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Ysart Glass in Perth Museum all locked up in the basement again.
chopin-liszt:
Perth has been very helpful in the past, but it did take about 4 visits of special appointments to see the stuff that was locked up, as only about 18 pieces could be seen on one visit. But we were given a lovely big conference room with a huge table and white cotton gloves and Fiona stayed with us and talked to us about it. Sadly, her speciality was the silver collection, not the glass.
Much better than the V&A, in London when we had a special appointment there, only one piece of Monart was produced in a pokey little modern office up and along miles of corridors.
It's good to hear about your lovely visit, Peter!
keith:
Sue, any particular colours ? I have a couple of pieces ;D
chopin-liszt:
I was actually in the wrong museum for the colours I wanted to check. :-[
I should have been in Birmingham as that is the only place with a display of Stuart Strathearn Dark Crystal.
I'd found a blue bit. Normally, you only ever see red or the odd bit of white. A bit of hunting and querying around turned up others who knew of the odd bit of blue. (3)
We are wondering if green was actually ever produced, the photo in the catalogue isn't good and doesn't appear to be green to the eye.
flying free:
ha, I went to Prague and this is what I found online: ;D
'On January 11, 2015, the Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague closed for reconstruction.
The museum’s reopening is planned for 2017.' (Closed until November)
So even with family in tow, I wasn't able to sneak off and see anything.
Still saw some amazing glass though, just in much smaller collections.
It's vastly irritating that one can see millions upon millions of pieces of china in various museums and never catch sight of much glass though. And seeing it online is just not the same.
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chopin-liszt:
I even manage to miss seeing the the glass of the cabinets. ;D
I get so intent on trying to see what's inside, my forehead is permanently covered in lumps. ::)
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