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...to foster and encourage the collection, appreciation, study,
preservation, and documentation of early American pattern glassware, and its place in American life, past and present. |
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Glass
Museums
Arkansas
- Arkansas
State University
Museum
Continuing
Ed. Bldg.
Jonesboro,
AR 72401
501-972-2074
Has
a sizeable
collection
of pressed
glass from
the Mrs.
Lawrence
Cooper Collection.
- Museum
of Science & History
McArthur
Park, Little
Rock, AR
72202
510-324-9231
Contains
what is believed
to be the
most complete
and best
planned collection
of American
pattern glass
anywhere.
It contains
over 2,800
pressed,
blown & cut
glass items
in abut
1800 patterns.
About 85%
of the
collection
is in creamers
from the
Bob H.
Batty Collection.
Occasionally
exhibited
is the
Ross Anderson
Collection
of bread
plates.
Arkansas
Art Center
is in same
location.
Hours: Mon-Sat
10-5 & Sunday,
1-5
California
- Los
Angeles
Co. Museum
of Art
5905
Wilshire
Blvd. Los
Angeles,
CA 90036
213-857-6111
Contains
the W.
Dan Quattlebaum
Collection
of Lacy
and non-Lacy
glass from
Sandwich,
New England,
and Bakewell.
- Museum
of American
Treasures
1315
E. 34th
St. National
City, CA
92051
619-477-7489
Contains
all types
of glass
with many
pressed
items,
including
a collection
of U.S.
Coin. Much
is from
the Hans
K. Lindaman
Collection.
- Historical
Glass Museum
1157
Orange
Street,
Redlands,
CA
(909)
798-0868
Holds
displays
of
American
Glassware
dating
from
the
early
1800's
to
contemporary
times.
Displays
include,
but
are
not
limited
to,
glass
from
Heisey,
Cambridge,
Fenton,
Fostoria,
and
Sandwich
factories
as
well
as
those
that
produced
depression-era
glassware.
Items
on
display
include
candlesticks,
compotes,
milk
glass,
stems,
bowls,
historical
plates,
salts,
kerosene
lamps-and
even
several
items
from
the
estate
of
Liberace.
- Bowers
Museum
2002
N. Main
St. Santa
Ana, CA
92706
Has small
collection of
late 19th
century glass
including some
Westward Ho!
- San
Diego Museum
of Art
1450
El Prado,
San Diego,
CA 92112
619-232-7931
The collection
contains over
500 pieces
of glass,
some pressed.
It is
not available
for public
viewing however.
- Fine
Arts Museum
of San
Francisco
Golden
Gate Park,
San Francisco,
CA 94118
Has
a collection
of 600
19th century
wine glasses
donated by
Mrs. Theodore
M. Sterbenz.
Connecticut
- Wadsworth
Museum
600
Main
St.
Hartford,
CT
06103
203-278-2670
Contains
a small
collection
of
Lacy
glass
and
pattern
glass,
some
from
the
Edith
Olcott
van
Gerbig
Collection.
- Yale
University
Art
Museum
1111 Chapel
St.
New Haven,
CT
06520
203-436-0574
Contains
126
pieces of mostly
Boston
and
Sandwich glass
donated by Lewis
Fox
Frissell.
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