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From December 8 through January 1980 a survey exhibitoin tracing glass making through seven different phases will be shown. Curated by the potter and glass collector Rex Valentine the exhibition will include early glass (Roman glass onwards), production glass from the early seventeenth century until c.1840, Victorian glass, Art Nouveau and Art Deco, press moulded and machine produced glass, and modern production and craft glass. Pieces for inclusion in the exhibition have been drawn from the collections of the Canterbury, Otago and National Museums, Minsons Ltd and from several private owners. An engraved glass panel by the expatriat New Zealand artist, the late John Hutton, from the National Art Gallery, is also included.

An audio-visual slide/tape programme showing the production of soda lime glass; glass blown into moulds; press moulding of glass; ejection moulding processes; combination ejection moulding and blown glass packaging of glass; and the use of glass in science; the preparation of which has been assisted by Crown Crystal Glass Ltd will accompany this memorable exhibition. It is hoped that it will be possible to organise visits to the glass factory for interested members: more details will be published later this memorable exhibition. 

('Glass', Bulletin, No.6, November/December 1979, p.?)