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With the massive influx of conversation about Ruckl in the last couple days I thought I'd share a few pics of the factory from this spring. Sadly there was no antique glass on display. just modern (which was really a yawn for me) The buildings were rather interesting though. I took a walk thru the grounds while everyone else was doing the glass making tour. It's definitely not a place you want to run barefoot. years of broken glass and the toxic chemical warning signs were EVERYWHERE.
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AWESOME !!!!!!!!!!!!! LOVE THIS :)
Elisa!!!! The 1903 Ruckl trademark in the first pic is the same logo on the 12" Ruckl I just posted. Wow.... too cool!!! Thanks for skipping out on the tour to take a walk. lol Great PICS!!!!
http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/75739-12-ruckl-red-shimmy-vase-with-sticker-l?in=442
I would have loved to have walked around the grounds also, I love old buildings and also hoping to find an uncovered treasure that everyone else had missed.. always dreaming!....:-)
Sean said it best Alisa, AWESOME!
What are those pics of behind the glass case thing on the wall..in the last pic of the molds? really awesome! i would LOVE to visit :) thanks for posting
they were some clear blanks showing the cutting process.
HOW CAN I THANK YOU? yOU HAVE BRIGHTENED A DREARY DAY!
I'm with all the above .. thank ; thank you ; thank you!
I somtimes imagine going back 100 years and walking into the L.C.Tiffany or Quezal workshops and then the display room and picking up a few pieces for under $100. DREAM ON.
dO ALL OF US HAVE SAME DREAMS???
spookie>>>.
will list acouple of closed Huttes
UNREAL IN A STUNNING WAY:)
yeah I think we all have those fantasies. If I had a tardis..... watch out!