Gregor Norman-Wilcox Amelung Correspondence,

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Gregor Norman-Wilcox Amelung Correspondence,

1930-1933

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This small collection consists primarily of incoming correspondence to Gregor Norman-Wilcox, former Curator of Decorative Arts at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, in 1932. The letters relate to identification of glass attributed to the Amelung Glass Manufactory and investigation of other sites associated with John Frederick Amelung. Correspondents include museum curators, antiques dealers, and owners of other pieces attributed to the manufactory, including Marshall L. Etchison, Rhea Knittle, George McKearin, Ruth Ralston, Arthur J. Sussel, and Harry Hall White. Other materials include articles, notes, and a photograph. Also of note in this material is a reference in a letter written by Harry Hall White to an African American antiques dealer in Frederick, Maryland, "Nick." "Nick" is thought to be Nicholas Robertson, born in 1862. White characterizes him as very knowledgeable about Amelung glass.

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Corning Museum of Glass. Rakow Research Library

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Corning Museum of Glass. Rakow Research Library

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Norman-Wilcox, Gregor, 1905-1969

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Gregor Norman-Wilcox was a curator of decorative arts at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art from 1931 until his death in 1969. Norman-Wilcox was born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1905 and attended school there, eventually graduating from the Cleveland School of Art. In 1934, he married Grace Agusta Stern. In the 1940s, 50s, and 60s he wrote extensively on various aspects of the decorative arts, making many contributions to the magazine Antiques and other journals. He had a syndicated series on antiq...