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links & useful addresses
general reference links
Here are some sites that we have found to be useful reference sources (not in any particular order) that you may wish to visit. Links to actual glassworks websites may be found in glassware manufacturers, current British glassmakers and current overseas glassmakers, and a list of glass museums can be found in museums & collections
British glass :
A privately funded, non-commercial website that aims to provide information on, & a showcase for, Scottish Glass, both past and present
The cameo glass of Thomas & George Woodall - a Broadfield House Glass Museum website
The website of Frank Andrews, co-author of "Ysart glass", containing additional information on the subject
Colin MacDonald's website of the Stourbridge area, with glass-related information and links, including Broadfield House Glass Museum and the Ruskin Glass Centre
A non-profit-making site for Whitefriars collectors by Steve Thompson
Not sure if this is up and running yet, but it is (or will be) for collectors of Ronald Stennett-Willson; Wedgwood Glass and King's Lynn Glass etc. Run by Chris Green and Martin Angell e-mail
The website of Timothy Mills Antique Glass, specialists in fine 18th and early 19th Century English glass
Venetian glass :
The website of the Galleria Rossella Junck in Venice, which deals exclusively in Italian glass
The gallery in New York of Sheldon Barr (author of "Venetian Glass, Confections in Glass, 1855-1914") and Tom Gardner, collectors of, and dealers in, Italian art glass
Bohemian, Austrian & German Art Nouveau & Art Deco glass:
Eddy Scheepers' Loetz Website
Alfredo Villanueva's truly excellent site on Loetz & other Jugendstil glass
Loetz , Kralik, Rindskopf, Pallme and more by Tony Abbate
pressed glass :
miscellaneous :
technical stuff :
Simon Bruntnell Photography
Les Golding (BA Hons)
N.B. Prices of subscriptions and publications listed below may well have changed since we first included them - always check first!
Antique Collecting
Antiques Trade Gazette
The Antique Trade Calendar
The Antiques Diary
The Antique Dealer Newspaper
Antiques & Collectables Magazine
Antique & Collectors Trader
Collectors Companion, The
Although we have used some of these in the past (not often, as we rarely buy damaged pieces) we would not want to single any of them out. They have all been in business some time, and, as far as we know, are all competent. You will have to make up your own mind as to which are the best. As with the museums, if you know of any others in the U.K., please let us know.
N.B. It is always wise to telephone before visiting, as repairers can be somewhat irregular in the hours they keep!
F W Aldridge Ltd
Aldridge, Elizabeth
Ashley, Pauline
Blue Crystal
Bradley Crystal
Dauphin Restoration
Dawn Crystal
Duncanson, Angus
Facets
Ford, Sharon
Hislop, Alan
Horncastle Glass Studio
Inman, Nick (see Horncastle Glass Studio)
Loveridge, Basil
Pearson, Martyn
Redheat4Glass
Redhouse Glasscrafts
Watt, Elizabeth
If you are determined to attempt your own repairs (despite everything you were told in
cleaning & restoring glass), the following may be of some help:
B T Finishing Products
W Hobby Ltd ("Hobby's Ltd")
Priory Polishes
'Micro-Mesh'
We understand 'Micro-Mesh' is also obtainable from: Conservation Resources Ltd, Unit 1, Pony Road, Horspath Industrial Estate, Cowley, Oxon OX4 2RD (tel: 01865-747 755)
In addition to the above, Glass Technics manufacture a do-it-yourself kit 'which will remove scratches in glass without causing any distortion to the glass'
A list of U.K. booksellers who are a good source of books on glass (both old and new). Again, please let us know of any others you would recommend in the U.K.
