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!

Zephyr Glass Works Paperweight

Zephyr Glass Works Paperweight

Today’s Museum Monday treasure from the Museum of American Glass in WV is a paperweight from Zephyr Glass Works. It is clear with a gold iridescent finish and dark red flowers, signed on the bottom: "Zephyr Studios - A106 - 1978." Zephyr Glass Works was located in...

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Colony Crystal Mid-Century Tumblers

Colony Crystal Mid-Century Tumblers

Today’s Museum Monday treasure from the Museum of American Glass in WV is a wonderful pair of mid-century decorated tumblers from Colony Crystal. They were designed and signed by Frank J. Maietta. One of the two is painted pink inside and the other is yellow – this is...

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No. 15055 Minnesota Pattern Match Safe

No. 15055 Minnesota Pattern Match Safe

Today’s Museum Monday treasure from the Museum of American Glass in WV is a rather unassuming match safe in the No. 15055 Minnesota pattern from the United States Glass Company. The pattern was introduced in 1898 and as was the case with most of the States patterns...

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No. 3371 Zephyr Bowl

No. 3371 Zephyr Bowl

Today’s Museum Monday Treasure from the Museum of American Glass in WV focusses on just one of the extraordinary pieces in the Martin Massman Collection of Steuben Glass. It is the No. 3371 Zephyr bowl, standing 9 3/8” high and 11” wide. Martin Massman’s copy of this...

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DeVilbiss Dresser Items

DeVilbiss Dresser Items

Today’s Museum Monday treasure from the Museum of American Glass in West Virginia is a collection of DeVilbiss dresser items, all with glass known to have been made by the Cambridge Glass Company or suspected to be from Cambridge. Most of them are atomizers (known as...

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Imperial Glass Company Free Hand Vases

Imperial Glass Company Free Hand Vases

Today’s Museum Monday treasure from the Museum of American Glass in WV is a pair of Imperial Glass Company Free Hand vases. The Free Hand line was Imperial’s bid at entering the high-end Art Glass market, with forms and decorations created entirely by hand by highly...

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Imperial Ash Tray

Imperial Ash Tray

Today’s Museum Monday treasure from the Museum of American Glass in WV is an Imperial ash tray – or is it? As can be seen in the original photographs from our archives, the No. 1776/1 ash tray was brought out in the 1940s, but was also available as the No. 1776/2...

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