory’s original product of could be obtained. It is almost brass buttons was so certain that green glass bottles successful that the plant were made there. In 1621 expanded into the another glasshouse was built glassmaking field. The in Jamestown and company was successful glassblowers were instructed enough to survive the to make beads for barter with depression years of the the Indians. In 1632 in his Revolution, and the report on the new colony of workmanship of the products Virginia, Captain Smith said made at Wistar’s two that “glas” was sent “home.” Southern New Jersey plants There is little doubt that (the other one was opened in glassmaking was America’s Glassboro in 1781) became first industry. known as South Jersey. South During the 18th century, Jersey was usually free blown English glass of the Queen and tooled into simple "Glass Blower and Mold Boy. Grafton, W. Va." (Library of Congress). Anne period was imported pictures, bowls and bottles. into America in unbelievable Later much of the South Jersey quantities. In 1712 Bristol had decorations of crimped present naturally, green, “lily pad” motif. Blown out pretend to imitate or compete glass was advertised in and pinched bands of glass, aquamarine and amber. The of the tag ends of the melting with imported pieces. Boston, and in 1719 there was trailing, and quilting most original and inventive pots of green window or bottle SEE “ORIGINS” Page 11 AMERICAN ANTIQUITIES JOURNAL Volume 25, FALL/WINTER 2017-18/ 11
“ORIGINS” Cont’d From Page 10 mostly used on pocket bottles. and molded wares both clear motif; Masonic emblems and stars in geometric designs. In the 1760’s, a man named Steigel’s glass company was and in colors. Bakewell political slogans were often Engraving was also done in Henry Steigel began making very successful, but when the followed trends in both used. America. Fruit and floral glass in his father-in-law’s men of the Revolution began products and patterns, and Shortly after the beginning designs were the most ironworks. Steigel decided to buying arms instead of glass, became one of the most of the 19th century, another popular, as were classical manufacture decanters and Steigel lost everything, diversified manufacturers of technique developed around drinking glasses instead of including his lavishly glass in the century. limiting the company to the furnished mansion. The early 18th century had manufacture of bottles and Another German, John many more glass factories, window glass. He traveled to Frederick Amelung, founded and some of these, like the the New Bremen Glass 1818 New England Glass Manufactory near Frederick, Company of East Cambridge, Maryland in 1784. The Massachusetts, and the company’s clear glass Boston and Sandwich Glass decanters, glasses and goblets Company of Cape Cod in 1825 were shallow wheel engraved, became giants in the industry. frequently bore White Bakewell’s and the commemorative inscriptions, New England Glass and set a high standard for Company were producing the company’s competitors. glass in the best European The first glass factory west traditions, America took the of the Alleghenies was Albert lead in improvements in glass Gallatin’s New Geneva making techniques, like Glassworks in western mechanical pressing. Because Pennsylvania. In 1797 some of American inventions of the of Amelung’s craftsmen late 1820s, glass could be migrated to Gallatin’s pressed in a hand-operated EXOGENIC FULGURITES, Glasshouse near Pittsburgh. mold into elaborately stippled ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA The availability of coal helped pieces, known today as “lacy Wedding scene, detail of the this area to develop into a glass.” Simple molds side A of the Portland Vase great manufacturing region. manually pressed together After that, many important were made into salt cellars glasshouses were founded in and cup plates, inexpensively Attributed to Henry William Stiegel, Diamond Daisey Bottle, 1767- London and Bristol and midwestern areas, including imitating cut glass. 84. Blown amethyst glass. Courtesy Yale University Art Gallery studied the art of glassmaking Zanesville, Ravenna, Mantua The second type of glass and hired workers trained in and Kent, in Ohio. developed in America, was German, Venetian and blown three-mold glass, English techniques. which also imitated the more Pittsburgh, pattern-molded swags and festoons. After the Advertisements from expensive cut glass. In this glass. The shape and pattern engraving, the pieces were Pennsylvania to process, the blower expanded of this ware was formed by hand-polished on wooden Massachusetts and account his gather of glass within a blowing the gather into part- wheels, thus giving them a soft books show that Steigel three-part mold, hinged to a sized dip, an open top, one luster distinct from the later manufactured a wide variety base, until it filled the pattern piece mold, or hinged molds. high-speed wheel polishing of tableware, including salt, of the mold, some of which After it was removed from the or acid bath. Fine cut designs creamers,, bowls, cruets, wine had cut glass patterns incised mold, further blowing were made by Amelung glasses, tumblers, mugs, small on them. After the mold was expanded the glass into the Bakewell, the New England containers, mustard, and opened, the piece was desired size. The pattern, Glass Company, and the smelling salts and manipulated with tools if impressed by the mold, Boston & Sandwich Glass candlesticks. His colored further decoration was spread out into a soft outline. Company. glass was blown into part- desired. Blown three-mold Ribbed, swirled and diamond By 1830, the American glass sized molds to give it a pattern, pieces were produced in glass patterns where the most industry had become so well and then expanded to full size Masonic Historical Flask, houses from New England to popular designs. The established that it no longer and finished, a technique Coventry Glass Works, Ohio in both clear and colored “broken-rib” was made by had to depend on foreign called pattern-molding. Coventry, Connecticut, glass, and some in bottle glass. dipping the gather into the imports, and high tariffs were Steigel engraved and 1824 – 1826 Among the most popular mold twice. After the gather levied on glass from Europe. enameled his flint glass. Flint American mold-blown objects was blown into a rib mold, it The Baldwin Bill of 1830 that glass is crystal made of was the historical flask, was removed, given a twist, levied the tariffs, created a pulverized flint. Bakewell and Company of ornamented with political and blown into the mold a boom in American glass Although the origins of most Pittsburgh was established in figures, national heroes, and second time. Then it was manufacture so great that to of the patterns Steigel molded 1808, and employed skilled popular slogans. They were removed from the mold and historians, the Colonial Period can be traced to imitations of English and Irish cutters. Its made throughout the 19th expanded into a flask or dish. of American glass those used abroad, his daisy cut and engraved glass century, and remain as a The earliest known manufacture came to an end. pattern is thought to have been rivaled the quality of imported pictorial of history. The examples of American cut It was now time for America’s original. His daisies in a glass. In addition, Bakewell American eagle appeared glass date from 1711 and they glass industry to create its own diamond or hexagon were also manufactured free-blown more frequently than any other were of simple designs, like style.¢ 12 / AMERICAN JOURNAL Volume 25, FALL/WINTER 2017-18 POLITICALPOLITICAL PARADEPARADE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SIGNAL HILL
