Not long ago, I grabbed the girls for an overnight road trip over to
Collingwood and down through
Creemore with a stop in at
the
Dufferin County Museum near my friend Claire’s farm. I'd whooshed by this spot countless times, but on this occasion we stopped. I'm so glad we did! The museum has the largest public collection of
Corn Flower glass around. I had never
heard of this quality glass, which is sometimes called
Hughes Corn Flower, but apparently, it was started by a man named Jack Hughes around 1912 and was produced here in Canada until the 1980's.
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| This four-part relish dish shows off the delicate pattern typical of Corn Flower glass |
If you were married in Ontario in the forties or fifties, you probably received
Corn Flower items as wedding gifts. I’m not a collector, but the museum's display really intrigued me, so I asked my “personal shopper” Ron if he had seen any in
his travels. Sure enough, he showed up the next week with a lovely, delicate little candy
dish that any bride would have been thrilled to receive.
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| Two lovely pieces from my own "collection" |
At least, I would like one if I were getting married . . . which I’m
not!
