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Museum of American Cut and Engraved Glass
Highlands, Macon County

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1 NC Echo Thumbnail Museum of American Cut and Engraved Glass
Highlands, Macon County

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The museum building is a log cabin built approximately thirty years ago, and contrasts quite nicely with the elegant collection inside

2 NC Echo Thumbnail Museum of American Cut and Engraved Glass
Highlands, Macon County

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The museum sign next to the road

3 NC Echo Thumbnail Museum of American Cut and Engraved Glass
Highlands, Macon County

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A beautiful cut glass punch bowl

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Highlands, Macon County

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A beautiful and very expensive cut glass punch bowl cut by T.G. Hawkes and Company of Corning, NY, in their rare panel pattern, and featured on the cover of "Identifying American Brilliant Cut Glass" by Bill and Louise Boggess

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Highlands, Macon County

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One piece of a unique set of fish plates. The set consists of twelve different engraved glass plates, each with a representation of a fish. The museum owns the entire set - the only complete set known to exist

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Highlands, Macon County

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A beautiful turquoise ewer. This type of cut glass is created by coloring the outer layer of crystal, and then cutting the design

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Highlands, Macon County

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In the center is a cut glass pitcher with the Aztec pattern, manufactured by Libbey

8 NC Echo Thumbnail Museum of American Cut and Engraved Glass
Highlands, Macon County

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A view of one of the display rooms on the first floor. The table to the right is not usually present in the display room, but was set up to facilitate an appraisal of the collection

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Highlands, Macon County

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Another view of the display room mentioned above. This room, along with the other display rooms, is usually kept rather dark for dramatic effect

10 NC Echo Thumbnail Museum of American Cut and Engraved Glass
Highlands, Macon County

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Another view of the first floor display room mentioned above. Curator George Siek is to left, turning off display cabinet lights. He was very careful to turn off lights as soon as we had finished looking at displays