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A "Necessary Stop" for Antiquing
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Glidden Bowl
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Since 1991, when George made the move from Northport, Long Island, The Eclectic Eye had first occupied a shop in the town’s clocktower, and then a one-room storefront at 18 Railroad Ave., right next to an active auto garage. George, a 30-year veteran of the antiques business who had made his name as a foremost authority of Glidden pottery, had long had the idea to open a larger space and invite a handful of fine dealers to exhibit. When he learned that the owner of the garage was going to sell, George astutely saw his chance.
"It was about the filthiest, dirtiest garage you could ever think of," George said. "You have no idea how much work went into it." Where many saw a filthy, old car garage far gone to the stains of exhaust and puddles of pooling motor oil, George saw his masterpiece. He bought the garage, spent two years doing exhaustive clean-up and renovation, before finally opening up his expanded and much improved group shop in 2003. Featuring a mix of American, Continental and Asian antiques of all kinds from the 18th and 19th Centuries, the response to the building, and its content, were immediately positive.
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Half of the fun of visiting The Eclectic Eye is in having a chance to stop and chat with George, who’s personable manner, entrepreneurial and truly discerning taste makes him and his shop a worthy anchor to this rapidly burgeoning antiques village.
Courtesy of Northeast Journal
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"Glidden was probably the most successful New York producer of pottery," according to Laurence, picking up a lushly colored plate. "It was limited in production and definitely the highest-end pottery of its kind produced." His three decades of collecting and learning about Glidden have gone a long way towards making him the downstate authority on the form. It’s also helped him compile an assortment that almost no one space would be would be able to fully display it all.
Glidden pottery was produced in upstate Alfred, NY, between 1940-57. Many of the pieces are of museum quality and they all feature unique modern designs, some of qhich are quite futuristic even by today's tastes. All are hand-glazed, hand-painted, colorful to subdued, and stunning beautiful. Glidden, one of the forerunners of modern pottery design, has a strong international reputation. Some pieces fetch prices as high as $10,000.
Courtesy of Times Herald-Record.
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