Links

Our Members On the Web

Rose Bowls - An article showing some wonderful examples of glass rose bowls by Joyce McGee, a member of Glasfax District 4.  If you are interested in growing roses, you may wish to poke around this site.  Harry McGee, also a Glasfax member, is the editor of the Rosebank Letter and the author of several books.

http://www.mirror.org/harrymcgee/rosebowl.html

Opalescent Glass - An article outlining the history of Victorian era opalescent glass by Carl Hearn, Glasfax District 4.

http://www.patternglass.com/KindOpal/kindOpalHearn.htm

Canadian “Maple Leaf” - An article by Sid Lethbridge, Glasfax District 4, on the Maple Leaf pattern produced by the Diamond Glass Co., Montreal and it successors for the journal Pressglas Korrespondenz.  It is in German but there are pictures of the pattern in green, opaque blue and opal.

http://www.pressglas-korrespondenz.de/aktuelles/pdf/pk-2004-4w-lethbridge-maple-leaf.pdf

Canadian Associations & Clubs

Canadian Depression Glass Association - The Canadian Depression Glass Association provides information about Depression Glass and related topics to fellow "Preservationists of Depression Era Glassware".

http://www.waltztime.com/CDGA/index.html

Paperweight Collectors Association of Ontario - The Paperweight Collectors Association of Ontario holds Saturday afternoon meetings approximately six times a year. The meetings include guest speakers, videos on glass techniques and artists, visits to glass studios, opportunities to buy and sell weights, and other related educational and collecting activities.

http://www.pcaont.ca/ 

Historical Lighting Society of Canada - The Historical Lighting Society of Canada is a group of lighting enthusiasts from Canada, the US and around the world. Founded in 1981, they tend to focus on lighting of the kerosene era, though they have members who collect all types of lighting.

http://www.historical-lighting.org/

Four Seasons Bottle Collectors Club - The Four Seasons Bottle Collectors Club provides a forum for collectors to meet one another and share their excitement for the hobby. The club meets on the third Saturday of most months. Anyone interested in collecting bottles is welcome to attend.

http://canadianbottlecollectors.com/ 

American Museums & Organizations

West Virginia Museum of American Glass - The West Virginia Museum of American Glass, Ltd. is a museum with a mission to share the diverse and rich heritage of glass as a product and historical object as well as telling of the lives of glass workers, their families and communities, and of the tools and machines they used in glass houses.
http://wvmag.bglances.com/

Early American Pattern Glass Society - The Early American Pattern Glass Society was founded to foster and encourage the collection, appreciation, study and documentation of early American Pattern Glassware (EAPG), its makers, and its place in American life, past and present.

http://www.eapgs.org/