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Museum of American Cut and Engraved Glass
Highlands, Macon County
Photo 00022001
The museum building is a log cabin built approximately thirty years ago, and contrasts quite nicely with the elegant collection inside
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Museum of American Cut and Engraved Glass
Highlands, Macon County
Photo 00022002
The museum sign next to the road
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Museum of American Cut and Engraved Glass
Highlands, Macon County
Photo 00022003
A beautiful cut glass punch bowl
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Museum of American Cut and Engraved Glass
Highlands, Macon County
Photo 00022004
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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Museum of American Cut and Engraved Glass
Highlands, Macon County
Photo 00022005
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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Museum of American Cut and Engraved Glass
Highlands, Macon County
Photo 00022006
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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Museum of American Cut and Engraved Glass
Highlands, Macon County
Photo 00022007
In the center is a cut glass pitcher with the Aztec pattern, manufactured by Libbey
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Museum of American Cut and Engraved Glass
Highlands, Macon County
Photo 00022008
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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Museum of American Cut and Engraved Glass
Highlands, Macon County
Photo 00022009
Another view of the display room mentioned above. This room, along with the other display rooms, is usually kept rather dark for dramatic effect
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Museum of American Cut and Engraved Glass
Highlands, Macon County
Photo 00022010
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
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