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2022 Glass Club & Resource Directory

Open Salt Collectors and soda fountain that will allow visitors to Tiffin Glass Collectors Club
www.opensalts.info explore the science of scent and the making of www.tiffinglass.org
Contact: opensalt@rochester.rr.com perfumes through interactive experiences. The club is dedicated to the preservation of
Open Salt Collectors is a non-profit organiza- glassware and memorabilia made by the Tiffin
tion created to promote and encourage the Sandwich Historical Society & Museum Glass factory. The Tiffin Glass Collectors Club
study, collecting, and preservation of open salts. Sandwich, Massachusetts meets on the second Tuesday of the month at 7
Open salts were commonly used in the 19th www.sandwichglassmuseum.org p.m. at the Tiffin Glass Museum. The program
century before shakers came into general use. The Sandwich Historical Society and its Glass provides a Show and Tell featuring examples
They were made in a huge variety of shapes and Museum collects, preserves, and interprets the from members’ personal collections and other
sizes and from a range of different materials history of the Town of Sandwich, MA, the information pertaining to the history of glass
including glass, ceramic, and metals. The next oldest town on Cape Cod. A large part of manufacturing in Tiffin, OH. The 35th Annual
National Open Salt Convention will be held Sandwich history is involved with American Tiffin Glass Collectors Club Show & Sale will
May 19-21, 2022 in Providence, RI. glass production. The Sandwich Glass Museum be held June 18-19, 2022 in Tiffin, OH.
houses products manufactured by the Boston &
Paperweight Collectors Association (PCA) Sandwich Glass Company (1825-1888). Tiffin Glass Museum
www.paperweight.org Tiffin, OH
crownpca@paperweight.org Society of Moon and Star Pattern Glassware www.tiffinglass.org
For over a half-century, PCA has championed www.moonandstarglassclub.com Contact: museum@tiffinglass.org
the study and collecting of antique, vintage, and Contact: info@moonandstarglassclub.com The Tiffin Glass Museum honors the heritage
contemporary glass paperweights. The mission The only glass club devoted exclusively to the established by the men and women of Tiffin’s
of the PCA is to promote education: to increase collection, appreciation, and documentation of “Glass House.” Through preservation and edu-
knowledge about paperweights, their creators, Moon and Star pattern glass. Collectors are cation, the Museum safeguards glassware from
and the astounding glass medium from which drawn to the distinct pattern and the electric the factory’s hundred-year+ history. Museum
they are created. The 2022 PCA Convention colors, ranging from ruby red, amber, green, to preservation work includes acquiring memora-
will be May 18-21 in Appleton/Neenah, WI. colonial blue, amberlina, cobalt, or the original bilia and historical documents from the factory’s
crystal clear. For many Americans, the memo- beginning in 1889 until its closing in 1984. The
Peach State Depression Glass Club ries of the Moon and Star pieces are what make Museum exhibits popular lines, stemware,
www.psdgc.com this glass one of the most popular patterns in lamps, optics, and colors used throughout the
Contact: president@psdgc.com vintage glassware collecting. factory’s productive years.
The Peach State Depression Glass Club was
organized in 1976 to promote interest in and Stretch Glass Society Vaseline Glass Collectors
spread knowledge of glassware from the www.stretchglasssociety.org www.vaselineglass.org
Depression Era. Maintaining that focus, the Contact: info@stretchglasssociety.org Contact: bobhrobl@aol.com
club has expanded its interests in many other The Stretch Glass Society is an avid group of Vaseline Glass Collectors, Inc., founded in
fields of collecting. It now has members who collectors focused on promoting and preserving 1998, is dedicated to educating and unifying
also collect many kinds of glass, dolls, jewelry, stretch glass. One of America’s heritage glass Vaseline Glass collectors everywhere. Vaseline
flamingos, mermaids, china, pottery, kitchen- forms, iridescent stretch glass was produced by Glass is a particular color of yellow-green glass
ware, Civil War memorabilia, silver, and nine American glass companies ca. 1912-1932 that is made by adding as little as 0.1% to 0. 2%
furniture. In other words, everything from and by one American glass company ca. 1980- Uranium Dioxide to the ingredients when the
Wedgwood to whimsical has attracted some- 2011. Visit website for information about the glass formula is made. The addition of Uranium
one’s attention. Club’s annual convention and stretch glass show. Dioxide makes the glass color yellow-green.
VGCI’s 2022 Convention will be held
Perfume Passage Foundation The Stained Glass Association of America September 29-October 1 in Dayton, OH.
Barrington, Illinois www.stainedglass.org
www.perfumepassage.org Contact: info@stainedglass.org Westchester Glass Club
www.westchesterglassclub.com
Established in 2019, Perfume Passage provides The Stained Glass Association of America is a Contact: jrussell9431@sbcglobal.net
perfume and compact enthusiasts and collectors professional trade association whose member-
a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see very rare ship consists of the finest architectural stained The Westchester Glass Club (WGC) is an
and meaningful artifacts. Visitors can tour the and decorative art glass artists and studios in the affiliate chapter of NAGC. Members of the
world through the Museum’s international U.S. and around the world. The SGAA actively WGC share a common interest in the history of
collection, which dates as far back as 2500 BCE, works for the betterment of the craft of stained glass and glassmaking and its significant role in
and its Passageway showcases the Golden Age of and architectural art glass through programs early American industry, and an appreciation of
Perfume with a stroll through the luxurious that are designed to benefit members of the the beauty of glass. Membership includes
shopping arcades of 19th century Paris, and Off SGAA and fans of the art. SGAA will be novice and advanced collectors, glass artisans,
the Passageway presents a fully-restored original presenting at the 2022 National Day of Glass and dealers. Zoom meetings are held on the 4th
interior of a 19th century American drugstore Conference in Washington, DC, April 5-7. Tuesday of each month at 11am.

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