See/ The Cambridge Glass Fair/ 24 February 2013
Cambridge
General Information
The next Cambridge Glass Fair will be held on Sunday 24th February and is one of the major specialist fairs in the UK with up to 100 exhibitors selling fine antique and collectable glass from all periods. Exhibitors will also include many contemporary artists showing their own work.
Held at Linton Village College in Cambridgeshire, this twice-yearly event features exhibitions, demonstrations and book signing.
As always there will be a foyer exhibition featuring a particular glass collecting area. This time the exhibition is being curated by Maurice Wimpory and features examples of the twentieth century production of the Harbridge factory in the West Midlands and examples of cut glass produced by Watford Glass. Neither of these two factories is well known to British collectors as most of the production was destined for the export market.
In addition, Whitefriars.com, the online collectors’ forum, will be staging their own display entitled ‘Full Lead Crystal 1978 – 80’.
Rowan van der Holt and Ema Kelly will be showing their highly regarded flameworked jewellery in the Library alongside Allister Malcolm, Vic Bamforth and many other renowned studio makers. Ely Stained Glass Museum will be represented as will the Paperweight Collectors Circle, the Glass Association, the Guild of Glass Engravers and the Glass Circle.
Visitors will be able to meet some of the UK’s leading glass dealers whose specialist areas include Art Nouveau and Deco glass, 18th century and Victorian glass, pressed glass, Bohemian glass, paperweights and twentieth century collectable glass.
With a diverse mix of quality dealers, visitors to this fair can expect to find a large selection of rare and collectable glass sold at competitive prices. So whether you are interested in glass from the 18th, 19th or 20th centuries, or have a passion for contemporary glass, a visit to the Cambridge Glass Fair will almost certainly result in you finding something special to add to your collection.
Refreshments and free parking are available.
Please visit www.cambridgeglassfair.com for further information or
e-mail: info@specialistglassfairs.com
telephone 07887 762 872.