by Michael J. McQuillen Long Beach Antique Mall II (AM) 1851 Freeman Ave. The year after a Presidential frenzy of 16 onto today. I will be in attendance to buy, 562-498-3500 campaign is usually a time Auctions offering political sell and trade and look www.longbeachantiquemall.com when the nation s eye on memorabilia are posting forward to seeing any politics and Presidential record prices on some of the American Antiquities Journal politics specifically is most sought after collectibles readers who make the trek! somewhat unfocused. of the past 228 years of Please feel free to contact me Presidential history and many for more information. of the losses that the hobby On to the Mailbag: observed immediately after the economic struggles of Q: Hi, yesterday I saw the type of activity and a fair nice Landon banner should 2008 2009 are being Full Dinner Bucket Roosevelt number of cards have retail in the $500 - $600 range. corrected. jugate at a swap meet. A survived, keeping prices fairly This column appears regularly The hobby of Political while back, I bought a fake low. In great shape your in American Antiquities Journal. Memorabilia has certainly one, so I learned by lesson to Benjamin Harrison card I invite readers to e-mail or write seen its share of tough times be wary. This one appears to should fetch around $20. me if they have questions about between the aforementioned have all the requisite age, only Q: Mr. McQuillen, we enjoy political buttons or other political economic woes and the unlike the more common deep your articles. Recently while items in their possession. A good advent of eBay and with its blue and beige one, it is orange cleaning out a family description accompanied with a A genuine 1900 McKinley & ability to offer collectors 24 all over. Is this a replica or Roosevelt Dinner Bucket button hour a day seven days a real? typically sells in the $125 range. week shopping not to A: Political collecting is a mention the increased great hobby, but sadly has a availability of some once few pitfalls like most other Well&the barn burning 2016 hard-to-find items. collectibles. Over the past 50 Presidential election has One measure of the strength years there have been a proven to break that trend! of the hobby is the strong number of fake, fantasy and Following a great upsweep in interest in and attendance at reproduction campaign interest in the collecting of the many Political and buttons produced by various political memorabilia due to companies and individuals. an incredibly close Sadly, one such repro is the Presidential campaign, orange colored Dinner Bucket perhaps a record number of button you described above. buttons and items were Genuine examples are produced both supporting normally in black or brown, and detracting from with a few known in a black candidates Donald Trump, & white, sepia and green. Kansas’ Favorite Son Alf Landon is featured on this nice campaign Hillary Clinton and all of their Most all of these are 1 ¼ in banner, which should retail in the $500 to $600 range. Primary competitors. diameter and made with a After Election Night, button celluloid covering. The button companies immediately you found was produced member s home, my wife photocopy or scan will have the began cranking out victory almost 50 years ago, but is alas and I found a 6-foot across best chance of receiving a response buttons and a host of still a fake. red, white and blue banner in future columns. Due to time This reproduction Dinner Inauguration items for the Bucket button was produced in Q: My Grandfather was a picturing Alf Landon for and space limitations, all coming start of the new the 1960s and has a value of collector of all types of gum President. Any price questions cannot be answered. administration. Between the Zero dollars. and tobacco cards from the information would be Please limit your questions to one Primaries, Conventions, turn of the last century. Here appreciated. or two items. A S.A.S.E. will Campaign and Inaugural, an is a Heisel s Gum card that A: Similar 6 foot to 10 foot enable me to return your incredible number of button Americana collectors features President Harrison. banners were produced in the photo\xerox if so desired. varieties were produced for shows such as the Canton Is it worth much? mid-20th Century for most Personal replies depend on the an insatiable public. Ohio Political & Pop Culture A: That depends on how Presidential candidates volume of mail received. Despite which side Show & Sale, which will be you define much. Gum including FDR, Willkie, Michael J. McQuillen can be collectors aligned themselves held October 27 28 at the and tobacco cards were Dewey, Ike, Truman, reached by writing him directly with during 2016, I m glad McKinley Grand Hotel in frequently inserted in Stevenson and of course at P. O. Box 50022, Indianapolis, to report that everyone came Downtown Canton. Friday products just like actors, Landon. The left and right Indiana 46250-0022, e-mail: back to the same page as hours are 9am 4:30pm animals, baseball players and sides have red, white and blue [email protected] or everyone seems to be united (admission $5) and Saturday much, much more. The 1880s banners which taper down to at his web-site: in continuing the collecting 9am 2pm (free admission.) were a busy period for this the ends. In great shape, your www.PoliticalParade.com¢ AMERICAN ANTIQUITIES JOURNAL Volume 25, FALL/WINTER 2017-18/ 13 Beauty Is in the Eyes of the Beholder EAST INDIANA CENTERVILLE by Bob Brooke Wheeler’s Antiques (AD) 106, 107 & 108 W. Main St. As the old saying goes, They didn’t even recognize it glass wore away and felt that 765-855-3400 “beauty is in the eyes of the as a specific classification of it was “goofy” or that some- beholder.” And so it was with glass. Goofus glass, at its one had tried to “goof us.” White River Salvage (AD) America’s growing middle 104 W. Main St. class had long admired cut 765-855-1908 glass, but it was expensive. Pressed, or pattern glass, be- came a substitute for cut glass by the end of the 19th century. So the demand for pressed FORT WAYNE glass rose tremendously. To keep up with the demand, a Nature's Corner Antique Mall (AM) number of new factories ap- 2307 Spy Run Ave. peared, mostly in western 260-483-5236 Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Vir- CAMBRIDGE CITY ginia, and Indiana due to the availability of natural gas to National Road Antique fire their furnaces. The most Mall (AM) prominent of these was the 39 W. Main St. Northwood Glass Company, 765-478-9070 / M-Sat 10-5, Sun 12-5 WINCHESTER founded in 1887 in Martin’s Country Side Antiques (AD,G) Ferry, Ohio, by Henry Helling, Roses & Rainbows Florist (G) 118 W. Main St. St. Rd. 32 E. Henry Floto, William Mann, 765-478-5352 765-546-7280 Thomas Mears, and Harry Northwood. Production began in 1888 with blown glassware. The original output of the firm in- Ohio, Westmoreland Glass of Somewhere along the line, “Goofus” glass, a pressed inception, was just a variety cluded lampshades, table- Grapeville, Pennsylvania, the idea to paint pressed glass hybrid. Some call it of pressed glass. ware, water sets and berry Dugan Glass Company of In- glassware with bright col- tacky, others tawdry, and still The term “Goofus” refers sets. Northwood functioned diana, McKee Glass Company ors— usually red, but some- as the general manager and chief designer, who, even at this time, showed a preference for vivid colors, years before the inception of goofus glass. Harry Northwood founded his own company, H. Northwood and Company in Wheeling, West Virginia in 1901. Within five years, his company had developed a reputation as America’s finest glassware manufacturer. Always innovative, Harry Northwood was probably the first to make what has come to be known as Goofus glass and, a few years later in 1908, Carnival glass. Other companies, such as The Imperial Glass Company others ordinary. But collectors more to the use of unfired of Bellaire, Ohio, focused im- say it’s beautiful. “cold” painted decoration to mediately on Goofus glass. Manufacturers didn’t a piece of pressed glass, rather Other companies soon joined of Jeannette, Pennsylvania, times green, pink, brown, or- originally call it “Goofus” than to the glass itself. Many them, including the Crescent and Indiana Glass Company ange, silver, and always some glass. They had no people believe the first users Glass Company of Wellsburg, of Dunkirk, Indiana, which gold—gained popularity with designation of Goofus glass in of Goofus noticed how easily West Virginia, Lancaster produced more Goofus glass the buying public, who their salesmen’s catalogs. the painted decoration on this Glass Company in Lancaster, than any other manufacturer. SEE “GOOFUS” Page 14 14 / AMERICAN JOURNAL Volume 25, FALL/WINTER 2017-18
