Museum Treasures
There are so many amazing treasures throughout the museum. Our goal here is to feature one of those special items and bring you more information about it every week. Please check back often as we will be adding new treasures every week!
Paul Jones Whiskey Flask
Today’s Museum Monday treasure from the Museum of American Glass in WV is a Paul Jones whiskey flask. This bottle has been seen with labels identifying it as a product container for Paul Jones spiritus frumenti (or whiskey), bottled by Frankfort Distillery, with...
Labino Studio Trillium Series Vase
Today’s Museum Monday treasure from the Museum of American Glass in WV is a Labino Studio Trillium series vase. It has a copper red core with copper red and copper blue flowers cased in crystal. It is signed on the bottom: “Baker 4-1986. LABINO STUDIO." Baker O’Brien,...
Bartlett-Collins Company Cheese and Cracker Set
Today’s Museum Monday treasure from the Museum of American Glass in WV is a cheese and cracker set using pieces made by Bartlett-Collins Company in Sapulpa, Oklahoma. The pattern is their Ste. Genevieve line, which they offered as sets in various configurations....
Pairpoint Corporation’s No. B-1627 Candlestick
Today’s Museum Monday treasure from the Museum of American Glass in WV is a candlestick. In case there is anyone who cannot immediately guess who made this candlestick, the “giveaway” clue is the characteristic controlled bubble ball connector on the stem. This is...
Unknown Rodefer Glass Company Item
Last week’s Museum Monday treasure from the Museum of American Glass in WV was a letter from the Rodefer Glass Company. As mentioned in that write-up, although Rodefer was in existence for the better part of a century, the company is scarcely known today, because they...
Rodefer Glass Company Letter
STOP! BEFORE YOU POUR THAT DRINK! Check out this week’s Monday Morning treasure from the Museum of American Glass in WV. It is a letter from the Rodefer Glass Company in Bellaire, Ohio. Although Rodefer was in existence for the better part of a century, the company is...
Indiana Glass Company Wall Vase
Today’s Museum Monday treasure from the Museum of American Glass in WV is a factory sample wall vase from the Indiana Glass Company. It was part of a group of Indiana Glass Company factory samples acquired by the Fenton Art Glass Company when they purchased the...
Summit Art Glass Company Open Salt
Today’s Museum Monday treasure from the Museum of American Glass in WV is a sky blue carnival double open salt in the form of a basket. It was made by the Summit Art Glass Company and listed in their catalogs from the 1980s and 1990s as the No. 428 Imperial Double...
Fenton Art Glass Company Baseball Cap
Take me out to the ball game! Today’s Museum Monday treasure from the Museum of American Glass in WV is a Fenton Art Glass Company baseball cap in aquamarine satin. We acquired this novelty during the Fenton close-out sale in 2014. It is 2 ¼" high, 4 ¼" long and 3”...
Hand-Made Decanter
Today’s Museum Monday treasure from the Museum of American Glass in WV is a massive hand-made decanter with cobalt decoration and massive stopper. It stands 15 ½” high. It has a foil label: "GLASS BY / KENWORTH / WM. A. MEIER." This presents a bit of a mystery....
Libbey Glass Company’s Treasure Island Hi-Ball
Today’s Museum Monday treasure from the Museum of American Glass in WV is a 10 oz. hi-ball from Libbey Glass Company’s Treasure Island hostess glassware set. The hi-ball features Long John Silver, the ferocious pirate from Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic novel. We...
Pairpoint Glass Company Perfume Bottle
Today’s Museum Monday treasure from the Museum of American Glass in WV is a Pairpoint Glass Company perfume bottle. It has an opaque blue body cased in clear with a clear foot and a paperweight stopper with an opaque blue core with millefiori and facets. It is...