A Warm Welcome to our Carnival Glass Website!
Totally dedicated to Carnival Glass
The information here on our website is the result of over thirty years of collecting and researching the fascinating world of Carnival Glass. We have amassed an amazing amount of information and hundreds of pictures, and we are adding to it on almost a daily basis. There is something here for everyone, from beginners to experienced collectors, covering over one hundred years of Carnival Glass production and organised collecting.
The information here on our website is the result of over thirty years of collecting and researching the fascinating world of Carnival Glass. We have amassed an amazing amount of information and hundreds of pictures, and we are adding to it on almost a daily basis. There is something here for everyone, from beginners to experienced collectors, covering over one hundred years of Carnival Glass production and organised collecting.
BREAKING NEWS - Carnival Glass from Europe, our newest e-book is now available!
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Almost 300 pages long, covering an astonishing range of almost 800 Carnival Glass patterns from over 50 glassmakers throughout Europe. Patterns are identified with photos, catalogue illustrations, the reported colours and shapes, factory attributions and the original makers' name where known. It is a visual delight and comprehensive in its coverage! All you need to know about Carnival Glass from Europe in one place. For full details of this new e-book and to buy it, go here: Carnival Glass from Europe e-book |
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All About Carnival Glass
What is Carnival Glass? Our FAQs and our New Feature - Myth Buster! explore this most amazing glass. |
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Bob Smith and his Carnival Tumbler Museum
Bob Smith was our dear friend, who sadly passed away in November 2017. He was a dedicated researcher and collector, with whom we worked collaboratively over very many years – as we have explained in our “NetworK: The Story Behind The Stories”. Bob built the finest and most comprehensive Carnival Glass tumbler collection in the world. It was his life. His dearest and often-expressed wish was to keep it intact, as an inspirational and educational legacy for future generations of glass collectors : “The Bob Smith Tumbler Collection”. Bob honoured us with the gift of his beloved Tumbler Collection, and we gave him our solemn promise to take care of it and keep it together, in accordance with his clearly stated wishes. However, in distressing circumstances, the tumbler collection was removed from our control. We were prevented from fulfilling our promise to Bob. We also promised Bob that we would set up an online Tumbler Museum in his memory, and it gives us considerable comfort that he was able to see his Museum take shape. When we showed it to him, he wrote: "Absolutely Beautiful. I don't have enough words to tell you how pleased and happy with what you have done … I just can't come up with all of the wonderful words it deserves”. Many of the tumblers in the Museum are Bob’s own photos. When he took them, the technology produced only low resolution images, and our intention was to upgrade and add to them - to produce a comprehensive "museum quality" record of his unique collection. Sadly, despite promises made to us, we were denied even the opportunity to do this. |
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The sale and brutal dismemberment of Bob’s entire collection in June 2019 is tragic. We tried to prevent it; it was the absolute opposite of what Bob always told us (and many others) that he wanted - it is a shameful denial of Bob's wish that his legacy collection would be preserved intact for future generations.
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All the material, photographs, images, drawings and written articles, on this website are Copyright ©.
Any unauthorised use of our material on this website will constitute an infringement of Copyright and Intellectual Property, and we take infringement of our work very seriously. Read more - click on the image on the right. |
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Jim & Jan Seeck and Tom & Debra Burns provide two of the best-known specialist Carnival Glass auction services. They both have regular auctions including ones held at Carnival Glass club conventions and also online. Bid online, in person, and by call-in or write-in bids. |
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We also get very excited about Pressed Glass from the late 1800s - early 1900s period, and we are developing a Glass Potpourri feature about it: there may even be a link to Carnival Glass (but that's not always essential). Check it out with this link to Glass Potpourri.
Can't find what you are looking for? Use the Search box, top right!
We also get very excited about Pressed Glass from the late 1800s - early 1900s period, and we are developing a Glass Potpourri feature about it: there may even be a link to Carnival Glass (but that's not always essential). Check it out with this link to Glass Potpourri.
Can't find what you are looking for? Use the Search box, top right!