“GOOFUS” Cont’d From Page 13 duced and relatively cheap, plates, bowls, vases, oil lamps, scooped it up in large quanti- retail shop owners bought it dresser sets, salt and pepper SOUTH CENTRAL IN ties. This popularity glass to give as a premium for buy- shakers and candle holders. peaked between 1908 and ing their goods. Goofus glass Many of the Goofus patterns 1918. This flashy glassware was given away by every sort featured flowers and fruit, es- struck a chord with the buy- of business— furniture stores, pecially grapes, among other motifs, raised out of the sur- rounding glass as seen in vases, powder boxes and lamps. The pattern could also be pressed into the glass from beneath the surface providing an intaglio effect as found in Goofus plates, baskets and COLUMBUS candy dishes. Because of the extensive use Days of Old Antique Shoppe (AD) of red, green, and gold paint, 1510 Central Ave. Goofus glass became known 812-799-0347 as “Mexican ware” because the colors reminded buyers of the colors in the Mexican flag. Workers decorated the glass in one of two ways: They ei- MADISON ther covered one side or the METAMORA other of the piece completely Gifts That Last (J, A, G) with paint, known as “All 120 E. Main St. Unique Creations (G) Over Decoration” or “AOD,” 812-265-6717 19064 Main St. or they painted just the distin- 765-647-2150 guishing pattern on the glass, leaving the remainder of the ing public, or it at least caught car dealers, even at World War glass untouched, known as the imaginations of average I bond drives. A person could “Pattern Decorated” or “PD.” considerable paint loss. peared in many antiques and Americans, who scooped it up buy a house and get a com- The more frequently seen sur- consumer publications, includ- in large quantities. plete set of dishes. Or buy a face textures are various “bas- As an avid collector of a vari- ing British Heritage, Antique Manufacturers marketed new suit and get an intaglio ket weave,” “fish net,” and ety of antiques and collectibles for Week, Southeastern Antiquing Goofus glass with names fruit bowl. Or buy an engage- “stippled.” the last 20 years, Bob Brooke and Collecting Magazine, evoking far-away exotic ment ring and get a vase or a By the beginning of the knows what he’s writing about. OldandSold.com, and many oth- Great Depression, Goofus Besides writing about antiques, ers. To read more of his work, glass production had come to Brooke has also sold at flea mar- visit his main website at an end. It’s difficult to find a piece of Goofus glass in perfect condi- tion whether the paint was applied to the outside or the inside of a piece. The worn paint became so unsightly it was washed away by the original or subsequent own- ers. Collectors pay more to own pieces made for special occa- sions or to commemorate a World’s Fair or another event than other nondescript pieces. They also look for complete sets such as a large berry bowl with matching smaller bowls. Goofus collectors seek out rare places and wealth. Some of set of dishes. Fair owners oil lamps complete with glass these included Egyptian Inta- even awarded it as prizes for shade and matching base. Of glio, Egyptian Art, Khedive winning games. It was the course, Goofus glass in all (meaning “viceroys of Egypt, first Carnival glass, preceding shapes and forms in great Golden Oriental, Artistic the iridized glass known as condition with very little kets and worked in an antique www.bobbrooke.com or his spe- Decorated, and Intaglio Art. carnival glass today. paint wear will bring a much shop, so he knows the business cialty antiques site at Because it was mass-pro- Glass companies produced better price than a piece with side too. His articles have ap- www.theantiquesalmanac.com ¢ AMERICAN ANTIQUITIES JOURNAL Volume 25, FALL/WINTER 2017-18/ 15 NORTH INDIANA CENTRAL INDIANA MOORESVILLE 69 80 BLOOMINGTON AND 80 20 EDINBURGH Angola Mooresville Open Market (AD) 6 5 E. Main St. 6 317-584-5814 41 19 30 mooresvilleopenmarketantiques.com 311 W. 7th St. Downtown Bloomington Located in TheHISTORIC BLOOMINGTON one of Indiana’s most vibrant 31 downtown 65 ANTIQUE MALL districts! Experience SALESl SERVICE STABILITY 24 Open Daily 10am -6pm SHELBYVILLE ANGOLA (812) 323-7676 BloomingtonAntiqueMall.com Nostalgia on 9 Antique Mall & Flea Market (AM, FM) A Wild Hare Antique Mall 1018 E. 500 South (AM) Show Your Card and SAVE! 317-392-7701 401 W. Maumee St. Don’t forget the finest Antique Mall 260-665-9920 CARMEL in the Midwest! EXIT 76 Antique Emporium (AD) ANTIQUE MALL 620-1 S. Rangeline Rd. 12595 N. Executive Dr., Edinburgh, IN Open Daily 317-844-8351 (Located on I-65 at Exit 76B) 10am-6pm SOUTH INDIANA l (812) 526-7676 Exit76Antiques.com WESTFIELD
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HUNTINGBURG researchers trace its origins to with the presence of themes, And with that came a Downtown Emporium (AM) the early Egyptians where such as local historic images. change in what was being 407 E. 4th St. colored glass beads dating By the time of the presented in stained glass. 812-683-0123 from 2,700 B.C. have been Renaissance, however, Although religious themes found. By the first century painting had become the most still predominated, artists A.D., the Romans were using prominent art form. Until were delving into secular stained glass windows. about the 19th century stained themes, ranging from GLASS ART The windows we are glass fell into disfavor for depictions of nature, to themes familiar with today date from various reasons. For instance, on the arts, as the Chagall by Cheryl M. Keyser the late 11th century in about the17th century, the panels at the Art Institute in Germany during the Gothic English Parliament ordered Chicago. For centuries, stained glass Glass is an odd medium, period in art. Starting with religious images removed Tiffany became the most has been the glory of made of the most basic of this period, some of the from churches as friction - notable as he went beyond churches, almost as if it is a elements - rough grains of grandest cathedrals in Europe indeed clashes between windows into such home special art crated solely for sand melted into a liquid form featured stained glass religions - were at their height, decor items as lamps for which religious reasons. In truth, and left to harden. Mixed windows, which became de evidenced by the exodus from he was famous. Indeed, his there is some validity to this. with different metallic oxides, riguer in most religious Great Britain of religious renown still brings high prices In the early churches, stained it attains those characteristic construction. Roughly, the groups who did not accept on the auction market. glass windows, depicting im- luminous colors or staining. same art periods used in “graven images” in their Certainly, no one of his ages from the Bible or lives of From its humble origins, painting are reflected in religious establishments. generation could imagine the the saints, were used to edu- speculated on by scholars as stained glass, such as the It was not until the middle prices that a Tiffany lamp cate the faithful about their achieved by sand Romanesque style in the of the 19th century that the art would obtain today. In 2015, religion. Until the invention accidentally falling into fire, Cathedral in Augsberg, of stained glass underwent a for instance, a dragonfly lamp, of printing, this was the only it has gained the highest Germany, the Gothic style in revival due to such artists as originally in the Andrew way to reach the masses of esteem and proved to be one Notre Dame in Paris, and the John LaFarge (1835-1910), Carnegie collection and with Christians no matter their de- of the most long-lasting arts. Renaissance in the Saint Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848- impeccable provenance, was nomination. Thus, the win- Although no one knows Etienne Church in France. 1933), Frank Lloyd Wright listed at an estimated price of dows were a source of instruc- who discovered how to During this period, a level of (1867-1959), and French artist $250,000 to $350,000. When tion as well as beauty. convert sand into glass, most secularism entered the art Marc Chagall (1887-1985). SEE “KEYSER” Page 16 16 / AMERICAN JOURNAL Volume 25, FALL/WINTER 2017-18
