Topic: Smith Brothers

[Jim Sapp]

Does any one have any information on Smith Brothers Glass/Lamps?  Or, perhaps a good reference.  The only information I have been able to find is from Kovels:

"Smith Brothers glass was made after 1878. Alfred and Harry Smith had worked for the Mt. Washington Glass Company in New Bedford, Massachusetts, for seven years before going into their own shop. They made many pieces with enamel decoration."

I am also looking for old photos of Smith Brothers glass display.  I have a couple from 1896 but would like to know if anyone has additional photos.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Jim.
www.fairylampclub.com

[Ron]

Here's a short bibliography from my notes on Smith Bros., but I'm not sure if any are specific to lamps:

Art Glass by the Mount Washington Glass Company, Louis O. St. Aubin Jr., Glass Collectors Digest Oct/Nov 1987

C.F. Monroe: An Update. Wilfred R. Cohen, Glass Collectors Digest Dec/Jan. 1993

Ring Vases ... Smith Vases, Carol Blakely Burton, Glass Collectors Digest Feb/Mar 1993

Smith Brothers: Decorated Glass of Lasting Beauty, Carol Blakely Burton, Glass Collectors Digest June/July 1989

The Pairpoint Glass Story, George C. Avila, Reynolds-DeWalt Printing 1968

The Collector's Encyclopedia of American Art Glass, John A. Shuman III, Collector Books 1991

See Glass Collector's Digest, Volume III, Number 1, June/July 1989 for an article by Carol Burton, a descendant of William Smith.

Barlow & Kaiser, Vol 3 for info on the Great Blue Heron design on ring vases.

[Jim Sapp]

Ron,

Thank you so much for the references!  I had not checked my back issues to the Glass Collectors Digest. I will see what I have and search for copies of the others that are before I started my subscription..

It was indeed a sad day whe Glass Collectors Digest stopped their publication.  

Thanks again, Jim.
jim.