Aldous-Cook, David
Barmby, Chris & A J ,
Bobby's Books,
Books for Collectors (formerly Frank & Shirley's Discount Books)
Brown, Paul
Bushwood Books
Foster, Stephen
ibooknet
Kelly, Don
Slack, Raymond M
ukbookworld
Widuch, Danny
N.B.: Sometime soon, Danny is moving to bigger premises at:
Antique Collector's Club, The
Contemporary Glass Society, The
Crafts Council, The
Friends of Broadfield House Glass Museum, The
Glass Association, The
Glass Circle, The
Guild of Glass Engravers, The
North Lands Creative Glass
Paperweight Collectors' Circle, The
Pressed Glass Collector's Club, The
A by-no-means-comprehensive list of good-quality U.K. fairs.
N.B. Collectors, please note that the entrance fee for the first day of two- or three-day fairs (particularly the mid-week fairs) is often much more expensive than for the second day, as it is aimed at Trade buyers, and can be as much as £20 a head. Also, an increased charge may apply for the first few hours of a one-day event (it might be worth checking with the organiser first!)
Alexandra Palace Antiques Fair
Ardingly Antiques Fair
Art Glass Fair, The
Cambridge Glass Fair
Detling Antiques Fair
Gresham's School Antiques Fair
Lincolnshire Showground
National Glass Collectors Fair , The
Newark Antiques Fair
Newmarket Antiques Fair
Royal Horticultural Hall Antiques Fair
Royal Welsh Showground, Builth Wells
Sandown Park Antiques Fair
Shepton Mallet Antiques Fair
Swinderby Antiques Fair
Warwickshire Antiques Fair
Clear Cut Crystal
Discontinued Designs
Cut Glass Search
Replacements.com
The private collection of Dave Littlefield
Interesting website of the Pallme family (most famously the Pallme Koenigs), glass-makers of Steinschoenau, Bohemia. Compiled by Oscar Pallme-Tausch, a descendant
The website of the Passau Glass Museum in Germany, with a superb collection of German & Bohemian glassware from 1700 to 1950
A labour of love by Thomas Joyce, a Dublin collector. Includes information on all the main British manufacturers, & on some lesser-known European manufacturers & pre-War British importers of glassware, together with photos of Thomas's growing collection
A comprehensive site for those interested in early American pattern glass tableware (c 1850 - 1910), run by Bill & Elaine Henderson
Everything you ever wanted to know about Carnival glass, by Glen & Stephen Thistlewood, authors of several books on the subject
Okay, so this site is only about cloud glass, but I never realised there was so much to know. Very informative, and still being developed
The website of Joyce & Sy London, ardent Krys-Tol glass collectors, showing their extensive 20-year old collection
For lovers of carnival glass
An excellent assemblage of references for glass & other marks, put together by Debi Raitz of http://opensalts.info
The online glass encyclopaedia
The online glass museum
The website of the Glass Beadmakers' Society. All about lamp-worked glass beads & jewellery
Numerous articles on glass by well-known glass enthusiast David Issitt, a.k.a. "the Pulpit Culprit"
The website of the Dorflinger Glass Museum in the USA (we hope they will get around to illustrating some of their pieces on their website, eventually)
For devotees of uranium glass, the website of Vaseline Glass Collectors, Inc (run by Dave Peterson, author of "Vaseline Glass; Canary to Contemporary")
The website of the National American Glass Club in the USA
The website of the Fairy Lamp Club (US-based, but with members overseas), a society devoted to Victorian fairy-lamps in all their diversity
Technical information for the glass artist
The website of the British Society of Scientific Glassblowers
A fascinating American online glassblowing (furnace-working) reference, which
