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Anniversary

2000-2020

April, 2020 Great Collections
TABLE OF CONTENTS Toledo Museum of Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

Living with Glass Antiques Peek

A Toast

In Sparkling Company by Jessica Kosinski . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
Corning Museum of Glass Exhibition . .23
Glass News & Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
The Allure of Glass is Back
by Peter Wade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Viking Glass: A Colorful History . . . . . .28
Gavels ’n’ Paddles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
The Fostoria Glass Company Results of Recent Auctions from Near and Far
by Ken Hall
by Mary Sue Lyon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
What’s Selling on eBay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Black Glass: Beautiful and Functional by Deborah Abernethy and Mike McLeod
by Michalene Kosinski . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
The Civil War Collector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
Mercury Glass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 by John Sexton
Appraisers Corner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
Glass Club & Resource Directory . . . . .35 by David Moore

Here Come the Bride’s Baskets Collecting Old & Rare Books . . . . . . . . . . . 59
by Donald-Brian Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40 Way more Words! Words!! Words!!!
by Jim Dawson
Exploring Antique Technologies Comic Character Collectibles . . . . . . . . . .60
The Colorful Past of Stained Glass Art Spider-Man Meets Spawn to Celebrate Overstreet’s 50th

by Kary Pardy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42 by J.C.Vaughn

About the Cover: DEPARTMENTS

Glass drawing room for the Publisher’s Corner . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Duke of Northumberland by Maxine Carter-Lome
Over the course of the 18th Century,
domestic interiors were transformed World Marketplace News . . . . 12
by the increasing presence of clear and by Judy Gonyeau
smooth plate glass. A remarkable example
is the lavish drawing room designed by
the celebrated British architect Robert
Adam for Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of RESOURCES
Northumberland (1714-1786) and his
wife, the Duchess Elizabeth Percy Continuous Shows . . . . . . . . . . .22
(1716-1776), and completed in 1775. Antiques Shop Finder . . . . . . . .61
This unique room, measuring 36 by 22
feet, was paneled between dado rail and architrave with red glass panels sprinkled on the reverse with flakes of metal Antique Shows & Auctions . . . 67
foil, like large-scale glitter. Similarly spangled green glass pilasters, large French looking glasses, and The Great Exchange . . . . . . . . . 70
intricate neo-classical ornament in gilded lead completed the dazzling scheme. Visitors to In Sparkling Company at
the Corning Museum of Glass will be able to see Robert Adam’s design drawings, on loan from the Sir John Soane’s Collector Clubs . . . . . . . . . . . . .71
Museum, London, and a section of the original Northumberland House Glass Drawing Room on loan from the Advertising Directory . . . . . . . . 71
V&A Museum, which has never been on view in North America. cmog.org
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