Nigel Benson is a knowledgable and respected dealer, published author
and collector, who set up his dealership as 20th Century Glass in June 1986, having been a collector of glass for some eleven
years before. Details of publications and articles he has been involved in writing or consulting on can also be found using
the menu bar on the left.
In addition to acting as glass specialist to a terrestially based internet auction house, working as 20th Century Glass,
Nigel Benson also provides consultancy for publications as well as articles and ideas for many leading antique magazines.
He also gives lectures on many aspects of collecting glass, mainly connected with his passion, British glass but also
on continental and Scandinavian glass mainly from the post war era.
The website has currently been
designed as an information site to both help and stimulate visitors as well as to act as a shop window for our business
of buying and selling quality glass. If you collect, or are interested in, any of the manufacturers or designers
shown, or mentioned, on these pages please do not hestitate to get in touch with us - see the underlined 'email'
buttons located at the bottom of every page or below the illustration blocks on the right, thanks.
For more about Nigel, his beginnings as a collector
and dealer and his thoughts on collecting, please see
Nigel Benson exhibits his glass , under the name 20th Century Glass, at all the major glass fairs
held in the UK and deals directly with both private collectors and many museums.
We are always pleased to purchase items,
or collections, but regret we cannot give valuations or opinions over the internet.
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BROADFIELD HOUSE GLASS MUSEUM
Last week the BGF (British Glass Foundation) had an open meetng with the Council (DMBC), and developers who own the White House
Cone site, giving a presentation of their view of how the proposed glass museum development is envisaged at this point
in time. It is hoped that this will give the basis for a bid for European funding to help finance the project. The proposals
can be found here.
However, this is only the beginning of a long and difficult
process of finding fund from many and varied sources - including the collectiong of funds from supporters within the
glass world. Necessarily money will be used to gain further funding and a number of projects are
being looked into by the BGF to further the cause. Some of these are small scale, some large. These are also going to be short
medium and long term in nature. More of this when details become avaible.
Designation of various collections held
at Broadfield House Glass Museum is a priority and to that end the BGF are offering to help facilitate the process particularly
because this will open the door to funding that would otherwise be unavailable.
There is an ad hoc newsletter,
called Glass Cuts, written by one of the Trustees, Graham Fisher, that is available through the BGF. If you
wish to receive it please contact the BGF by copying and pasting their email address -bgf@britishglassfoundation.org.uk.
Many thanks for your interest and for continued support for this very important
project for the world of glass, and, for the locality in which it is housed.
Kind wishes, Nigel
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NOTE: Nigel Benson established 20th Century Glass in 1986 and has no connection with any other
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Examples of the sort of stock for sale by Nigel Benson. We hold far more stock than shown. If you are looking for
anything specific under British, Continental, or Scandinavian glass, please email
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| Rare large Monart multi-swirled vase, green with aventurine and randon 'clouds' of citrine, SOLD |
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| "Spikes", a deep cut and engraved charger designed by Josef Svarc, incised sig, 36.3cm dia. RESERVED |
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| James Powell & Sons 'Pilgrim Flask' in sea green, from the Historistmus series, 15cm high, RESERVED |
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| A scare, early Monart bowl bubbled clear, with slabs of red and green enamel and random aventurine |
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| Blue trailed, sea green barrel vase, with pedestal foot, des by James Hogan, c1934, £585.00 |
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| 8 wrythen ruby (or cranberry) sherry glasses on clear twisted stems, att. to Thomas Webb c1910, £270 |
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| Group of Gray-Stan glass made in Battersea, London 1926-36, ranging from £360 - £480 |
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| 6 hock clear glasses on blue facet cut stems, Czech (attributed to), c1900, £165.00 |
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| Vases by Miloslav Klinger including "Antler" vase, c1960's through to early 1990's - from £75 - £165 |
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| A Group of 'Rhapsody' ware designed by Frantisek Zemek 1956 & 1960 from £55 - £155 |
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