The Glass Circle - a society for the information, appreciation and understanding of ancient, antique, modern and contemporary glass.
 

Welcome to The Glass Circle

Now Celebrating over 70 years - Sharing a Love of Glass


Hon. President: Simon Cottle - Hon. Vice Presidents: Dwight Lanmon, Paul Perrot, David C Watts

     

 

A pair of helmet shaped water jugs about 10 inches high

made in cut blue glass around 1760

Note the similarity in form to silver jugs of the period

One of these jugs is in The Corning Museum of Glass

the other is in The British Museum

For information about what may be happening to Broadfield House Glass Museum, Britain's world class museum of British 19th and 20th Century glass, including local press coverage undated 8th June :-

Click on link above or go to: Diary Dates, Events of Interest

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The Glass Circle was founded in 1937 by a small group of collectors interested in eighteenth century English drinking glasses. The meetings were held in their private houses, often in evening dress. Now things are rather different. The society is larger and international, with over 400 members from at least 12 different countries including collectors, museum curators, academics, dealers and auctioneers.

We usually have eight lectures a year, in an historic venue in central London, and one or two visits a year to places of glass interest, at home and abroad. Our publications include a quarterly newsletter, Glass Circle News, of around 18 pages, with news, book reviews, reports of exhibitions and sales and wide-ranging articles. A scholarly journal is published periodically and occasional exhibitions are organised to an international standard. These exhibitions are largely with specimens from members' private collections, accompanied by illustrated catalogues. Indeed, it is our publications which, especially for our overseas members, are the main attraction.

Current members’ interests range from Roman and earlier to Contemporary glass; our last exhibition was on British Victorian glass and our last lecture on enamelled continental glass.

Membership is open to all who are interested in Glass.

   
 
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