attention, although they may changing, as bus tours take who appreciate it. The HIGHLANDS not be well known to the groups to visit the various Stained Glass Association of general public. Scattered examples of the art. Two are America (SGAA), which REGION OF KY throughout Franklin County in Presbyterian churches in represents most of the major in south central downtown Chambersburg stained glass studios in the United States, has been around since 1903, underscoring the strength of demand in this area. In addition to its member activities, it also offers classes and scholarships for aspiring artists. One of its Board members is David Judson, a fifth generation stained glass artist. He can trace the origins of the California-based Judson Studios to his great-great grandfather. This first Judson, William Lees, was a plein air painter born in England, moved to Canada, and then the United States. He trained GRAYSON his sons in stained glass techniques and it has come Bald Eagle Hill Flea Market RUSSELL down through the (FM) One of Chagall's 'America Windows' commemorating America's generations (and possibly a 179 Bald Eagle Lane Antique Junction (AD) Bicentennial sixth). “About 80% of our 606-831-1445 440 Bellefonte St. commissions are for religious 606-836-3238/836-1289 art,” said David Judson. But Pennsylvania, a mainly (the county seat), nearby the Studio also does White Eagle Antiques (AM) commercial and residential 509Bellefonte St. agricultural area, various sites Wilson College, Mercersburg 606-836-2830 work, including public OLIVE HILL www.whiteeagleantiques.com murals and private homes, one of which features a stunning stained glass skylight. “Artists are looking for other venues to express themselves,” said Judson, “and this field not only demands a high level of craftsmanship, but also is a permanent medium which has existed for over 1,000 years.” Stained glass is a collectible LAKE REGION OF KY in the making, showing a STURGIS renewed appreciation for handcrafted pieces in this digital age. Although few can afford millions for a Tiffany lamp, now is the time to explore the market and seek out interesting pieces at Sotheby's photo of Tiffany Studio dragonfly lamp comfortable prices. Do some homework (SGAA offers extensive information) and display signed Tiffany Academy, and two other visit some of the studios. That windows. It seems an churches. One window alone is the best way to sort the unlikely area to find work as measures 25 feet in height. wheat from the chaff, so to sophisticated, and until lately Today stained glass is speak, and enter an older “KEYSER” Cont’d From Page 15 lamp sold for over $2 million. they have not received much attracting a large group of both world of art that has been the hammer descended, the His windows still draw interest. But that is also those who make it and those shaped by new world artists.¢ AMERICAN ANTIQUITIES JOURNAL Volume 25, FALL/WINTER 2017-18/ 17
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“RUBY” Cont’d From Page 17 stained pieces had delicate came the most widely used ping a hot piece of just-formed incised patterns applied, but with ruby staining on the up- WESTERN MARYLAND clear glass into a contrasting later makers ruby stained only per, plain portion. Only these batch of colored glass, usually the broad top section of a ruby-stained pieces are called 70 70 ruby. When the piece had piece. Ruby Thumbprint. Heavily 68 70 Funkstown cooled and annealed, a skilled By 1885, amber staining was reproduced from about 1890 220 40 craftsman cut a pattern available in the United States. to 1914, glassmakers pro- 219 40A Originating in Germany, the duced this pattern in over 100 50 process used silver nitrate. pieces. Since many skilled glass work- Another popular ruby- ers immigrated from Germany stained pattern, Button and England, they brought Arches, introduced originally FUNKSTOWN their skills and knowledge around 1898, continued in with them. production for many years. Hudson House Antiques (AD) Glassmakers produced The design consists of slightly 1 S. High St. 301-733-1632 ruby-stained glass by reheat- overlapping pointed arches www.hudsonhousegalleries.com ing the glass after painting it around the bottom edges and with copper salts. Stained covers of pieces, each arch pattern glass could be deco- containing tightly packed rated by engraving or etching “buttons.” Made in clear, mixes with short ribs and a flattened and pointed tab feet, ferns, flowers, ivy, and birds, clear with ruby staining and curved, fan-like device in the each foot embossed with a among other motifs, through gold-stained bands, collectors pattern band, leaving the up- lacy scroll design. A close the stain. Craftsmen often per portions of pieces plain cousin to Colorado is Lacy added enamel decoration on and clear for ruby staining Medallion, which has arched top of the stain. However, and inscribing. lacy panels around the bases many of these pieces had the Ruby rosettes, also known as of the pieces but no feet. Both name of a loved one, a World’s the Hero pattern, features a patterns often show up with Fair, or a city incised on the band of circles around the souvenir markings, especially ruby-stained surface by n en- bases in covers of pieces and as small cups and toothpick through the thin colored layer graver at the time of purchase. within each small circle a large holders. to the clear glass beneath. By 1890, glass manufacturers diamond with curved sides. As an avid collector of a vari- Though more durable, it was introduced two new patterns A related pattern, Pillow En- ety of antiques and collectibles for a more expensive technique. annually–one complex imitat- circled, has a straight divid- the last 20 years, Bob Brooke Staining, or flashing, on the ing cut glass and the other ing line above the row of knows what he’s writing about. other hand, involves painting plain and ready for decora- circles, forming an obvious Besides writing about antiques, an already-pressed piece of tion. The latter often ended up barrier between them and the clear pattern glass with a as ruby stained glass souve- can find this pattern high- smooth sides above. Other- chemical solution containing nirs. lighted with souvenir inscrip- wise, the patterns appear Although glassmakers in- tions. Small pieces, such as identical. Both patterns were troduced a larger number of the toothpick holder, appar- made in a wide range of items patterns during the 1890s, ently were favored giveaways and are often found with ruby most were geometric and ab- or souvenirs from fairs, carni- staining and engraved souve- stract designs, with a growing vals, and tourist spots. nir inscriptions. number made to emulate the In the late 1890s, the United flashy, expensive brilliance of States Glass Company, a con- cut glass, the de rigeur gift for sortium of smaller companies, weddings and important oc- came up with the idea of mar- casions. keting a series of glass pat- One of the most popular terns named after the various ruby stained patterns was states. Though a few of these Kings Crown, originally is- patterns were new to the se- Brooke has