{"id":104082,"date":"2019-07-11T09:11:14","date_gmt":"2019-07-11T13:11:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=104082"},"modified":"2019-07-11T09:11:14","modified_gmt":"2019-07-11T13:11:14","slug":"canastota-canal-museum-acquires-canastota-cut-glass-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=104082","title":{"rendered":"Canastota Canal Museum acquires Canastota cut glass collection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"212\" height=\"274\" src=\"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-06-18-at-8.05.06-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-104083\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-06-18-at-8.05.06-PM.jpg 212w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-06-18-at-8.05.06-PM-116x150.jpg 116w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Canastota Canal Museum announced the acquisition of a\ncollection of more than 65 pieces of Canastota cut glass, mostly in the Diamond\nPoinsettia pattern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ideal Cut Glass Company was founded in 1903 and operated\nuntil 1933 when it went bankrupt during the Great Depression.&nbsp;The factory\nreceived glass blanks and the craftspeople etched beautiful patterns in the\nglass. These items were sold in high-end stores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Diamond Poinsettia pattern was patented and acclaimed\nfor its beautiful design.&nbsp; There is also a collection of other\npatterns.&nbsp;Canastota Canal Museum is the only place available to the public\nfor viewing Canastota cut glass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The museum has also received on loan a collection of glass\ncanes that were made in factories in the local Erie Canal area.&nbsp;These\ncanes are called the \u201cend-of-the-day\u201d or \u201cparade\u201d canes. They were produced at\nthe end of the day after the regular work was done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They range from three to eight feet long made of clear glass\nwith beautiful colors swirling throughout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Canastota Glass Factory operated in the late\n19th&nbsp;century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>June hours at the museum are noon to 3 p.m. and from 11 a.m.\nto 3 p.m. July and August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information, call Nancy Pulverenti at 315.697.3727.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Canastota Canal Museum announced the acquisition of a collection of more than 65 pieces of Canastota cut glass, mostly in the Diamond Poinsettia pattern. The Ideal Cut Glass Company was founded in 1903 and operated until 1933 when it went bankrupt during the Great Depression.&nbsp;The factory received glass blanks and the craftspeople etched beautiful [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104083,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22367,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-104082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-history","category-top-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=104082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104082\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/104083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=104082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=104082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=104082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}