ON THE COVER -
March Issue 2009 
Steuben Glass By: Robert Reed
Perhaps the most brilliant and deeply toned glassware in history appeared in the early 20th century through the genius of Frederick Carder at the Steuben Glass Works.  It was turn of the century art glass where free-spirit creation met technical inventiveness, and it was Steuben glass which may have simplified it best. .

Q. I am interested in purchasing this glass flask with this charming painting on it. It is being sold at auction as a “Stiegel”, early American glass flask. I know There are many look-alike Stiegel pieces. It is reasonably priced. Should I buy it?

H. J. Heinz Co. Collectibles
Ketchup or, if you wish, catsup, goes back centuries. But it was in 1876 that the newly organized F. & J. Heinz Co. first began selling commercially made ketchup to America's housewives. Up to then the weekly ketchup-making ordeal had been a laborious and difficult task, one which took many hours in the family kitchen.

Identifying Old Pewter Takes Research and Sharp Eye By: Anne Gilbert
That pewter dish you spotted in a country shop looks like it could be 18th century and American. Take a closer look and you may discover it was made in the early 20th century. Don’t be surprised. The interest in collecting old pewter that began during the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia resulted in reproductions.

Hawkes Flying High By: Carol Perry
Recent headlines in antiques and collectibles publications told about a rare American Brilliant cut glass decanter which made a remarkable $29,000 at auction I The 11-inch cranberry colored decanter in the Venetian pattern, with embossed sterling silver spout and handle was a creation of T .G. Hawkes and Company of Corning, New York.