also sold at flea mar- copper sulfide and backing it sued by Adams & Co. as its ries, some were reissues of ear- kets and worked in an antique in a 1,000-degree kiln, turning X.L.C.R., a crypted spelling of lier lines reintroduced as part shop, so he knows the business the stain bright red. Some- its other early name, Excel- of this line. The state series side too. His articles have ap- times, makers used an amber sior. This is a handsome pat- continued through the turn- peared in many antiques and stain to decorate their pressed tern featuring a band of large of-the-century. Most of the consumer publications, includ- pieces, which could then be thumbprints around the base state patterns featured geo- ing British Heritage, Antique engraved with flower or leaf of pieces, flanked by narrow metric or imitation cut-glass Week, Southeastern Antiquing bands or souvenir inscrip- serrated bands. Collectors Ruby staining found its way design, but a few had a plant and Collecting Magazine, tions. named it King’s Crown, ap- into the Esther pattern, origi- and flower motif that adds to OldandSold.com, and many oth- The way to create profits is parently because the nally introduced as Esther their appeal. ers. To read more of his work, to cut costs, so manufacturers, thumbprints and serrated Ware, which features a band A very popular states visit his main website at in an effort to offset rising la- bands reminded them of a of design around the bases of pattern, the full, rounded www.bobbrooke.com or his spe- bor costs, took shortcuts. king’s crown. A variation pieces. A curved row of small bodies of pieces in Colorado cialty antiques site at Originally, ruby and amber- called Ruby Thumbprint be- circles with starburst centers are plain but rest on three www.theantiquesalmanac.com ¢ AMERICAN ANTIQUITIES JOURNAL Volume 25, FALL/WINTER 2017-18/ 19
Glass from a Depressed Period in American History FLINT TRI-CITIES MI SAGINAW From the late 1920’s through exhibiting air bubbles, heavy oatmeal box one week, from a the early 1940s, mold marks and other flaws detergent box the next. the Saginaw manufacturers such as Hazel in the glass, yet it came in Sometimes gas stations ANTIQUE WAREHOUSE Atlas Glass Company, beautiful colors and patterns would throw in a punch bowl and specialty shoppes Hocking Glass Company, to suit every taste. At a time and cups with an oil change. 1122 Tittabawassee Rd., Saginaw, MI 48604 N & S bound I-75 Exit 154, Movie theaters got in on the right 1/2 mi. to Tittabawassee, right 1 mi. Easy on easy off or I-675 Exit 6-E action offering a piece of glass (989) 755-4343l Open 7 Days till 6:00 pm with a ticket to a Saturday 70 Quality Dealers matinee. Some businesses 20,000 Sq. Feet BURTON Memory Lane CafeÕ would give away one piece of www.theaw.net glassware to each customer just for coming in the door.. Another category of “Depression era” glass, usually handmade with more care and thus higher quality, is more accurately labeled “Elegant Glass”, as produced by such companies as Westmoreland Glass Company, Imperial Glass Company, Fostoria Glass Cameo Depression Glass Green 6 Inch Sherbet Plate Hocking Company, A. H. Heisey & open market, although pieces are hard to classify as Ballerina Dancing Girl Company, and others. An auction sites such as ebay to the exact pattern name, or easy way to compare the have revealed large quantities might be called “generic” difference in color quality is of pieces in various patterns pieces, such as some rather Federal Glass Company, when a loaf of bread cost about to take a look at a piece of that had previously been plain-looking sugar bowls, Indiana Glass Company, a nickel, frugal shoppers cobalt Elegant Glass and place unavailable to the average salt shakers, ashtrays or other MacBeth-Evans Glass could also buy a piece of it alongside a piece of cobalt collector with only local or items that don’t seem to match Company, Jeannette Glass Depression glass for around Depression Glass. The regional antique shops and any photos in depression Company, Imperial Glass the same price. intensity of the former piece is quite evident. Pressed Elegant Glass was fire polished to get rid of the flaws in the glass. The normal flaws found in pressed glass - straw marks, raised seams, etc. were removed. The base of bowls, platters, etc. was ground so it would sit evenly on a table. Many patterns of Elegant Glass were embellished with acid etching, cutting, enamel decoration, gold encrustation, platinum and gold trim. Elegant Glass was sold in Imperial glass depression footed ashtray the finer stores, never given Princess pink depression glass 1930s vintage Anchor Hocking away. It was also marketed plates & cups as wedding patterns. It was flea markets to browse glass price guidebooks offered as an alternative to through for finds. Some The most popular colors Depression glass also made china and crystal which were manufacturers continued to with collectors today are pink Company, Lancaster Glass its way into American homes still imported due to make the most popular glass in varying hues, cobalt blue Company, U.S. Glass through the issuance of manufacturing costs and patterns after World War II, or and green. Some of the most Company, and L. E. Smith premiums. Sellers or were incredibly expensive. introduced similar patterns, popular patterns buyers seek Glass Company, brought a manufacturers would offer a Many consumers purchased which are also collectible. today are Cameo, Mayfair, little cheer into some very free gift with the purchase of Elegant Glass and placed it on Some of the most common American Sweetheart, dreary days by a certain dollar amount of display, only using it for very pieces in a plentiful pattern Princess and Royal Lace. Even manufacturing the product goods or a specific product, special occasions. may sell for only a few dollars, the pattern names alluded to we now know as Depression and penny-pinching ladies Due to its popularity as a but rare pieces in certain better times and a longing for glass. This mass-produced took full advantage of these collectible, authentic patterns can sell for hundreds the glamorous lifestyles of the molded glassware was of freebies. Depression glass is gradually of dollars at depression glass 1920s.¢ relatively poor quality, often Glass was plucked from an becoming more scarce on the shows. Some Depression 20 / AMERICAN JOURNAL Volume 25, FALL/WINTER 2017-18 CENTRAL MICHIGAN WEST MICHIGAN KALAMAZOO LAKE ODESSA National House Inn (L) 131 102 Parkview 31 The Consignment Shop (S) 269-781-7374 1137 4th Ave. www.nationalhouseinn.com 616 374-7505 131
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Simply because cut glass has however, nothing is as good identification is difficult. There were four kinds of glass made to imitate cut glass; blown - molded, pattern pressed lead, pattern pressed lime and glass cut on fine finished pressed blanks. Blown - molded glass has Antique Daisy & Button Bowl been blown into a mold in which a pattern has been cast. Many of these patterns mimic patterns. Many of the patterns process was designed to save original cut glass patterns, but were designed specifically for the manufacturer the first the outline of the design is too the press and could never cutting by the •grougher•h smooth and rounded to have have been cut because of their and to keep from wasting been cut. Blown - molded complicated designs. After glass by disposing of the large glass itself is now collectible 1880, and during the Brilliant sections cut away. The sad American Brilliant period cut glass Russian pattern heart and prized by those who seek Period when the fever was part of this is that contact of shape dish it. high for cut glass, many the molten glass with a press Pressed lead glass, made manufacturers pressed lime caused the glass to lose its around 1830, also copied glass into patterns that are refraction, so it no longer always been expensive, it has and no comparison can be patterns of cut glass but the exactly like simple cut glass glistens as if it were cut. Glass been imitated. To the collector, made. Sometimes, however, pattern again made the edges patterns. The most obvious SEE “GLASS” Page 21 AMERICAN ANTIQUITIES JOURNAL Volume 25, FALL/WINTER 2017-18/ 21
