A HISTORICAL privately owned glass collection has gone on public display for the first time at Broadfield House Glass Museum. The collection was put together in the 1960s by Roger Pilkington, a distant relative of the Pilkington ...
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A CITY of enchantment, Venice is also besieged with problems. It is threatened by rising sea levels, polluted lagoons and a grim economy. And glassmaking, its most famous industry, has long been sinking along with the city. Murano, an ...
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Gray-Stan goblet vase, featuring applied amber tears around the bowl. The foot, stem and bowl are all blown in a rib mould & the foot is folded up and over in the Venetian manner. Image courtesy of Basil Loveridge. The May 2013 National ...
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The Westchester Glass Club’s annual Collectors Show and Sale at the Greenwich Civic Center on April 27 and 28 is spicing things up this year, devoting the show not solely to high quality glass as it has done over the past 36 years, ...
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On 70s and 80s of 20th centry, as the light industry leading enterprise, Shanghai Glassware Factory is known to all. Time flying, after rebuild and upgrade, the old site located in Baoshan District has a luxuriant change and became a ...
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Summer is winding down,but there will be no shortage of things to do this fall and winter at the Corning Museum of Glass. Now's the time to get into the autumn spirit at the museum.The world's largest glass pumpkin is on display from now ...
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Museum of Glass of Qinhuangdao held a grand opening ceremony recently.As the first state-owned thematic museum,it covers an area of 11.25 mu with overall floorage of 2822 square meters.The museum is composed of four parts including ...
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