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2020 Glass Club & Resource Directory

non-profit group of like-minded collectors of Sandwich Historical Society & Glass membership consists of the finest architectural
American-made 20th Century Glass, China Museum stained and decorative art glass artists and
& Pottery. The Club was founded in 1974, sandwichglassmuseum.org studios in the United States and around the
holds two glass and pottery shows each year, Sandwich, Massachusetts world. The SGAA actively works for the
and looks to promote the joy and pleasure of The Sandwich Glass Museum houses products betterment of the craft of stained glass and
collecting beautiful glass, china and art pottery. manufactured by the Boston & Sandwich architectural art glass through various programs
The Club meets the 4th Wednesday of every Glass Company (1825-1888). The Museum that are designed to benefit the members of
month at the Waldwick Public Library in is open daily April 1-December 30 from the SGAA and the clients whom we serve. The
Waldwick, NJ from September to June. 111th Annual Summer Conference takes
9:30am-5pm. The Museum will be closed the
month of January. In February and March the place June 13-17, 2020 in Philadelphia, PA .
Ohio Glass Museum Museum is open Wednesday through Sunday
ohioglassmuseum.org from 9:30am-4pm. Admission is $10 for Tiffin Glass Collectors Club
Lancaster, Ohio tiffinglass.org
adults, $5 for children 6-14, and free for ages
The Museum was established to reflect the 5 and under. Group rates are available. Contact: museum@tiffinglass.org
importance of the glassmaking industry in the The grand Re-Opening of the The Club is
history of Lancaster and Fairfield County, Society of Moon and Star dedicated to the preservation of glassware and
Ohio. Fairfield County has been home to Pattern Glassware memorabilia produced by the Tiffin Glass
numerous glass companies over the years. In moonandstarglassclub.com factory. The 35th Annual Tiffin Glass
2003, the Ohio legislature designated Contact: info@moonandstarglassclub.com Collectors Club Show & Sale will be held
Lancaster as the “Pressed Glass Capital of The only glass club devoted exclusively to the June 20 and 21 in Tiffin, OH.
Ohio.” Open November through February: collection, appreciation, and documentation
Tuesday-Saturday 1-4 pm and by appointment. of Moon and Star pattern glass. Collectors are Tiffin Glass Museum
Closed on Sundays and Mondays; Mar.- drawn to the distinct pattern and the electric tiffinglass.org
Oct: Tuesday-Sunday 1-4 pm, and by colors, ranging from ruby red, amber, green, The Tiffin Glass Museum honors the heritage
appointment; Closed Mondays. to colonial blue, amberlina, cobalt or the established by the men and women of Tiffin’s
original crystal clear. For many Americans, the “Glass House.” Through preservation and
Open Salt Collectors memories of the “Moon and Star” pieces are education, the Museum safeguards glassware
opensalts.info what make this glass one of the most popular from the factory’s hundred-year+ history.
Contact: opensalt@rochester.rr.com
patterns in vintage glassware collecting. The Museum preservation work includes acquiring
Open Salt Collectors is a non-profit 22nd Annual Show, Sale, & Convention will memorabilia and historical documents from
organization created to promote and encour- take place in June, 2020 in Moundsville, WV. the factory’s beginning in 1889 until its closing
age the study, collecting and preservation of Contact John Weishar at 304-281-5573 for in 1984. Among the items shown at the
open salts. Open salts were commonly used in more information. Museum are popular lines, stemware, lamps,
the 19th century before shakers came into optics, and colors used throughout the factory’s
general use. They were made in a huge variety Stretch Glass Society productive years. Open Wed.-Sat.12pm-4pm
of shapes and sizes and from range of different stretchglasssociety.org or by appointment. Admission is free. The
materials including glass, ceramic and metals. Contact: info@stretchglasssociety.org Grand Re-Opening for the Museum took
The 17th National Open Salt Convention The Stretch Glass Society is an avid group of place on February 14, 2020.
will be held in September 2020. Check their Stretch Glass collectors focused on promoting
website for date and location. and preserving stretch glass. Our goals are Vaseline Glass Collectors
to help preserve this beautiful glass and the vaselineglass.org, bobhrobl@aol.com
Paperweight Collectors Association (PCA) history of its manufacture as part of our Vaseline Glass Collectors, Inc., was founded in
paperweight.org
American heritage, to educate the public as to 1998 as a non-profit charitable organization.
PCA is a non-profit organization dedicated its existence, to promote an appreciation of VGCI is dedicated to educating and unifying
to appreciating and collecting glass paper- collecting this type of glass and to have fun Vaseline Glass collectors everywhere! By adher-
weights. For over a half century, PCA has while doing all of the above! ing to this goal, we hope to inspire present, as
championed the study and collecting of well as future collectors of Vaseline Glass. Our
antique, vintage, and contemporary glass The Erlacher Collection electronic newsletter, Glowing Report, is pub-
paperweights. The mission of the PCA is Corning, New York lished for our members quarterly. VGCI also
to promote education: to increase knowledge Contact: kittyerlacher@yahoo.com holds annual conventions in selected cities
about paperweights, their creators, and The Erlacher collection features an outstand- throughout the U.S.
the astounding glass medium from which they ing selection Steuben Glass including the
are created. Westchester Glass Club
works of James Houston, Eric Hilton, David
Bowler, and more. Bowls, vases, animals, westchesterglassclub.com
Peach State Depression Glass Club Contact: adams7562@att.net
psdgc.com hand coolers, stemware, and a dazzling array The Westchester Glass Club (WGC) is an
of choices including many one-of-a-kind
president@psdgc.com
copper wheel engraved glass treasures affiliate chapter of NAGC. The Chapter,
The Peach State Depression Glass Club was designed and produced by Max R. Erlacher, a founded in 1968 in White Plains, NY,
organized in 1976 with 26 members to long time instructor at Steuben Glass who has currently meets in Dobbs Ferry, NY.
promote interest in and spread knowledge worked on numerous art glass projects for Members of the WGC share both a common
about glassware of the Depression era. While museums and private collectors. interest in the history of glass and glassmaking,
including its significant role in early American
maintaining that focus, the club has
expanded with interests in many other fields The Stained Glass Association of America industries, and an appreciation of the beauty
of collecting. The PSDGC meets on the stainedglass.org of glass. Membership includes novice and
second Tuesday of each month in Marietta, Contact: info@stainedglass.org advanced collectors, as well as glass artisans
GA. The 44th Annual Show will be held at The Stained Glass Association of America and dealers. The Westchester Glass Club’s
the Cobb County Civic Center in Marietta, is a professional trade association whose Collectors Show & Sale will take place May
GA on July 25 and 26, 2020. 23 and 24 in Southbury, CT.

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