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links & useful addresses
links to other glass-related sites
Here are some sites that we have found interesting (not in any particular order) that you may wish to visit. Links to some other (commercial) sites may be found in current British glassmakers and current overseas glassmakers
British glass :
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
Loetz, Kralik, Rindskopf, Pallme Koenig etc :
Eddy Scheepers' Loetz Website
Alfredo Villanueva's Loetz Site
Loetz , Kralik, Rindskopf, Pallme and more by Tony Abbate
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
pressed glass :
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 John G Bell (a.k.a. "The Glass Man"), specialist dealer in pressed glass from North East England. Very useful reference sections
The website of Joyce & Sy London, ardent Krys-Tol glass collectors, showing their extensive 20-yr old collection
For lovers of carnival glass
general reference :
The online glass encyclopaedia
The online glass museum
The website of the Glass Beadmakers' Society. All about lamp-worked glass beads & jewellery
The website of the Corning Museum of Glass in the U.S.A.
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 stuff :
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
replacement stemware :
A 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
Another UK-based commercial site that 'specialises in locating the patterns and shapes of traditional 20th Century glassware', particularly Webb, Stuart & Waterford
Another commercial site (this one American) that offers stemware to discontinued designs by various companies, including (strangely!) Watford Crystal
museums & galleries
This short list is of museums and galleries in Britain which contain exhibitions of ancient, antique or modern glassware. If you know of any others, please let us know. N.B. Sadly, neither the Stuart Crystal, nor the Thomas Webb collections in Stourbridge exist any longer (although many items from these can still be seen in the Broadfield House Glass Museum). However, Stuart Crystal have now refurbished the old Red House Glassworks itself, which is listed below
Ashmolean Museum
Beatrice Royal Contemporary Arts & Crafts Gallery
Bristol City Museum & Art Gallery
The British Museum
Broadfield House Glass Museum
Cecil Higgins Art Gallery
Haworth Art Gallery
The Museum of London
National Glass Centre
Red House Glass Cone
Shipley Art Gallery
Stained Glass Museum
Victoria & Albert Museum
The Wallace Collection
The World of Glass
Simon Bruntnell Photography
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
Dawn Crystal
Duncanson, Angus
Facets
Ford, Sharon
Hislop, Alan
Horncastle Glass Studio
Inman, Nick (see Horncastle Glass Studio)
Loveridge, Basil
Redhouse Glasscrafts
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
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
Kelly, Don
Slack, Raymond M
www.StudioBookshop.co.uk
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
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!)
Ardingly Antiques Fair
Cambridge Glass Fair
Detling Antiques Fair
National Glass Collectors Fair , The
Newark Antiques Fair
Royal Horticultural Hall Antiques Fair
Sandown Park Antiques Fair
Shepton Mallet Antiques Fair
Swinderby Antiques Fair
St John Street (off Beaumont Street), Oxford
Tel: 01865-278 000 website
A limited amount of glass on show (although I gather there is much more in their collection), scattered among other exhibits, but excellent examples. Particularly good selection of façon de Venise and of English 17th and 18th Century glassware. Well worth a visit. Open Tuesday to Saturday 1000-1700h, Sunday 1400-1700h (closed on some holidays). Admission free
Nightingale Avenue, Eastleigh, Hampshire SO50 9JJ
Tel: 023-8061 0592
website
Contemporary Arts only, but contains two rooms of contemporary glass. Open 7 days a week, 1100-1700h, and by appointment
Queen's Road, Bristol, BS8 1RL
Tel: 0117-922 3571
website
Dedicated gallery containing the Chinese glass collection - one of the most significant outside Asia. 180 pieces ranging from 2,000-year-old beads found in burials to exquisite carved altar vessels made for the Chinese imperial household in Beijing in the 18th century. Open 7 days a week 1000 - 1700h and most bank holidays. Admission free
Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG
Tel: 020-7323 8000 website
Huge and excellent collection of ancient/early glass, although, unfortunately, mixed in with all the other exhibits. Open Monday to Saturday 1000-1700h, Sunday 1200-1800h. Admission free, but donation of at least £2.00 requested
Compton Drive, Kingswinford, West Midlands, DY6 9NS
Tel: 01384-812 745
old website
new website
The glass museum, mainly 19th/early 20th Century products of the Stourbridge area. Open Tuesday to Sunday 1200-1600h (glassblowing studio open Wednesday to Sunday 1000-1600h). Admission free. Gift shop
Castle Lane, Bedford MK40 3RP
Tel: 01234-211 222
website
An unusual combination of recreated Victorian Mansion (originally the home of the Higgins family, wealthy Bedford Brewers) and adjoining gallery housing collections of watercolours, prints and drawings, ceramics, glass and lace. Open Tuesday to Saturday 1100 - 1700h, Sunday 1400-1700h. Adult, single day £2.20 (includes entry to Bedford Museum), Fridays free, concessions free. Gift shop
Haworth Park, Hollins Lane, Accrington Lancashire BB5 2JS
Tel: 01254-233 782
website
Contains a collection of Tiffany glass
150 London Wall, London EC2
Tel: 020-7600 3699
website
Extensive display of James Powell & Sons/Whitefriars glass
Liberty Way, Sunderland SR6 0GL
Tel: 0191-515 5555
website
Have not yet been to see this, but one of these days we'll get around to it!
