‘Duncan by Candlelight’ theme of annual glass show
Ruby teardrop will be part of the “Duncan by Candlelight” display at the 39th annual Duncan & Miller Glass Show and Sale at the Washington County Fairgrounds and Expo Center.
Gordon decanter with Arlis shot glasses
American Way candleholders
The 39th annual Duncan & Miller Glass Show and Sale will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and July 20 at the Washington County Fairgrounds and Expo Center.
The annual show and sale provides support for ongoing efforts to enhance the Duncan & Miller Glass Museum and support its research and educational programs. The museum was created to preserve and display a collection of the glass manufactured by George Duncan & Sons of Pittsburgh and Duncan & Miller of Washington.
The display at the show will illustrate the convention theme of “Duncan by Candlelight,” with an exhibit of the candlesticks and candelabra produced by the Duncan factories in both Pittsburgh and Washington. Many styles of glass design, including Early American Pattern Glass, Colonial Styles, Art Deco and Mid-century Modern, will be displayed.
Additional special events include:
• A convention dinner meeting Friday at the George Washington Hotel;
• A Duncan workers family project booth;
• A consignment auction at 5:30 p.m. Saturdray. Doors open at 4:30 p.m.;
• Glass identification from noon to 2 p.m. July 20. Duncan & Miller volunteers will attempt to identify pieces. Those who attend are invited to bring two pieces of glass for identification, which is free with show admission
• Glass seminars at 11 a.m. July 20 with Tom Cooper, past president of Chapter One of the National Duncan Glass Society, and 1 p.m. with Harley Trice, a member of the board of the Mt. Pleasant Glass Museum.
Cooper will present “John Ernest Miller, the Other Half of Duncan & Miller.” From an immigrant in 1845, indentured to a glass manufacturer at the age of 10, to the half owner of Duncan & Miller, Ernest Miller is called “the dean of glassworkers of the world.” An inventor of glass-making equipment and a designer of world-famous glassware, such as Three Face, Glass Slipper, Top Hat, Maltese and Mirror, Miller held more than two dozen patents.
Trice will present “Recent Discoveries in Bryce Brothers Glass.” Recent discoveries include the earliest Bryce Brothers Mt. Pleasant glass catalogs, the reason Lenox acquired Bryce Brothers, an unpublished dimpled stem with Georgetown and Jefferson cuttings, five different patterns of cased glass and special commissions for the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City to celebrate Dwight D. Eisenhower’s return from the European Theater.
Admission is $4 and is good for both days
There also will be homemade luncheon items and baked goods.
For more information, call the Duncan & Miller Museum at 724-225-9950 during business hours, which are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday through Sunday, or email dmmuseum@verizon.net.