Summit Art Glass Company
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ABOUT ME<br />
Hi! My name is Jen and this is a little bit about myself. First, I must say this project was a lot of fun.<br />
Like a book from my gradeschool years lol. I don’t know if children today still do book reports, but when<br />
I was in school, they were required and boy did I dread reading the assigned books then having to<br />
summarize them! I loved reading books that interested me and hopefully this will interest you. I created<br />
it for anyone that needs help with identification. For the novice glass collectors that buy animal covered<br />
dishes because they fall in love with the way they look or the type of animals they are, or simply for<br />
their colors. For the avid collectors who enjoy buying a few of each animal regardless of the maker. For<br />
the veteran collectors who may have hundreds of glass dishes who never cease to amaze me with their<br />
beautiful collections. For the people that have inherited or purchased someone’s entire collection or<br />
part of a collection and need help to identify things. For the people like me that are meticulous about<br />
every detail needing to label things and just absolutely need to know the whats, whens, whos, hows and<br />
whys of the animal dishes they own. For me, what started with one Asian yellow stained glass bunny on<br />
a nest, has flourished into a full blown collection of hundreds of mixed and matched animal covered<br />
“candy” dishes of all glass types and colors. No particular glass maker, just everything I can’t live<br />
without. LOL. Anyone that knows me would tell you that I stop at nothing, studying book after book<br />
searching for answers about my own glass animals until I find them. I have never been satisfied with a<br />
mystery….unless it involves me watching Columbo, my lifelong favorite television program! I am a<br />
mystery solver... a true detective. I get this from my Mother Cindy. I need to get to the bottom of a piece<br />
of unidentified glass. It drives me bananas not to know everything I can about each piece that I own. <br />
Next, I will tell you that the monetary value of my glassware means nothing to me. I collect it because I<br />
love it. However, unique and rare is always a find! Sure, like every collector, I love a bargain and have<br />
had to pass up many pieces that I could not afford. Ooooh the ones that got away. They haunt me. I can<br />
assure you that when I get a new addition to my collection, it has found its forever home. Someone<br />
before me and usually possibly before them owned these animal covered dishes making a kind of history<br />
that I can only imagine in my mind, its importance to each person. There is a reason behind every single<br />
glassware in every single dwelling. <strong>Glass</strong> symbolizes many things. It is proudly displayed. It is important<br />
to the person who owns it. I enjoy seeing the happiness glassware brings to people, especially these<br />
animal covered dishes. Who doesn’t love animals? I also enjoy seeing my collection knowing these<br />
pieces of history live on and hope that when I am long gone, they will be in other homes. My glass<br />
brings me peace; most peaceful in the evenings when the cabinet lights are on and the glass does its<br />
natural thing; what it was intended to do since the day it was made...look pretty! To me, it is reminiscent<br />
of having a year round Christmas Tree. <strong>Glass</strong> is AMAZING! I am a country girl through and through. I<br />
love all things nature. I am an avid bird watcher and an all around animal lover. I live in the beautiful<br />
state of Kentucky with my husband and our two dogs, Monkey and Johnnie, who by the way, is named<br />
after my all time favorite singer, Johnny Cash.