Spend a little time on our video

Excuse us if we show off a little.  The glass in the video ranges from $50 to $5000.  With one or two exceptions, it's glass from the most recent pieces we've listed on our site - about 50-60 pieces from our reference numbers 2500-2800.  Some of them are sold, some aren't.  We wanted to give people a snapshot, and it's something you can show someone else and - in 3 minutes - give them an appreciation for some of the range and beauty of mid-century "modernist" glass.

If you want a golden rule that will fit everything, this is it: Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.
William Morris, designer (1834-1896)

Morris' rule can be applied to our website too, I think.  Our glass should be beautiful; everything else on the website should be useful.  The point of the website is to show off the glass, and glass displays best against a black or white background, therefore the website's colours should be black and white.  Black was a little too severe so we've gone with charcoal.  At the same time we've improved the speed of loading of the site.  We hope you like it.

Peter Hattaway
27 November 2009