Loetz and other Bohemian Glass Companies

In addition to Loetz Glass this website is about the many Bohemian glass factories that operated at the turn of the 20th century. The words on the title page below Loetz Glass are Tiffany Twisted and Mercedes Bends. What? Where did those words come from? A book title? A billboard sign? Yes, this is a bonus question. No prizes except for the satisfaction that you know stuff that may help you win a trivia game.

http://www.loetz.com/

Corning Glass and their ideas for the future!

A fun video to watch. How soon will we have some of these products?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZkHpNnXLB0

Maxfield Parrish

Maxfield Parrish was a very well known artist in the early part of the 20th century. His illustrations were everywhere: advertising, books, magazine covers, murals etc.  When Wayne and I traveled up down the central valley of California for shows in the late 1990's we would stop at a restaurant in Mojave. They had about 30 Maxfield Parrish original prints in their dining room. We would tell the waitress we would love to buy them. Each time we were told they were not for sale. One day we came through and stopped for breakfast at this restaurant. It was still open, but there were new owners and the prints were gone.

http://parrish.artpassions.net/

Hudson River Landscape Stained Glass Window By Tiffany

Imagine that you owned a home on the Hudson and you commissioned Louis Comfort Tiffany to make a stained glass window. It is finished in 1905. In the 1970's the home is sold and so is the window. Thank goodness it ended up in a museum, the Corning Museum of Glass.
http://www.cmog.org/artwork/window-hudson-river-landscape

Ruba Rombic

So Art Deco. The pattern is called Ruba Rombic. Made by Consolidated in 1928.
http://www.cmog.org/artwork/ruba-rombic

Phoenix and Consolidated Glass Collector's Club

Fabulous home page with great photos of Phoenix and Consolidated glass. In addition to Phoenix and Consolidated glass  they have info about Kopp Glass and Muncie Pottery.  There is a quarterly newsletter with membership. http://www.pcgcc.org/

Labor Day Greetings

Ok, ok so you had to work today, but at least you may have had a childhood. Howard worked hard for the money. Happy Labor Day to all who labor!

http://www.shorpy.com/node/12783