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On Tue 16 Jun 2009 07:41:01a, Dee Randall told us...

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> "Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
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>> On Mon 15 Jun 2009 02:48:16p, Dee Randall told us...
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>>> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
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>>>> Dee Randall wrote:
>>>>> I brought a cooking product some time ago made from clay, which I
>>>>> had read that was made from clay in the U.S., I believe it was in
>>>>> Ohio.
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>>>>> However, when this product arrived, it stated on the box that it was
>>>>> made in Taiwan. I called the company I brought it from, and they
>>>>> said that it was a box mis-print that that it was really made in
>>>>> Ohio (or made from Ohio clay AIR). Later on I looked at the bottom
>>>>> of the pot and saw that it did say Taiwan, as well, on the bottom.
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>>>> I'm sure that was a mis-print, too. What it was supposed to say was
>>>> that it was "Made by Taiwaneese" in Ohio.
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>>>> Ohio has a bunch of pottery places in and around central Ohio. But
>>>> you, as did we, noticed that much of the stuff was imported even
>>>> though they advertise local handmade pottery.
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>>>> -sw
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>>> Once we were traveling in Ohio, and I decided I wanted to stop in
>>> Steubenville, Ohio to see some Steuben glass.
>>> http://steuben.com/
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>>> No one in Steubenville had ever heard of it.
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>>> Which leaves me wondering to this day.
>>>
>>> Dee Dee
>>> born down the road-a-ways from Steubenville, Ohio

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>> Steuben is a division of Corning Glass in Corning, NY. They've been in
>> production in Corning since 1903. I have several of their art pieces,
>> two inscribed bud vases, and a set of 6 wine glasses.
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>> Back in the late 1960s I was gifted with one of the bud vases and I
>> bought its companion vase. Each is inscribed with a Robert Browning
>> phrase. Curious if they are still in the collection, I just looked them
>> up on the Steuben website. You could have knocked me off my chair with
>> a feather... Each vase cost $85 when purchased in the late 1960s. They
>> now sell for $650 each. (I must be more careful when cleaning.) <g>
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>> http://steuben.com/acb/product2.cfm?product=1530
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>> --
>> Wayne Boatwright

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> Using my inflation calculator, I see that 1960 $85 is in 2008 is
> $611.34.
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> Please don't burst my bubble and inform me that Dean Martin was not born
> in Steubenville, Ohio.
> (I looked it up to confirm it just now.)


Nope, Dino was definitely from Steubenville.

> I must've got Steuben glass and Dean confused :-))


Well, sometimes he was a bit glassy-eyed. :-)

> Thanks, Wayne.
> Dee Dee
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