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Glass News & Notes

Upcoming Founders Chapter of the

National American Glass Club Virtual Meetings

This spring the Founders Chapter of the National American Jersey Glass Vol. 1 and Tippecanoe and E. G. Booz Too!, A book about
Glass Club will continue its virtual meetings via Zoom. The topic Cabin Bottles, as well as numerous other publications about glass and
for the April 14 meeting is still to be determined. Please visit the bottles. He was a featured speaker at the 2013 Federation of
website for updates. Historical Bottle Collectors National Show in Manchester, New
On May 12, Glass Collector and Historian Thomas C. Hampshire, and has appeared as a guest lecturer for NAGC
Haunton returns to the Founders Chapter to share his expertise of chapters and other organizations across New England and the
20th century American glass. He will give a presentation entitled mid-Atlantic states.
“Emil Larson, The Glassblower’s Glassblower,” about the sixty-year All meetings start at 11 a.m.. For the meeting link please
career of this Dorfinger, Durand, and independent shop artisan contact President@Founderchapter.org or check our website
who could make virtually anything in glass. Mr. Haunton is the www.Founderschapter.org.
author of the books Last Links to the Past 20th Century South

Upcoming Exhibitions at the Sandwich Glass Museum

Now through June 13: Electric Now through October 31 in the Contemporary Gallery: Fritz Glass
Garden of Unearthly Delights This year’s featured artist in the Contemporary Gallery is Fritz
Featured in the Hirschmann Lauenstein. His stunning creations include a wide variety of glass
Theater, the Sandwich Glass objects including spectacular marbles, paperweights, perfume bottles,
Museum is proud to present the jewelry, vases, and bowls to name but a few. His work has been shown
special exhibition, Electric Garden and sold in Museums and over 200 galleries, predominantly in the
of Unearthly Delights by glass artist United States.
Mundy Hepburn. A native of
Connecticut, Mundy has made a May 22 (Rain Date May23): 3rd Annual
living through glass art for over SeaFair
thirty years. His work has been The sea is part of what makes Sandwich and
Unnamed from Electric Garden
of Unearthly Delights exhibited in over 30 installations, Cape Cod such a special place. On Saturday,
and featured in five publications. May 22. 10 a.m.-2 p.m., we will hold our 3rd
A member of the Glass Art Society, Mundy has made a name for him- Annual SeaFair celebration of sea-inspired glass.
self with a unique style of art – luminous glass. A pioneer in this art Sea creatures, waves, mermaids, beaches and the
form, Mundy combines technology with art to create a new breed of like will be specially curated for this unique and
moving, living art. popular tent sale. SeaFair will be located on the Glass work by Isabel
grounds of the Sandwich Glass Museum. Green, a glassblower from
Now through June 13: Glass Menagerie A-Z The Sandwich Glass Museum is following Cape Cod
For centuries glassmakers have interpreted the animal kingdom in CDC and State Protocols regarding Covid-19.
glass. From ants to zebras, the Sandwich Glass Museum will highlight Masks are required as well as self-distancing. Hand sanitizers available
their creations in the special exhibition, Glass Menagerie: A-Z, which throughout the Museum. General admission per person: $12 adults, $2
opened last year. The exhibit features the works from our local glass children (age 6-14) $11 Seniors, $11 Retired Personnel, Active Military
artists, augmented by items from the Museum’s collections, as well as a $0 (with card), MTA $0 (with card), ROAM and AAM $0 (with card).
special loan from the New Bedford Museum of Glass, which has an Group rates available.
outstanding collection of glass animals. For updated information and a more complete list of upcoming
events and exhibitions visit www.sandwichglassmuseum.org.

In Sparkling Company at Corning Museum of Glass

After postponing this exhibit in 2020 due to the pan- Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland (1714-1786),
demic, In Sparkling Company is now open at the Corning designed by Robert Adam (1728-1792), one of the leading
Museum of Glass in Corning, New York. The exhibit architects and designers in Britain at the time. An original
shows how, over the course of the 18th century, domestic panel is on loan from the V&A Museum.
interiors were transformed by the increasing presence of The Corning Museum of Glass is working with
glass, both on the table and as elements of interior Cheyney McKnight, founder of Not Your Momma’s
decoration. Presenting these glass objects, which delighted History, which works to educate and increase visibility of
the British elite, the exhibition examines how those goods African Americans at historic sites around America, to more
defined social rituals and cultural values of the period. They fully tell the story of glass and enslaved people.
are also used to illuminate a darker side of history –how the Located in the heart of the Finger Lakes Wine Country
British upper class benefitted from enslaved and indentured of New York State, the Museum is open daily, year-round.
labor to create and pay for these glittering costumes and jewelry, elaborate Children and teens 17 and under, receive free admission. For more infor-
tableware, polished mirrors, and dazzling lighting devices. mation visit www. home.cmog.org.
Highlights of the exhibition, designed by Selldforf Architects, include To read more about this exhibit, visit journalofantiques.com/features/
crystal made by Waterford, George Ravenscroft, and the Worship sparkling-company to re-visit our cover story from April 2020 on this
Company of Glass Sellers, as well as a special, virtual reality reconstruction exhibit along with photographs from Corning Museum of Glass.
of the innovative spangled-glass drawing room completed in 1775 for

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