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SANDWICH GLASS MUSEUM ANNOUNCES I.P.B.A. 32ND ANNUAL PERFUME BOTTLE CONVENTION
2020 SPECIAL EXHIBITS TO BE HELD IN ROCKWALL, TEXAS

The Sandwich The 32nd Annual Perfume Bottle Convention
Glass Museum hosted by the International Perfume Bottle
in Sandwich, Association will be held at the Hilton Dallas
Massachusetts Rockwall Lakefront in Rockwall, TX on
will be hosting Friday, April 30 through Sunday, May 3. This
three very year’s theme is Over the Moon. The I.P.B.A. is
special exhibits an international group of dedicated collectors
in 2020. united in a love of collecting many genres of
The first will perfume bottles, as well as vintage vanity items
feature the such as compacts, lipsticks, and purses.
whimsical work Events over the three day Convention
of noted sculptor Ricky Bernstein will once again grace the walls of the include an annual Perfume Bottle Auction
Sandwich Glass Museum with the special exhibition, Destined for the organized and directed by renowned perfume
Stars, running February 1 through June 14, 2020. Ricky’s larger-than- bottle specialist and author, Ken Leach; a special presentation: Collecting
life sculptures combine painted glass, aluminum, oil crayon, colored Perfume Bottles, Compacts, Purses & Other Vanity Items 101, a beginner’s
pencil, and mixed-media objects. Born in 1952 in Providence, RI, guide to finding, recognizing, and building a collection of Perfume bottles,
Ricky felt his career as an artist was pre-determined, as it was obvious compacts, purses and other vintage vanity items; a Runway Fashion Show
at a young age that it was what he wanted to do. He studied at the of vintage fashion pieces with a slide show and a table display of cosmetics,
University of Massachusetts, Amherst and the Royal Academy of Arts, purses, perfumes, and vanity items; seminars; a Collectors Moonlight Flea
London, before earning his Masters of Fine Arts in 1979 at the Tyler Market Sale; and the 5th Annual Perfume Bottle Design Competition
School of Art. featuring the creative works of talented artists and students.
Bernstein’s artwork is included in the collections at the Philadelphia The Conference also features special guest speaker Véronique
Museum of Art, the Renwick Museum of Art, the Museum of Art and Coty—the great-granddaughter of François Coty who is known as a
Design in New York City, and the Sandwich Glass Museum. “My work genius perfumer and the father of modern perfume—who will share her
and personal vision honors the lives of ordinary women; mothers whose great-grandfather’s legacy, which is largely unknown to the public.
lives had so much promise, but they settled for less of their own Véronique Coty currently serves as the Presidenté of the François Coty
advancement to take care of others,” Ricky noted. “The purpose of my Association. Tickets are available to the general public for $50.
art is to recognize their sacrifices and celebrate how they make it The IPBA Convention 32 features a wide variety of events for
through each day.” members and the general public. For more information contact
Glass artist Isabel Green is back by popular demand in the Roseann Smith at vicepresident@perfumebottles.org as well as visiting
Contemporary Gallery for the 2020 season. Recently featured in Cape the IPBA website perfumebottles.org.
Cod Life as one of the Cape’s rising artistic stars. Known for her
intricate framework and realistic depiction of sea creatures, Isabel offers SARATOGA ANTIQUE BOTTLE SHOW AND SALE TO
visitors a chance to take home beautiful glass that mirrors the fauna of BENEFIT THE NATIONAL BOTTLE MUSEUM
Cape Cod. The Glass Artistry of Isabel Green will run from February 1 -
November 3, 2020. The 41st Annual Saratoga Antique
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Bottle Show and Sale to benefit the
Amendment giving women the right to vote. As the Sandwich Glass National Bottle Museum will be held
Museum commemorates this event it will exhibit the work of 20 of June 7, 2020, at the Saratoga County
today’s most influential female glass artists in celebration of women in Fairgrounds, 162 Prospect Street in
the field of glassmaking in its many forms. The exhibition will be guest Ballston Spa, New York, from 9 a.m.-
curated by Mary Childs, a Sandwich Glass Museum Trustee and 2:30 p.m. All types of antique bottles,
Artistic Director at the McClellan Gallery in St. Petersburg, FL. stoneware, ephemera, related glassware, and bottle art will be available.
This invitational glass exhibition will run from June 29 through Admission is $5, children 12 and under free, and early admission
starting at 8 a.m. is $15. Free parking, refreshments, and food are on
November 1, 2020. site. For more information contact the National Bottle Museum, 76
For additional information, contact the Sandwich Glass Museum at Milton Avenue, Ballston Spa, New York 12020, 518-885-7589,
508-888-0251 or visit sandwichglassmuseum.org. NBM@nycap.rr.com, nationalbottlemuseum.org.

Stardust, Higgins, Sandwish cobalt Antique American perfume bottle with label Bohemian hand-cut Pressed glass
11-1/2” diameter overlay lidded pokal ruby glass carafe toothpick holder
image by Leslie Piña

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