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!
Brockway Glass Company Clown Salt & Pepper Shakers
Today’s Museum Monday treasure from the Museum of American Glass in WV is a pair of promotional salt and pepper shakers made by the Brockway Glass Company. They are in the form of clowns, screen-printed in red on the backs: "SYMBOL OF QUALITY / B / REG. U.S. PAT. OFF....
Seneca Glass Company’s No. 1972 Cascade Pattern Footed Goblet
Today’s Museum Monday treasure from the Museum of American Glass in WV is a footed goblet in the Seneca Glass Company’s No. 1972 Cascade pattern. It is in accent red (ruby) with a crystal foot and holds 15 ½ ounces. We also have a crystal goblet in the collection and...
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...
L. E. Smith Glass Company Tulip Medley Line
Today’s Museum Monday treasure from the Museum of American Glass in WV is a pair of photographs taken by the L. E. Smith Glass Company to advertise their Tulip Medley line, which was produced from ca. 1988-1994. We were fortunate to acquire a large collection of...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...