from the Glass Encyclopedia
from the Glass Encyclopedia above: paperweight by Peter Viesnik  above: vase by Keith Mahy |
New Zealand Glass: A short explanation: During the 19th century there were numerous attempts to set up successful bottle and glassworks in New Zealand, all of them failing. They failed because of the very high set-up costs, very high costs of imported sand, no local skilled glassworkers, and fierce competition from importers.
There is a wealth of glass with commemorative messages from New Zealand events like the New Zealand International Exhibition of 1907, the Dunedin Exhibition of 1925, and local events like the Hawera Show of 1917. They were etched at the shows, sometimes with messages like "From Charlie to Addie", but almost all the glass was imported from the USA. Imported glass became cheaper and more readily available, and no further interest was shown in setting up a glassworks in New Zealand until the 1920's, when the Australian Glass Manufacturers Company built a bottle works in Penrose, Auckland which is still going strongly today. In 1950 the same company set up Crown Crystal Glass in Christchurch to make tableware. This was the only pressed & blown glassworks to make tableware in New Zealand, and it survived until 1987. The story of New Zealand Glass is told in more detail on a CD-ROM called New Zealand Glass (click here for more information).
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If you are looking for New Zealand glass, you can sometimes find items on offer on ebay
- click here to see if there is any New Zealand glass currently for sale on ebay.
There are several web-pages about individual New Zealand glass artists and their glass, including the following (click on their names to see each page): Peter Viesnik Garry Nash Keith Mahy Shone Firman Greg Smith Peter Raos
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