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“GLASS” Cont’d From Page 21 EAST LIVERPOOL refraction. No amount of polishing can replace the NORTHEAST OH refraction lost to the press. Although the refraction is less
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Early American Pressed Glass appearance too. After 1900 acid polishing was often used for quickness and economy. Hand polished pieces are surface that would be left by a pounds of sand for the fine glass. The American cut glass has always been the best more desirable to the collector. mold. pressed blanks used for cut glass industry took great pride of its time, as evidenced in the The •gsharpness•h refers to glass. With less or without Because of its lead content, in their products and made many public and private the edges. Not only are the any lead, the piece would cut glass is usually heavy. every effort to make American collections throughout the edges and points sharply Sixty pounds of lead were weigh significantly less. cut glass the finest cut crystal United States.¢ defined, but they feel sharp. used for every hundred Cut glass has always been in the world. American cut Just imagine the uneven AMERICAN ANTIQUITIES JOURNAL Volume 25, FALL/WINTER 2017-18/ 23
COOLVILLE created their own variation on Henry began his career as a SOUTH CENTRAL OH this theme. Those items made trade representative for A. of this type of glass from the Sachse & Co., first in Venice former Czechoslovakia go by and later in New York City. another name—Ingrid. From 1927 to 1930, he worked Ingrid is the name of a series in his father-in-law’s firm of artistic pressed glass items where he was involved in the development of new products, including glass sculptures in the style that Lalique was making popular. When Char- lotte died shortly after giving LANCASTER birth to a daughter they named Ingrid, he decided to move into his father’s firm. But Henry knew that the “beads and buttons” business was a difficult one because of the tough competition from so many companies in the area and from other countries. He wrote to his daughter, Ingrid, that knowledge he gained in NEWARK Ingird Art Deco Olde Tyme Country perfume bottle Crafts & Pottery (G,P) SR 16, E @ Marne Rd. 740-763-2650 created by Henry Schlevogt Closed Mon. July-Dec and named for his daughter. PATASKALA Henry was the son of Curt
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vakia, to make this artistic, vakian glass in most listings. flies. marbled, pressed glass. But The designs for perfumes in- At times, it can be difficult to just because his firm pressed cluded bottles in various Art distinguish between items the glass into molds, didn’t made by the Hoffmann and mean that it was of inferior Schlevogt firms. They both quality. The glass, itself, was used the same designers and pure. Workers ground out the had their glass pressed at the mold marks and frosted or Riedel factory. Henry polished the surfaces. They Schlevogt had started to de- even engraved some of the velop some of his ideas while details. he worked at the Hoffmann The most common items are firm. Schlevogt took owner- “INGRID” Cont’d From Page 23 Bruno Mauder, Eleon von those made of jade green and ship of some of he molds he received at the Fair that the Rommel, and Alexander lapis blue marbled glass. The had worked on at the firm began producing it on a Pfohl. The result was a com- company’s 1939 catalog Hoffmann firm. While large scale. plete line of ornamental sculp- shows more than 200 crystal Hoffmann is known for his Schlevogt reached out to de- tures, perfumes with figural and another 80 jade/lapis butterfly mark, Schlevogt in- signers working with the daubers and/or impressed items. Ingird Art deco vase with cluded items with the Wiener Werkstatte, including stoppers, liquor sets, toilet Schlevogt’s crystal perfume fish Hoffmann butterfly mark in Franz Hagenauer, Ena sets, devotional items, figu- bottles aren’t as easily identi- his catalogs. Rottenberg, and Vally rines, table ware, and vases. fied. Some appear in the firm’s By 1936, Schlevogt had busi- Wieselthier, and also to de- Henry Schlevogt utilized the catalogs, but the vast majority Deco shapes, and stoppers ness representatives in several signers who worked for other technology at the Riedel glass- have been included in the with relief-pressed nudes, European cities. When the major glass firms, such as works in Polubny, Czechoslo- broad category of Czechoslo- couples, flowers, and butter- SEE “INGRID” Page 26 26 / AMERICAN JOURNAL Volume 25, FALL/WINTER 2017-18
“INGRID” Cont’d From Page 25 Czechoslovakia banished Czechoslovak pavilion won a him. He first went to Austria, BARNESVILLE SOUTHEAST OH Grand Prize at the 1937 Paris then accepted an offer to man- SOUTHEAST OH World’s Fair, Schlevogt’s or- age the glassworks in Antiques on the Main (AM) 108 N. Chestnut St. 740-425-3406
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STEUBENVILLE Ingrid malachite vase Adams Antiques of Steubenville (AD) 406 Adams St. namental sculptures by Ena Romilly-sur-Andelle, France. 740-282-2400 Rottenberg and Josef He sold this firm in 1972 and Bernhard were part of the rea- died in Paris in 1984. son. By 1940, the Schlevogt The former Riedel factory in firm owned more than 1,300 Czechoslovakia went through glass molds, coin molds, and administrative changes im- hand presses. It had its own posed by the government. The cutting, sandblasting, and Ingrid molds located at the acid-etching workshops, but factory continued to be used. continued to have the glass New colors were introduced, because quality standards As an avid collector of a vari- consumer publications, includ- shapes pressed at the Riedel including yellow, amethyst, could not be maintained. ety of antiques and collectibles for ing British Heritage, Antique firm. pale blue, and pale green Collectors need to be cau- the last 20 years, Bob Brooke Week, Southeastern Antiquing The Czechoslovak govern- (these were not marbled). In- tious, however, since the knows what he’s writing about. and Collecting Magazine, ment nationalized the glass terestingly, during the re- Ingrid molds have been used Besides writing about antiques, OldandSold.com, and many oth- industry after World War II building years of the 1940s continuously. In addition, Brooke has also sold at flea mar- ers. To read more of his work, and sentenced Henry and early 1950s, raw materi- unauthorized versions of kets and worked in an antique visit his main website at Schlevogt to prison in Siberia. als for glassmaking were in- Ingrid items have been made shop, so he knows the business www.bobbrooke.com or his spe- After his release in 1948, the consistent in quality. The re- from reverse-engineered side too. His articles have ap- cialty antiques site at Communist government in sult was some “rare” colors molds. peared in many antiques and www.theantiquesalmanac.com ¢ AMERICAN ANTIQUITIES JOURNAL Volume 25, FALL/WINTER 2017-18/ 27
