New Movie & TV Show Clips With Cambridge Glass

New Movie & TV Show Clips With Cambridge Glass

We have added seven new movie and TV show clips to our “Cambridge in Hollywood” video vault. This brings the total "Cambridge in Hollywood" video clips to 27 showing glassware made by the Cambridge Glass Company, Cambridge, Ohio.

The new clips include:

"Fort Apache" movie from 1948 starring John Wayne, Henry Fonda & Shirley Temple;

"My Favorite Wife" movie from 1940 starring Cary Grant & Irene Dunne;

"Swing Time" movie from 1936 starring Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers;

"Now, Voyager" movie from 1942 starring Betty Davis & Paul Henreid;

"Bachelor Mother" movie from 1939 starring Ginger Rogers & David Niven;

"The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle" movie from 1939 starring Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers;

"Happy Days - My Fair Fonzie" Television show, Season 5, Episode 10, from 1977 featuring

          Henry Winkler,  Ron Howard, Tom Bosley, Marion Ross and many others.

Don’t miss viewing the other 20 TV show and movie clips at: http://www.mvsg.org/videos. The clips can be viewed in full screen mode in most web browsers on your computer.

Keep your eyes open for more examples of Cambridge Glass in TV shows and movies. We know that it can be difficult to take your eyes off the main action on the screen but watch the backgrounds, particularly elegant room settings and restaurants. You never know when Cambridge Glass will appear. Studio prop departments must still have a supply of Cambridge Glass as it is still showing up in new shows and movies.

Please let us know if you notice Cambridge Glass in other movies or TV shows by sending an email to: contact@mvsg.org. Include as much information as you can including movie or TV show title, what you saw and a description of the scene. If it is a TV series, include the season number, episode number and episode title. The production or airing year is often helpful also. Some good movies have been remade multiple times. The database at http://www.imdb.com is helpful in learning additional information. The more information you provide, the easier it will be for us to find the sighting of Cambridge Glass.

March 2016 Quarterly Meeting

The March 2016 quarterly meeting of National Cambridge Collectors, Inc. and the annual benefit auction is completed. The unofficial auction prices have been added to the 2016 auction photo album from information collected during the auction. The prices will be double checked for accuracy when the official prices are published in the Crystal Ball newsletter.

The “Bring and Brag” display following the quarter meeting contained the usual assortment of unusual examples of Cambridge Glass. Photos of the Cambridge items have been added to our research photo albums. See earlier messages describing how to search for recent additions to our photo albums. You can also view a video of the Bring and Brag session in our video section.

As a bonus, the MVSG home page has been updated to make it easier to access all of the site resources.

Replacements, Ltd. Photographs Added - Part 3

The third and final batch of photographs from Replacements, Ltd. including 532 images have been loaded into the MVSG Photo Albums. This brings the total to over 27,000 images online.

We again express our sincerest appreciation to Replacements, Ltd. for graciously providing these photographs.

Replacements, Ltd. Photographs Added - Part 2

446 photos were added January 26-27, 2016, continuing the loading of photographs courteously provided by Replacements, Ltd., See the new photos in our online photo albums.

These photos include inserts made by the Cambridge Glass Company that were placed in chrome and sterling silver metal holders made by Farber Bros. (chrome) and Sheffield Silver Company (silver). Sheffield was a subsidiary of Farber Bros. and both companies used some of the same Cambridge inserts. Many of the inserts with Sheffield sterling silver holders or bases were decorated with the Cambridge #772 Chantilly etching. Many people mistakenly attribute these sterling silver bases to R. Wallace & Sons. Look for the Sheffield silver hallmark on the base.

Sheffield Silver Company Hallmark

Watch for the third and final part of photos from Replacements coming soon. Part 3 will include primarily the Cambridge 3400, 3500 Gadroon and 3550 Caprice lines.

Replacements, Ltd. Photographs Added - Part 1

We are pleased to announce that we have resumed loading photographs graciously provided by Replacements, Ltd. after a long delay.  483 new photos were added January 21-23, 2016. This brings the total images online to more than 26,000.

Visit albums.mvsg.org to view the new photos. To see just the new photos, perform a search placing a space character in the search box and a number in the "Newer than xx days" box. The number needs to be the number of days back from the current date to January 21^st. Adding an extra day will insure the desired search results.

We express our appreciation to Replacements, Ltd. for providing these photographs. Additional photos are available and should be uploaded within the next two weeks.

New Stemware Identification Aid

The second addition of 2016 to our web site is a new stemware identification aid album. The album title is "Stemware - Full Shape Shown." It is located in the "Identification Aids" category on the albums home page, then subcategory "General Lines and Shapes." To quote from the album description:

"Examples of complete stemware singles and lines. Samples are shown with links to additional stems when available. Drinking vessels are the main items included but links may display other items on the same stems. Some links also display related footed tumblers that do not have stems."

We hope this album will help lead you to the proper identification of Cambridge stemware items. Open the album and scan the thumbnails for possible matches. When you find a possible match, click the thumbnail to display a larger image showing better details. Most of the initial images are goblets. Have something other than a goblet that appears to match the stem? Click the link to "View More Examples" of items with like stems. This album covers all available Cambridge stemware produced from 1902-1958 shown on the MVSG web site.

Still want to see more examples, use the SEARCH function using the item number and shape style name such as " 3011 cocktail." This search function may show several more examples including photographs of actual production items.

Additional Photos Added to our Albums

We are pleased to begin 2016 with the addition of 289 photos to our online photo albums (albums.mvsg.org) from December 31st through January 2, 2016. See earlier posts for tips on how to view recent additions.

2016 promises to be an interesting year if we are able to complete several projects already in process. Continue to read these messages for announcements on these new projects.