includes step-by-step pictorials as well as an illustrated glossary. East Falls Glass in Philadelphia is a public access glass studio offering glassblowing classes, studio rental and work for sale by local glass artists
glass photography
Unit 15, The Ruskin Glass Centre, Wollaston Road, Stourbridge, West Midlands DY8 4HF
Tel: 01384 399 465 (mobile: 07850-395 193)
website
e-mail
Commercial photographer who specialises in photographing glassware
28 Lingfield, The Laurels, Houghton Le Spring, County Durham DH5 8QA
Tel: 0191 584 9877 (mobile: 07951-601 055)
website
e-mail
Fine Art photographer, working mainly for museums and art galleries (twitter: @les_golding)
antiques publications
Sandy Lane, Old Martlesham, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP12 4SD
Subscriptions - Tel: 01394-389 956
website
e-mail
Subscription-only magazine (10 issues per year; now in its 41st year), published by The Antique Collectors’ Club (see under associations & organisations). UK annual subscription £30 (overseas £35)
115 Shaftesbury Avenue, London WC2H 8AD
Subscriptions - Tel: 020-7420 6601 Fax: 020-7420 6605
website
Weekly, the main general trade newspaper. Single copy £1.60
G P London, 32 Fredericks Place, North Finchley, London N12 8QE
Tel: 020-8446 3604
Quarterly, the most complete trade listing of forthcoming antique & collectors fairs, antiques centres. Single copy £1.50
PO Box 30, Twyford, Reading, Berks RG10 8DQ
Tel: 0118-940 2165 Fax: 0118-940 4550
website
Two-monthly, fairly complete listing of forthcoming antique & collectors fairs, markets, shops, centres & auctions, plus general articles. Two editions: London & Southern, North & Midlands. Single copy £1.50
115 Shaftesbury Avenue, London WC2H 8AD
Subscriptions - Tel: 020-7420 6680 Fax: 020-7420 6685
Monthly, general trade magazine. Fair reviews, general articles, what's on, classified ads. Given away free around the fairs. UK annual subscription £15.00
Merricks Media Ltd, Cambridge House (South), Henry Street, Bath BA1 1JT
Tel: 01225-786 800 Fax: 01225-786 801
website
Monthly, published around the second Wednesday of each month, price £2.95. Regular series include an advice clinic, toy talk, fair reviews, fair & auction listings. Features cover such subjects as ceramics, glass, Art Nouveau, toys, memorabilia, books, furniture
PO Box 2034, Hockley, Essex SS5 5YW
Tel/fax: 01702-207 400
Two-monthly, general trade paper. Fair reviews, general articles, what's on, classified ads. Given away free around the fairs. UK annual subscription £12.00
205 Field End Road, Eastcote, Pinner, Middlesex HA5 1QZ
Tel: 07710-423 689
website
e-mail
Quarterly, features antiques & collectables shops,
centres, fairs and auctions based in South East England. Free publication, send a stamped A5 addressed
envelope
glass repairers & restorers (UK)
Unit 32 Inca Business Park, Melford Road, Acton, Sudbury, Suffolk CO10 0BB
Tel: 01787 882 831 or 882 832
website
e-mail
Established over 70 years. Since September 2015, owned by Brian Croll & his daughter, Zoe Gardiner. Antique glass repairers & renovators
Elizabethan Works, Unit 1, Shepperton House, 83/93 Shepperton Rd, Islington, London N1 3DF
Tel: 020 7226 3121
General glass repairs
2 Sibley Avenue, Harpenden, Herts AL5 1HE
Tel: 01582 462 787
website
e-mail
Restorer of ceramics who can also repair broken glass pieces
Unit 6, 21 Wren Street, London WC1
Tel: 020 7278 0142
website
e-mail
General glass repairs
2 Jewells Water, High Bullen, Torrington, Devon EX38 7JZ
Tel: 01805 623 778
website
e-mail
Steve Bradley, formerly glassmaker for the Royal College of Art. All kinds of glass repairs
The Poultry Farm, Marsh Baldon, Oxford, Oxon OX44 9LJ
Tel: 01865-343 542 website
e-mail
