Houston Museum Antiques Show & Sale speaker focuses on glassware

A display of glass in the Wildflower pattern from the Houston Museum collection, below. A display of glass in the Wildflower pattern from the Houston Museum collection, below.

By Susan Pierce February 23, 2017 4 min read

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Houston Museum Antiques Show speaker focuses on glassware

Vintage jewelry displays are always popular with visitors to the Houston show.

A display of cut glass vases and candlesticks at a previous Houston show.

The show's 30 vendors will display silver, china, crystal, collectibles, jewelry, antique books and more.

Len Harmon, of Len Harmon Antiques in North Carolina, is returning to this weekend's Houston Museum Antiques Show and Sale.

The fundraiser for the Houston Museum will be held Feb. 24-26, in Stratton Hall. Thirty vendors will bring antique books, maps, jewelry, silver, linens, glass, furniture and a variety of collectibles.

If you go

› What: Houston Museum Antiques Show & Sale.› When: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday-Saturday; noon-4 p.m. Sunday.› Where: Stratton Hall, 3146 Broad St.› Admission: $10 three-day pass.› Website: www.thehoustonmuseum.org.

Schedule

Glass identification will not include appraisals. No appointment is needed; first-come, first-served.Friday› 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Glass identificationSaturday› 1 p.m. “From the Everyday to the Extraordinary: Pittsburg Glass from 1979-Present”› 2-4 p.m. Glass identificationSunday› 1 p.m. “All Bottled Up: A Review of Historic Packaging from Western Pennsylvania Companies”

You might be surprised how much history is reflected in American-made glass, specifically glass made in West Pennsylvania.

Long before Pittsburgh was known as “The Steel City,” it was recognized as the epicenter of America’s glass-making industry.

Nationally known glass expert Anne Madarasz will explain how glass production in Pittsburgh transformed Pennsylvania into one of the country’s first gateways to the West during her appearance this weekend at the Houston Museum Antiques Show and Sale. Madarasz is director of the curatorial division and chief historian of the Western Pennsylvania Sports Museum in the Sen. John Heinz History Center in Pittsburgh.