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2022 Glass Club & Resource Directory

International Perfume Bottle Association Museum of American Glass @ National Bottle Museum
www.perfumebottles.org Wheaton Arts Ballston Spa, New York
Contact: vicepresident@perfumebottles.org Weston, West Virginia info@nationalbottlemuseum.org
The International Perfume Bottle Association www.magwv.com www.nationalbottlemuseum.org
(IPBA) is the largest, worldwide organization of The Museum of American Glass, also home to The National Bottle Museum is dedicated to
collectors, dealers, historians, appraisers, and the National Marble Museum, is a museum preserving the history of our nation’s first major
specialists in perfume bottles, their packaging, dedicated to regional and national glass heritage industry: Bottle Making. Visitors can learn
and related beauty objects. IPBA’s mission is to – a place where examples of thousands of about early bottle-making methods and view
provide information about all aspects of perfume products can be viewed and compared and surviving hand tools, a model of a typical 1800s
and scent bottles and related vanity items, where the stories of people and processes come glass furnace, and exhibits of handmade bottles
including their uses, history, and manufacturing; to life through exhibits, programming, and often overlooked as legitimate artifacts. The
to promote the collecting of these items, and to special events. museum showcases over 2,000 bottles of many
promote fellowship among its members. The colors, shapes, and forms. The 42nd Annual
2022 IPBA Convention will be held April 27- Museum of Connecticut Glass Saratoga Antique Bottle Show & Sale will take
May 1, 2022 in Chicago, IL. Coventry, CT place June 5, 2022, in Ballston Spa, NY.
www.glassmuseum.org
International Society of Glass Beadmakers Contact: Andrea.Palmer@glassmuseum.org National Cambridge Collectors, Inc. &
www.isgb.org This developing museum is dedicated to exhib- National Museum of Cambridge Glass
Contact: admin@isgb.org iting, preserving, researching, and providing Cambridge, OH
ISGB is the leading organization for the promo- education about historical glass made in the www.cambridgeglass.org
tion, education, and appreciation of the art of numerous glassworks of Connecticut including Contact: membership@cambridgeglass.org
glass bead making for wearable, sculptural, and Pitkin Glassworks, John Mather Glass Works, The National Cambridge Collectors, Inc.,
functional art. Their mission is to preserve the Coventry Glassworks, West Willington founded in 1973, seeks to preserve the bountiful
rich and diverse traditions of the art of glass Glassworks, New London Glassworks, Westford handmade glassware of the Cambridge Glass
bead making and glassworking techniques; pro- Glass Works, Meriden Flint Glass Company, Company and to educate and inspire current
mote education and professional development; Glastonbury Glass Factory Company, and and future collectors. The Collectors have estab-
and encourage innovative use of complementary lesser-known companies from Wallingford, lished and continue to maintain the National
mediums among artists and craftspeople. New Haven, Woodbury, and Hartford. Museum of Cambridge Glass in Cambridge,
Information on ISGB’s Annual Convention— OH for the display, study, and preservation of
The Gathering—will be posted on their website National American Glass Club (NAGC) Cambridge Glass. The 2022 All-Cambridge
when available. Auction will be held on March 19, 2022, in
www.glassclub.org
Contact: membership@glassclub.org Cambridge, OH. The 2022 Convention will be
Just Glass Founded in 1933, the National American Glass held June 24-25, 2022 in Cambridge, OH.
www.justglass.com Club (NAGC) was established as a non-profit
Contact: Rosemary Trietsch educational organization for people interested National Depression Glass Association &
Just Glass premiered on January 1st, 1998 as an in the study and appreciation of glass, regardless National Glass Museum
online community created for glass enthusiasts, of type or period. The Club publishes the Glass www.ndga.net
providing a comprehensive listing of upcoming Club Bulletin and Glass Shards for its members Contact: 620-326-6400
glass shows, national and local collectors clubs and holds annual seminars across the country. The National Depression Glass Association is
and organizations, and glass museums through- dedicated to the preservation of all American-
out the U.S. National Association of Aladdin Lamp made glassware, and the history of the compa-
Collectors, Inc. nies who manufactured it, with emphasis on
Little Rhody Bottle Club www.aladdincollectors.org the “Great Depression.” Beginning in 1999, the
www.littlerhodybottleclub.org Contact: Bill Courter, brtknight@aol.com NDGA established a National Glass Collection
Contact: sierramadre@comcast.net Aladdin Lamp Collectors, also known as consisting of donated glass and related items. In
2012, The NDGA National Glass Museum
The Ocean State Bottle Club is the new website Aladdin Knights, are dedicated to the collectors opened to showcase this collection featuring
of the Little Rhody Bottle Club. The club has of antique coal-oil and electric Aladdin lamps, American-made glassware from the Victorian
been in existence since 1970 and had a well- offering information on its history, specifica- Era through Mid-Century Modern, including
known website for more than 20 years under tions, dealers, news, auctions, and connections Early American Pattern Glass, Depression Era,
the name of Little Rhody Bottle Club. The club to Aladdin Worldwide and regional clubs across and Elegant. The NDGA 2022 Convention
sponsors an annual antique bottle show in the U.S. The Club offers the Aladdin Collectors will be held July 9-10 in Wellington, KS.
January in Taunton, MA. Manual and Price Guide.
National Duncan Glass Society
Marble Collectors Society of America National Association of www.duncan-miller.org
www.marblecollecting.com Milk Bottle Collectors Contact: docent@duncan-miller.org
Contact: marbles@blocksite.com www.milkbottlecollectors.com
The National Duncan Glass Society was
The Marble Collectors Society of America The National Association of Milk Bottle formed in July of 1975 to study and preserve
(MCSA) was founded in 1975. Its mission is to Collectors (NAMBC) provides research, educa- the heritage of George Duncan & Sons of
educate the public about marble collecting and tional opportunities, and more information Pittsburgh and the Duncan & Miller Glass
promote this hobby. The 42nd Northeast about milk bottles, milk bottle collecting, and Company of Washington, PA including the
Marble Meet/Nutmeg Marble Collectors Show dairy memorabilia to its members, museums, design, manufacture, and marketing of its
is scheduled for October 9, 2022. Visit the web- and the general public. The NAMBC publishes products and celebrate the men and women
site for more information. 12 yearly issues of its newsletter the Milk Route. who made it possible. The Society maintains a
This year’s annual convention is scheduled for museum dedicated to this goal.
May 20-21 at The Host Hotel in Sturbridge,
MA. Visit the website for more information.

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