Founded 1986. Wide range of conservation & restoration services for ceramics, glass, textiles, terracotta, paper & parchment, gilding, leather & paintings. Also makers of cast acrylic mounts, cases & display cabinets
3 High Street, Amblecote, Stourbridge, West Midlands DY8 4BX
Tel: 01384 397 524
website
e-mail
R Everton & Son, a family business established 1984. Specialists in unique pieces of English crystal, hand-cut & -engraved. Glass repair service available
(address & telephone number unknown)
e-mail
Antique & reproduction glass (& ceramic) knobs for doors & furniture
107 Boundary Rd, Leyton, London E17 8NQ
Tel: 020 8520 3392
website
e-mail
All forms of glass repairs (the workshop is actually in Hertfordshire, and not open to the public, but the Leyton
shop is open for collections and to take in repairs every Tuesday between 1000h and 1700h)
Hornchurch, Essex
Tel: 01708 768 304 (mobile 07985 027 131)
Expert restorer of gold-leaf, gilding, enamels & artwork
32 Holt Road, Horsford, Norwich, Norfolk NR10 3DD
Tel: 01603 897428
website
e-mail
Glass engraver with 21 years' experience, now also involved in glass restoration work
Unit 3, Devereux Way, Boston Road Industrial Estate, Horncastle, Lincs LN9 6AU
Tel: 07960 178 902
e-mail 1
e-mail 2
Nick Inman. Reproduction cranberry glass and repair work, including replacement liners for silver mountings
1 Avonbury Court, County Road, Buckingham Road Industrial Estate, Brackley, Northants NN13 7AX
Tel: 01280 706 490
General glass restoration
The Stables Craft Centre, Halfpenny Green Vineyard, Bobbington, West Midlands DY7 5EP
Tel: 01384 221 399
Glass cutting, engraving & repairs undertaken
Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
Tel: 07786 463 794
website
e-mail
Ian. 20 years experience, specialises in repair of rim chips on early drinking glasses & vases, but can also repair scratches & internal water damage. Small workshop, so callers by appointment only, please!
Ruskin Glass Centre, Wollaston Road, Amblecote, Stourbridge, West Midlands DY8 4HE
Tel: 01384 399 460
website
e-mail
All kinds of glass repairs - chips ground, bases replaced, replacement stoppers, polishing etc
69 Thistle Street, Aberdeen AB10 1UY, Scotland
Tel: 01224 647 232
Family-run business. Specialist restorers of decorative porcelain & pottery, crystal, plaster, composition etc
suppliers of repair materials
(sorry - we don't have their address)
Tel: 01905-774 029
Suppliers of polishing compounds, from coarse to ultra-fine, for use with power tools
Knights Hill Square, London SE27 0HH
Tel: 020-8761 4244 website
Also Mail Order suppliers of all kinds of craft tools, including polishing & engraving equipment. They make a small charge for their catalogue, but it's very useful
2 Springbank Gardens, Goodshawfold, Rossendale, Lancashire BB4 8UH
Tel: 01706-229 343 (mobile: 07812-693 752) website
e-mail
Mail order suppliers of materials for furniture & metal restoration, but they have some stuff which can be useful for glass restoration. Usually to be seen around the big fairs
The following can supply an American product called 'Micro-Mesh', an abrasive film which can be washed and is extremely long-lasting:
specialist booksellers
PO Box 413, Sutton, Surrey SM3 8SZ
e-mail
website
Tel: 020-8642 4842
Specialists in reference books on antiques & collectables
140 Lavender Hill, Tonbridge, Kent TN9 2AY
Tel/fax: 01732-771 590 e-mail
Showroom: Nuralite House, Canal Road, Higham, Rochester, Kent ME3 7JA
Tel: 01474-823 388 e-mail
Unit 1, 24 - 26 High Street, Toddington, Bedfordshire LU5 6BY
Tel: 01525-875 100 (Fax: 01525-877 600)
The Studio Bookshop, 68 St James Street, Brighton, East Sussex BN12 1PJ
Tel: 01273-691 253
e-mail
website
