Are there any collectors out there of disaster glass? A very tragic but fascinating area for the glass academic, these were made in the 19th century to commemorate and as memorials for various tragic events, mostly mining disasters I believe.
I have one for the explosion at Haswell Colliery in 1844 which claimed the lives of 95 men and boys, I have decided to sell it now on ebay as raising money for my father, take a look if you too have an interest in the social history side of glass, have to admit my photos are not brilliant though as only have a very old camera.
I recently saw a small disaster glass sell on ebay which was to commemorate the Victoria Hall tragedy in which over 180 children lost their lives.