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Text based on an article by Maggie Woodard. wPhotos by Mike Carrell. The eighty cobalt blue glass pieces in this display belong to Beverly Brush, a resident who lives in Lumberton with her husband Stan.. Beverly has another 27 pieces at home and also a collection of plates with cobalt blue designs hung on the walls of their home. First the entire case, then closeups for each of the nine sections |
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Row Beverly has been collecting for many years. She estimates the pieces to be 30 or 40 years old, or older, but none are antiques.
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Row Her collecting began when she started looking for small pieces to put on the windowsills of two large windows in their home. |
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Row Later, walking in Seaside Park on Long Island Sound, she found blue glass wine bottles in the trash bins, discarded after picnics. |
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Row Don’t miss the hand with a ring on a finger and the vase with a leaf at the bottom, a stem going up from the base, and flowers climbing round the bowl. |
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Row The pieces on display range in size from very large to very small, and include wine bottles, small liquor bottles, a bottle shaped like a violin, a small lamp with a shade, and a small hurricane lamp. |
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Row Some pieces, several from Iran, were contributed by friends. . |
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Row Other small
items in unusual shapes are a shoe, turtle, rabbit, rooster, squirrel,
swan, thimble, two birds, and an eye cup. |
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