(Large selection of books on glass, with many out-of-print titles, as well as current ones)
6 Marksbury Avenue, Kew, Surrey TW9 4JF
Tel: 020-8392 8585 e-mail
website
95 Bell Street, London NW1 6TL
Tel: 020-7724 0876 e-mail
website
Rare & out-of-print books
website
The website of a collective of independent British Isles-based booksellers, specialising in rare, used & out-of-print books
Stand L16/20, Admiral Vernon Arcade, 141-149 Portobello Road, London W11
Tel: 020-7731 0482 e-mail
42 Kingswood Avenue, Sanderstead, Surrey CR2 9DQ
Tel/fax: 020-8657 1751
(NB: Postal service only. Ray, an author in his own right, has an extensive catalogue of out-of-print titles, as well as current ones)
website
Another collective of independent British Isles-based booksellers, specialising in rare, used & out-of-print books
80 Queen's Road, Hastings, East Sussex TN34 1RL
Tel: 080-242 4080
94 Limpsfield Road, Sanderstead, South Croydon, Surrey CR2 9EE
Tel: 020-8657 0102
associations & organisations
Sandy Lane, Old Martlesham, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP12 4SD
Tel: 01394-389 956
website
e-mail
James Hogg. For anyone interested in fine art/antiques and collecting. Publishers of many excellent books on antiques and collectables, and the magazine 'Antique Collecting' (10 issues per year - see under antiques publications)
P O Box 1320, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffs ST4 2YS
Tel: 01782-294 763 or 01453-751 421
website
Colin Reid (committee member). Peter Layton (of London Glassblowing Workshop) was a former president. The aim of the society is to "encourage excellence in glass as a creative medium"
44a Pentonville Rd, Islington, London N1 9BY
Tel: 020-7278 7700 or 7806 2500
website
Also the Gallery Shop at the same address
18 Adelaide St, Brierley Hill, DY5 3HN
e-mail
Chris W Perry, editor of "Cameo" newssheet
The Membership Secretary, The Glass Association, c/o Broadfield House Glass Museum, Compton Drive, Kingswinford, West Midlands, DY6 9NS
website
Publications: "The Glass Cone" (quarterly), Glass Association Journal (every 2 to 3 years)
Tel: 020-7293 5133
website
Simon Cottle of Sotheby's (or D C Woolston - Tel/fax: 01474 813 258). David Watts (editor, Glass Circle News). Originally devoted exclusively to early English glass, now includes pressed, 20th Century and modern glass (including glass made abroad) among its interests, and has glassmakers such as Peter Layton among its members
87 Nether Street, London N12 7NP
Tel: 020-8446 4050
website
e-mail
Founded 1975. Registered charity, whose patron is Professor Dan Klein. Worldwide membership
Quatre Bras, Lybster, Caithness KW3 6BN, Scotland
Tel: 01593-721 229
website
e-mail
Established in the 1990s, funded by the Scottish Arts Council & The National Lottery. Open both to glass artists & to painters, sculptors, architects & designers wishing to explore the artistic potential of glass, with Summer master classes, an annual conference & residencies
PO Box 941, Comberton, Cambridge PDO, Cambridge CB23 7GQ
Tel: 012223-264 656 (membership secretary)
website
e-mail
Formerly The Cambridge Paperweight Circle. Roy Brown, Terry Johnson. Annual subscription £20 (UK), £30 (Europe), £35 (rest of world)
26 Innsworth Drive, Birmingham B35 6BB
e-mail
Run by Rod Crowshaw. Quarterly journal, identification service. Annual subscription £12 (UK), £17 (overseas)
antiques & collectors fairs
Organiser: Nelson Events (Tel: 01263-888 111)
website
Alexandra Palace Way, Wood Green, London N22 7AY
A general fair, held on a Sunday, four times a year
Organiser: IACF (International Antique & Collectors Fair) Ltd (Tel: 01636-702 326)
website
The South of England Showground, Ardingly, West Sussex