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tant to sit down to eat together scapes located anywhere; roll- and listen to the discussion ing hills, caves and outcrops, THERE’S GOLD IN YOUR ATTIC that would ensue. I would lis- and in the fall the leaves and ten to Dad chronicling the foliage were vibrant with the day’s events and the activities rich colors of red, gold, and THE COLLECTOR’S COLUMN of the downtown. Dad’s store yellow. was just across the street from Ohio is steeped in history, the state capital building and dating to the Revolutionary was the hub of the traffic, both War, boasting eight Presidents BY: MICHAEL R. HURWITZ pedestrian and vehicular, that and generals that included populated the downtown. He Grant and Sherman. It is hard ran a retail floral shop with to find an area of the state that the unique distinction of hav- doesn’t have historical sig- ing an overhead door that nificance, Lake Erie is at the AMERICA’S MAIN STREETS - IT’S TIME TO COME HOME opened on the street and in- top of the state and the Ohio vited the world to come in. River runs the southern bor- Growing up in the1950s was used ovens, and, by the way, yards and backyards that ex- unique in many respects. It our telephones had a rotary tended to an alley. Most of the was a time of immense change dial. homes were three story struc- and discovery, both from a Our automobiles began to tures built of solid brick and personal and nationwide per- have fins jutting out and stone, large front porches, spective. The pace of change chrome bumpers that went on most of with porch swings, was fast and the ability to keep forever, with air conditioning and, on the inside, arches and up was an ongoing challenge. and power windows. It was pocket doors, and gleaming For a kid it was exciting and a time of transition from radio hardwood everywhere. It was to television, from push lawn interesting watching televi- mowers to gas powered, and sion surrounded by this Vic- from neighborhoods to subdi- torian splendor. Captain Video visions. One of the first shop- flew into space and into my ping centers opened in my living room where I was hometown of Columbus, tucked comfortably into my Ohio, The Miracle Mile, liter- overstuffed armchair, the im- ally one mile long and filled age would remain with me. with every imaginable store. Our family was fairly typi- You could shop at Sears and cal for the time with my grand- Penney’s. You could buy pea- parents living with us. My The pulse of the people of the der. I am thankful that my nuts and candy, shoes and grandpa would sit with me for downtown was felt in that parents appreciated history greeting cards. Things were hours, listening to the radio, little store and Dad was privy and would take advantage of changing, and fast. playing checkers, teaching me to all the daily machinations. these weekend trips to stop at felt natural, however, it might I embraced many, if not all how to paint, not pictures but I was fascinated by the stories these sites and allow me to have been awkward for the of the changes and found rooms. Grandma was always and would imagine the char- discover the past and gain my older generation. From trains them exciting, what boy there, cooking, baking, and acters that he would describe own appreciation of history. to planes, from country and wouldn’t want to travel in canning, and being someone and waited for the day when I It would be the foundation of farms to city and suburbs, the space? I watched Buck Rodgers that I could always talk to, could share the experiences a lifelong love of history. dynamics of everyday life was and his Space Rangers on our about anything. Mom was a with him. That was what din- As the years progressed I in constant change. new TV and it clearly showed stay-at-home mother and Dad ner was all about, coming to- would begin my own discov- You didn’t shop at the mom what space looked like after owned and operated a busi- gether as a family and shar- ery of the backroads and small and pop markets so much. all. It would be the way we ness in the downtown area. ing our day. villages that dot the landscape You were excited to shop at would be traveling when I After school I would run On Sunday we would al- of our state. When I began the gleaming stainless steel grew up and automobiles home, just a half a block away, ways be together on some fam- driving I would set off on any brightly lit grocery stores, with would be airborne as well, the change into my favorite blue ily adventure; it would be off given Saturday to discover products lining endless rows possibilities were unlimited. I jeans and head out to play to visit with family, maybe a another small town and on of shelves. You didn’t shop must admit that I still found with my pals in the neighbor- special dinner at a special res- these journeys I began to learn so much for just the staples, enjoyment in the cowboys hood. One afternoon it would taurant, or maybe it would be that at different times of the you “explored” for new, inno- that paraded on our television, be cowboys and Indians, on a ride in the country and a year various communities vative products like Swanson Roy and Dale, Gene Autry another day it would be a trip stop at one of the small towns hold festivals and events as frozen dinners, that’s right and, of course, The Lone to Mars, and on another after- or villages that dot the land- diverse as the Millersport you could now buy your com- Ranger. Somehow I was noon we would run the roofs scape of our state. These vis- Corn Festival, to the Paw Paw plete dinner prepackaged in drawn to the past, while be- of the garages that lined the its were my favorites with the Festival, to the Circleville an aluminum tray and ready ing pulled into the future. alley, jumping from one roof unique shops, the historical Pumpkin Show. I would for the oven (the microwave I attended school in a Victo- to another. I would hear the sites, and the feeling that some make every effort to attend ev- had been invented, however, rian Gothic-style building and old school bell ringing, call- things never change. In the ery year, especially the Pump- it wasn’t available for home our neighborhood was a ves- ing me to dinner and I would autumn we would visit the kin Show. My Uncle use). I know that that is hard tige of a bygone era, homes head home to be with the fam- Hocking Hills, which is one Thurman was the Mayor of to believe, but it’s true, we still close to each other, small front ily. Back then it was impor- of the most beautiful land- SEE “GOLD” Page 33 AMERICAN ANTIQUITIES JOURNAL Volume 25, FALL/WINTER 2017-18/ 29
“GOLD” Cont’d From Page 32 our country; with pride, ac- Montana…or was it? As the towns and villages across the fee is less than a dollar and complishments, and dedica- 90s gave way to the new mil- United States on a quest to re- the word latte is never heard. Circleville, Ohio and helped tion to the keeping in-tact the lennium a sense of recaptur- claim and renovate these “Op- Of course there is the antique to establish the Pumpkin heritage that is America. ing the past began to take era Houses” and to date I shop and in some cases an Show where you could find Moving from the 60s to the hold. For me it never went have been involved in the suc- antique mall where you can away, it was a mainstay of my cessful restoration of ten “Op- find the memories of yesterday routine, a visit to the Hocking era Houses” where shows are tucked neatly away on the Hills continued to be part of being performed and the com- shelves, just waiting for you the autumn schedule and I munity has a place to come to take them home. In the sum- always found time for that together. In the process I re- mer on the weekends, you will weekend drive where I would discovered the small towns find the “farmer’s market” turn off the main road and dis- and villages that I had been where produce abounds and cover new and fascinating introduced to as a young lad. you’ll find local honey, soaps, sites. I have found that within the and candles. And now, in so It was in 2005 that I visited past five years local pride and many small towns and vil- my best friend, Ron Eaton, the determination to revitalize lages, you will be enchanted who lives in New the “Main Streets” of small when you attend a perfor- Straightsville, Ohio. Nestled town America is alive and mance in the restored “Opera in the foothills of the Appala- well and located just around House” with the windows chian area of southern Ohio, the corner. I have witnessed open and a cool summer New Straightsville is the the rebirth of the old fash- breeze blowing in. So many Main Street - Shawnee, Ohio “Moonshine” capital of Ohio ioned and valuable “Mom people today are