It is that time of the week where I get to tell you all about some cool things that come through Bruneau & Co., but this week I have decided to switch it up on all of you. Let us talk about something less than fun for me to handle and is objectively the worst thing that comes across my table: Glass. Now sometimes we get glass that comes through that I want to take home because I find it aesthetically pleasing. However, the thrill of finding something that I personally like is outweighed by the soul crushing realization that I have even more glass that is the opposite of what I find personally appealing. Even worse, a good portion of the time the glass that walks through the doors are unmarked, partially marked, or marked so vaguely (I am looking at you specifically Czech glass) that it takes more time than I would like to spend on a single item. For the art glass that we get that is unsigned or with partially rubbed off marks it can be a bit of a guessing game to find matching marks or a matching item that still has a paper tag on it that we can then confirm belongs to the company. Sometimes that does not happen at all and we must find something similar in style to get an idea about what pattern the glass makers were trying to replicate. Other times glass is clearly marked so the only thing that really needs research is what the pattern is called, but sometimes we also get unsigned glass that is easily recognizable like Moser that is a breeze to look up. In general, Bohemian art glass is better to look up than regular unmarked glass, just because there are so many resources on them so I do have a love hate relationship with it. The main take away to anyone reading this is that I super duper do not enjoy processing glass, which stems from my traumatic first auction during which I had hundreds of Czech art glass to identify and it was a miracle that nothing broke and I did not cry an actual river.