A two-day mid-week general fair, six times a year. Outside and inside stalls
Organiser: The Art Glass Fair (Tel: 07832-106 822)
website
Dulwich College, Dulwich Common, London SE21 7LD
A specialist glass fair held twice a year on a Sunday in Spring and Autumn
Organiser: Oxbridge Fairs (Tel: 07787-762 872)
website
Chilford Hall, Linton, Cambs
An excellent specialist glass fair, twice a year, on a Sunday
Organiser: IACF Ltd (contact details as for Ardingly)
Kent County Showground, (off A249) Detling, Kent
A general two-day weekend fair, six times a year. Outside and inside stalls
Organiser: Nelson Events (contact details as for Alexandra Palace)
Gresham's School, Cromer Road, Holt, Norfolk NR25 6EA
A general fair, held on a Sunday, once a year
Organiser: Arthur Swallow Fairs (Tel: 01298 27493)
website
Lincolnshire Showground, Grange-de-Lings, Lincoln LN2 2NA
A general two-day midweek fair, six times a year, just before the Newark fair. Outside and inside stalls
Organiser: Specialist Glass Fairs (Tel: 01260-271 975)
website
National Motorcycle Museum, Coventry Road, Bickenhill, Solihull, West Midlands B92 0EJ
(entrance on the roundabout at Junction 6 of the M42 & the A45)
THE glass fair, twice a year, on a Sunday in May and November
Organiser: IACF Ltd (contact details as for Ardingly)
The Newark & Nottinghamshire Showground, Newark, Notts
A two-day mid-week general fair (the biggest in Europe), six times a year. Outside and inside stalls
Organiser: Nelson Events (contact details as for Alexandra Palace)
Rowley Mile Conference Centre, Rowley Mile Racecourse, Newmarket, Suffolk CB8 0TF
A general fair, held on a Sunday, five times a year
Organiser: Adams Antiques Fairs Ltd (Tel: 020-7254 4054)
website
Royal Horticultural Hall, Lindley Hall, Elverton Street, Victoria, London SW1P 2QD
Good general Sunday fair, every month
Organiser: Continuity Fairs (Tel: 01584-873 634)
Royal Welsh Showground, Llanelwedd, Builth Wells, Powys LD2 3SY
A general two-day fair, four times a year
Organiser: Wonder Whistle (Tel: 020-7249 4050)
website
Sandown Park Racecourse, Esher, Surrey KT10 9AJ
A one-day trade fair, held on either a Tuesday or Sundayafternoon, almost every month
Organiser: IACF Ltd (contact details as for Ardingly)
Bath & West Showground, Shepton Mallet, Somerset
A general three-day weekend fair, held six times a year. Outside and inside stalls
Organiser: IACF Ltd (contact details as for Ardingly)
RAF Swinderby, Near Lincoln LN6 9QG (off A46)
A general two-day midweek fair, just before the Newark fair. Outside and inside stalls
Organiser: Nelson Events (contact details as for Alexandra Palace)
Warwickshire Exhibition Centre, The Fosse, Fosse Way, Leamington Spa, Warks
CV31 1XN
A general fair, held on a Sunday, four times a year
replacement stemware
Sandy Lane, Old Martlesham, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP12 4SD (01257 474 505)
website
e-mail
UK-based commercial site selling British & European cut crystal, but also offers a pattern-finding service to help in finding replacement pieces
25 Treachers Close, Chesham, Buckinghamshire HP5 2HD (01494 580 588)
website
e-mail
UK-based commercial site that offers stemware to discontinued designs by such companies as Tudor Crystal, Thomas Webb, Stuart Crystal, Edinburgh Crystal, Royal Brierley and Kinver Crystal
address unknown (01299 841 097)
website
e-mail
UK-based commercial site that 'specialises in locating the patterns and shapes of traditional 20th Century glassware', particularly Webb, Stuart & Waterford
1089 Knox Road, PO Box 26029, Greensboro, NC 27420, USA (001 336 697 3000)
website
e-mail
USA-based commercial site that offers stemware to discontinued designs by various companies, including (strangely!) Watford Crystal