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This square beaded honey dish
is a heavy high-quality piece of Century, glass blowing was done in small workshops by a small number
American milk glass that was made of artisans producing small runs of blown glass. With the Industrial
by the Westmoreland Glass Co. and Revolution’s arrival, this kind of small workshop disappeared. Art glass
it is pressed glass pressed in the was made in factories, led by a talented designer and a team of skilled
Paneled Grape pattern they workers to produce the basic forms of glass in large quantities. This is
produced from the 1950s-1970s. how René Lalique, Emile Gallé, and Louis Comfort Tiffany worked. The
The Paneled Grape pattern is same is true of the many famous European glass designers.
a lovely, raised glass pattern What we’re seeing today is a return to this original small glass
featuring clusters of grapes workshop, which has been with us since ancient Roman times and
and grape vines that cover the w earlier. Examples of this today are the highly collectible works of
hole outside of the piece.
Lindberg Studios, Lotton Studios, Vandermark Studios,
and many others.
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In today’s marketplace, Contemporary
By the mid-1950s, the country style Glass is a further refinement of the
became a fashion trend. It didn’t replace American Studio Glass Movement.
the modernist design trends of the Here, the glass artist is adding “concept”
mid-century glass movement but offered as part of his or her creation of a one-of-a-
an alternative. kind work of glass art. The artist is elevating the art of
Fenton Glass was one of the many companies that glass blowing to a higher level of fine art like a painter or
produced multiple lines of milk glass. This white glass blended sculptor would, producing a work of art for the sake of
nicely with the country style and became very popular. sculptural enjoyment and visual pleasure.
The country style also In many ways, the art of glass blowing has returned to its
witnessed the introduction of origins. The large factories that used to produce art glass are
whimsical forms of glass, such as fewer today.
figural, and animals. It was a less
serious, but “fun” glass.
The New Historians …
American Studio Glass Curators & Glass
Movement Custodians!
As a collector or buyer of glass, did
The American Studio Glass
Movement began in a small you know you are the historian, the
glassblowing workshop on the curator, and custodian of the glass treas-
grounds of the Toledo Museum of ures that will be saved for the future?
Art in 1962 under the guidance of You can choose any style, color, or form
Professor Harvey Littleton, of glass – make it your passion and
Dominic Labino, and Harvey contribute to those who will follow.
Leafgreen. The focus of this Museums can’t do it alone without you.
movement was and still is, on the They don’t have the budget, time, and
individual artist as the designer often, expertise. There are also glass
and maker of one-of-a-kind An example of an artwork created by clubs, organizations, and societies that
glass objects in a small studio one of the founders of the American will welcome your passion! Join them!
setting. Professor Littleton proved Studio Glass movement, Harvey K.
that doing this was a viable Littleton. A native of Corning, This 15.5” iridescent “Pulled
business model. NY, Littleton’s career Feather” fan vase was made Rare John Lotton Tall Art Glass
Originally, before the spanned the 1960s to at the Vandermark studios Floral Vase 14.66” on offer at
Industrial Revolution in the 19th the 1980s. in the 1970s. It is presently $3,800 on eBay
photo: Corning Museum of Glass selling on Etsy for $650.

Paperweight Corning Museum of Glass:
A charming Pre-Mid-Century ice bowl, American clear glass, circa
Vintage Crystal Cocktail glasses with an late 1930s-early 1940s. The Scotty dog glass collectible craze This paperweight is an example of glass created
amazing stem and foot. Made by Fostoria, the began when President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Scottish Terrier, within an art studio. This example made by Paul
pattern is called American Lady, ca. 1943. Stankard contains fine forms within the glass itself.
named Fala, won the adoration of the American public. In the
Art Deco style by Hazel-Atlas Glass selling online for $200. photo: Corning Museum of Glass
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