High Street, Wordsley, Stourbridge, West Midlands DY8 4AZ
Tel: 01384-812 750
old website
new website
Opening times: April to October, 1000-1700h. November to March, 1000-1600h. Adults £3.00, children & concessions £2.50 (under 5s free), also special family rates. Café, gift-shop
Prince Consort Road, Gateshead, NE8 4JB
Tel: 0191-477 1495
website
Superb collection of Tyneside pressed glass. Open Monday to Saturday 1000-1700h, Sundays 1400-1700h.
Ely Cathedral, Ely, Cambs CB7 4DL
Tel: 01353-660 347
website
Registered charity. Opening times: Mon to Fri 1030h - 1700h, Sat 1030h - 1730h (Winter - 1700h), Sun 1200h - 1800h (Winter - 1630h). Adults £3.50, Concessions £2.50, Family group £7.00 (up to 4 - must include 1 child under 16)
Cromwell Road, London SW7
Tel: 020-7942 2000
website
Excellent new gallery entirely devoted to glass
Hertford House, Manchester Square, London W1U 3BN
Tel: 020-7563 9500
website
Substantial glass collection. Monday to Saturday 1000-1700h, Sundays 1200-1700h
Chalon Way East, St Helens, Merseyside WA10 1BX
Tel: 01744-22766 website
Another one we haven't visited, but it looks promising
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
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 3, St John's Industrial Estate, Dunmow Road, Takely, Essex CM22 6SP
Tel: 01279-874 000 or 874 001
website
e-mail
Antique glass 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
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
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: 01507-524 460 e-mail 1 e-mail 2
Nick Inman. Reproduction cranberry glass and repair work, including replacement liners for silver mountings
Brackley, Northants
Tel: 01280-706490
General glass restoration
Ruskin Glass Centre, Wollaston Road, Amblecote, Stourbridge, West Midlands DY8 4HE
Tel: 01384-399 460 e-mail
All kinds of glass repairs - chips ground, bases replaced, replacement stoppers, polishing 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
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
specialist booksellers
London area (sorry, we don't have an address)
Tel: 020-8642 4842
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
Antiquarius, Unit M13, 135 King's Road, London SW3 4PW
Tel: 020-7352 4690 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)
The premier internet site for books on glass and glass collecting
website
Paul Brown. 20 years experience in bookselling, 10 years trading on the internet
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
Also the Gallery Shop at this 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
PO Box 941, Comberton, Cambridge PDO, Cambridge CB3 7GQ
website
e-mail
Formerly The Cambridge Paperweight Circle. Roy Brown, Terry Johnson
4 Bowshot Close, Castle Bromwich, W Midlands B36 9UH
Tel: 0121-681 4872
website
e-mail
Run by Rod Crowshaw
antiques & collectors fairs
Organiser: DMG Antiques Fairs Ltd (Tel: 01636-702 326)
website e-mail
The South of England Showground, Ardingly, West Sussex
A two-day mid-week general fair. Outside and inside stalls
Organiser: Oxbridge Fairs (Tel: 07787-762 872)
website e-mail
Chilford Hall, Linton, Cambs
An excellent specialist glass fair, twice a year, on a Sunday
Organiser: DMG Antiques Fairs Ltd (contact details as for Ardingly)
Kent County Showground, (off A249) Detling, Kent
A general two-day weekend fair, held about five times a year. Outside and inside stalls
Organiser: Specialist Glass Fairs (Tel: 01260-271 975)
website e-mail
The Heritage Motor Centre, Gaydon, Warks (off Junction 12 of the M40)
THE glass fair, twice a year, on a Sunday in May and November
Organiser: DMG Antiques Fairs Ltd (contact details as for Ardingly)
The Newark & Nottinghamshire Showground, Newark, Notts
A two-day mid-week general fair (the biggest in Europe). Outside and inside stalls
Organiser: Adams Antiques Fairs Ltd (Tel: 020-7254 4054)
website
Lawrence Hall, Greycoat Street (off Vincent Square), London SW1
Good general monthly Sunday fair
Organiser: Wonder Whistle (Tel: 020-7249 4050)
website e-mail
Sandown Park Racecourse, Sandown Park, Surrey
A one-day mid-week trade fair, held on a Tuesday afternoon
Organiser: DMG Antiques Fairs Ltd (contact details as for Ardingly)
Bath & West Showground, Shepton Mallet, Somerset
A general three-day weekend fair, held about six times a year. Outside and inside stalls
Organiser: Arthur Swallow Fairs (Tel: 01298 27493)
website
Swinderby Airfield (between Newark & Lincoln, off A46)
A general two-day midweek fair, just before the Newark fair. Outside and inside stalls