1886

In this time line I pull quotes to illustrate a thread in popular and scholarly writing and criticism about glass. Here we will see current glass artists defending their art against the accusations and separating themselves from these stereotypes and, hopefully, find out how and where the now-common opinion was born. Fundamentally, the general thesis seems to be born of the question, What Is Art? This question I will leave to others to answer, here I am only documenting the written history of a popular way of thinking and a popular taste.

1886 Wilma Snyder:

"There were several offenses which might be punished by jail sentences of from [sic] five to thirty days and fines from $10 to $100. Such offenses were drunkenness, abandoning families, loitering in the streets, disposing of garbage within the city limits, selling or smoking of opium, and calling glass crafts by the name of Art."

Snyder, W. "Living under Tacoma's 1886 Charter". pp328. Tacoma, Voices of the Past. Self-Published with donations from many sources for the Washington State Centennial Celebration. 1989.