Kent State University Museum Displays
Roaring 20s Glass Pieces

What: The exhibition — Great American Glass: The Roaring '20s and Depression Era

When: December 10, 2008 - ongoing

Where: Kent State University Museum, Tarter/Miller gallery, in Rockwell Hall on the corner of East Main and South Lincoln Streets on the Kent State University campus.

Background: KSU Museum Opens Exhibit of 1920s-30s Glassware

From the foyer to the dining room and the kitchen, American-made glassware could be found in virtually every home in our nation during the Roaring '20s and the Depression Era. "Great American Glass: The Roaring '20s and Depression Era" a new exhibition at the Kent State University Museum, features more than 60 items from the museum's extensive collection of American glass.

"Visitors will see a great variety of articles," said guest curator Dr. James Measell, who also serves as Historian at Fenton Art Glass in Williamstown, West Va. "There are handmade art glass pieces from Steuben and Fenton as well as an array of blown and pressed items made in Cambridge or Tiffin. The candlesticks in the hallway cases show the wide range of American glass production: iridescent; transparent and opaque colors; and decorating techniques, such as hand painting, cutting, deep plate etching and silver deposit. The title 'Great American Glass' really fits this exhibit."

The exhibition in the Museum's Tarter/Miller gallery notes the many household uses of glass in this era as well as showing some of the manufacturing processes for blown and pressed glassware.

All the glassware on display is from the Tarter/Miller Collection. Generous donations and bequests from Jabe Tarter and Paul Miller, formerly of Akron, led to the creation of the Tarter/Miller Gallery at the KSU Museum in 1983, and the glassware collection numbers approximately 10,000 items.

The Kent State University Museum is open Wednesday, Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.; Thursday from 10 a.m. to 8:45 p.m.; and Sunday from noon to 4:45 p.m. It is closed on Monday and Tuesday.

The Museum is located in Rockwell Hall on the corner of East Main and South Lincoln Streets on the Kent State University campus. Special guided tours are available for groups by reservation. Free on-site motor coach parking is available.

For additional information about the Kent State University Museum, go to www.kent.edu/museum, or call 330-672-3450.

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