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News Release
Office of News and Information
Johns Hopkins University
3400 N. Charles Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21218-2692
Phone: (410) 516-7160
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December 30, 1999
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Catherine Rogers Arthur
410-516-5589
homewood@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu
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Antique Glass Exhibit at Homewood House
Museum
Glass is important in everything from functional vessels for
liquids to beautiful
decorative art forms. Glass corrects our vision, reflects our
appearance and forms our
windows to the world.
Homewood House
Museum will explore the history and usage of glass and the
technology and artistry
behind the production of glass objects in a unique exhibition,
Bubble to Bottle, Pontil
to Prism: Early Glass in Maryland, 1785 1835 which will run
from Jan. 21 to April 30, 2000.
The exhibition will include objects from the collections of
major museums,
seldom-seen treasures from private collectors and items from
Homewood's permanent
collection. Glassware for eating and drinking made or used in
Maryland between 1785
and 1835 will be the primary focus of the exhibition.
Maryland was the site of one of the first American
glasshouses to produce fine
tableware on a commercial basis, operated by John Frederick
Amelung near Frederick.
Amelung arrived in 1784 from Germany with a letter of
introduction by Charles Carroll
of Carrollton, signer of the Declaration of Independence and
father of Charles Carroll
Jr., Homewood House's original owner.
The exhibit will look at the many types of glassware popular
during the Federal
Era in Maryland, including imported glass, mirror glass, ‚glomise
or reverse painted glass
used as furniture and architectural ornamentation, lighting
fixtures, tinted spectacles for
reading and other optical devices to enhance vision, and even
musical instruments.
Special programs scheduled in conjunction with the exhibit
will include a
symposium on antique glass on March 24, appraisal days on Jan. 22
and March 3 for
visitors to learn about their own glass from experts,
demonstrations of ‚glomise and
glassblowing techniques on Feb. 3 and
March 4, group tours to working glasshouses on Jan. 21, Feb. 5
and March 4, and
entertaining
and educational family programs including a concert of period
music played on glass
instruments.
For more information on Bubble to Bottle, Pontil to
Prism: Early Glass in
Maryland, call 410-516-5589.
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