supporting and borders the Wayne Na- tional Forest, one of the larg- everything pumpkin; cookies, 70s and then into the 80s, the est National Forests in the fudge, ice cream, and of course, pace of America picked up United States. On this par- pie. Every year the local bak- steam and continued to move ticular visit Ron took me to yet another small town, Shawnee, an old mining town that looks like a movie set. The main street still has overhanging balconies and covered side- walks, and, located in the cen- ter of town, stands the three story brick “Opera House.” At the turn of the nineteenth century the “Opera House” could be found in virtually every small town in America and the paradigm was, usu- and Pop” shops, offering ev- these local merchants and are ally, town offices or busi- erything from a version of the avoiding the big box stores in nesses on the first floor and a old General Store where you lieu of shopping and buying theatre on the second floor. can grocery and gab on any “LOCAL.” They are not only Usually the theatre would seat given Saturday and find al- rediscovering the America of between two hundred fifty to most everything that you our past, but making the The Circleville, Ohio Pumpkin Festival five hundred seats and served could possibly need and America of our future strong as the hub of the community, where the penny candy has and secure in its heritage. where the citizens would only risen a cent in the past “Sometimes you find your- ery would produce the in one direction, convenience. gather to celebrate school one hundred years. There’s self in the middle of nowhere, world’s largest pumpkin pie Every attempt was made to events, watch election returns home cooking in the small res- and sometimes, in the middle with a contest to guess what make our lives easier. Those and experience the latest taurants where people still of nowhere you find yourself.” it took to make. Assisted by days of having dinner to- show that was touring the chat and a cell phone is never Come home to America’s my aunt, I submitted a guess gether began to slip away, and United States. Rarely, if ever, in sight, and yes, a cup of cof- “Main Streets.” and won the prize, the only the days of taking a leisurely did an opera perform in these time that I have won any- drive in the country began to spaces, but the title was suffi- ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ thing. The pumpkin show disappear. Freeways by- cient to give prestige to the REMEMBER, UNTIL THE NEXT TIME, was a small town coming to- community. The “Opera passed the small towns and THERE’S GOLD IN YOUR ATTIC, HAVE FUN gether to celebrate their heri- the communities began to con- House” in Shawnee was in a tage, their community and the geal into a familiar landscape derelict condition but some- AND HAPPY HUNTING. base of their economy, the where everything looked the how I saw past its current crops that were grown and same and every community condition and envisioned the Watch for Michael’s new books; produced in the area. It is truly strived to conform. It was so “Grand Old Lady” that it STATE AND HIGH; GROWING UP DOWN- the foundation of the small could be. From that day to this, “nice” to be able to purchase communities that make up the same burger in Ohio and I began a journey that has TOWN, as well as ALONE ON STAGE; THE Kentucky, or in Michigan or taken me to dozens of small HISTORY OF THE ONE-PERSON SHOW. 30 / AMERICAN JOURNAL Volume 25, FALL/WINTER 2017-18
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The new tariff laws placed and important events. glass had to compete with less PARKERSBURG on imported glass in 1830 de- Jarvis patented many im- expensive resources in addi- creased the amount of glass- provements to the glass press, tion to the less expensive Parkersburg 50 Colombo's Restaurant (E) 31 ware on the market in America and by 1830 mass production pressing method. Cut glass 1236 7th St. 304-428-5472 and fostered the development of pressed glass was becom- manufacturers who did not 68 of the American Glass indus- ing popular. Jarvis’ plant add pressed glass items to try. By 1840, there were at least eventually produced sets of their inventory began making 81 glass houses in operation stemware and tableware, as cut glass items that could not in the United States. Without well as, candlesticks, vases, be duplicated with pressing. 77 The popularity of engraving both clear and colored glass reached its peak during this period of glassmaking history called The Middle Period, 1830 to 1880. Engraving was also used on glass of two col- METRO VALLEY WV ors, for example blue overlaid on white or one color flashed NITRO thinly on another. In addi- A Great American tion, there was an acidic lus- Destination ter stain used to coat the glass which was then etched. Fa- vorite etched patterns were fruit and florals, urns, hunt- ing scenes and landscapes. Many of the designs of this period were so well done and elaborately detailed that they appeared to be sculpted in re- Millefiori Paperweight lief. The Middle Period also saw the influence of the designs lamps, bowls and souvenirs. the production of fine paper- HUNTINGTON SOUTH CHARLESTON and patterns from other coun- American manufacturers weights. The mosaic patterns, tries America was free to continued to manufacture called millefiori, were made American Country Treasures choose her own styles and lacy and pressed glass pat- from multi-colored rods of (AD) preferences. In addition, terns in a wide variety of ob- glass cut into pieces and ar- 2628 5th Ave. growing prosperity created a jects in many colors. The lead ranged in a pattern. The rods 304-417-1975 demand for an enormous va- formula used for lacy ware were fused together and then riety of glassware. gave the pieces intricate pat- dipped in clear glass repeat- In 1825 Deming Jarvis terns brilliance and weight. edly until the desired size was founded the Boston & The desire for new shapes and obtained. Sandwich Glass Company at patterns increased, the glass- By 1870, the popularity of Central City Cafe (E) Cape Cod with the idea of houses found it increasingly the pressed pattern glass had 529 - 14th Street West pressing articles larger and difficult to cater to changing cut deeply into the cut glass 304-522-6142 more complex than salts. He fancies. industry and companies that foresaw a large market for cup Early pressed glass pieces had clung only to manufactur- plates of pressed glass. Early were made of lead, a brilliant ing cut glass were facing fi- in the century, cups without but expensive metal. In West nancial difficulty. The Civil handles were used for tea. In Virginia a less expensive War had also cut into the de- NORTHEAST WY order to cool the tea, it was first soda-lime glass was devel- sire for fine cut glass. The GILLETTE poured into a saucer, and the oped, and soon it was used by Panic of 1873 closed many of cup then set on a small plate. almost all of the glasshouses. the remaining cutting houses. Herman's Antiques (AD) Cup plates became very The newer soda-lime glass For the Philadelphia Centen- 370 Hwy 50 popular and about 1,000 did not have the ring or rich nial Exhibition many of the 307-682-5336 different patterns have been look of the traditional lead surviving luxury glass manu- cataloged. Conventional glass, but was suitable for the facturers produced elaborate designs included early cut great variety demanded by the exhibits as a massive public- glass patterns like the heart public. ity campaign for their indus- series, naturalistic and The cut glass market was try. Their plan worked to re- geometric patterns. Historical even more threatened, be- kindle the public’s interest in patterns were also developed cause now cut glass which heavily decorated pieces and popularity for cut glass, the Period.¢ that featured prominent men could only be made of lead started an unprecedented new era of the Brilliant AMERICAN ANTIQUITIES JOURNAL Volume 25, FALL/WINTER 2017-18/ 31