Collecting through Connections
Glass and Stained-glass Collectors and their Networks in the 19th
Century
International Conference

The Research Unit VICARTE – Glass and Ceramic for the Arts and Parques
de Sintra – Monte da Lua are pleased to announce that the registration
form for the international conference Collecting through Connections:
Glass and Stained-glass Collectors and their Networks in the 19th
Century (4th-6th February 2015) is now available.


PROGRAMME

Wednesday, 4th February

17:00
Registration in Pena National Palace

17:30
Visit to Pena National Palace

18:30
Welcome Reception and Opening by Antonio Lamas, former Chairman of
Parques de Sintra – Monte da Lua (PSML)


Thursday, 5th February

09:00
Registration and Welcome

SESSION 1: WHY COLLECT?

09:30
Romantic atmosphere and the invocation of the past: Motifs and functions
of early stained glass collections around 1800
Daniel Hess

10:00
The stained-glass collection of King Ferdinand II: Assembling the puzzle
Márcia Vilarigues

10:30
Discussion

10:45 Coffee Break


SESSION 2: WHAT TO ASSEMBLE?

11:15
Neueberstein Castle and its collection of stained-glass
Daniel Parello

11:45
James Jackson Jarves: Collecting Venetian glass for America
Ann Glasscock

12:15
Discussion

12:30 Lunch


SESSION 3: HOW TO DISPLAY?

14:00
Stained-glass and the (re-)creation of an ideal past: The Mayer van den
Bergh collection in Antwerp around 1900
Ulrike Müller

14:30
The assemblage of a distinct glass collection: The creation and display
of the glass and stained-glass collection of Ferdinand II of Portugal
Alexandra Rodrigues and Bruno A Martinho

15:00
Forging the Renaissance: On the use of glass pieces in Spitzer's
(in)famous collection
Paola Cordera


SESSION 4: WHO GATHERS?

16:15
Collecting American glass: Louis Comfort Tiffany and the Gilder Circle
in 19th century New York
Jayme Yahr

16:45
Influenced by the King: the trend of collecting antique stained glass in
Portugal and Brazil in the 19th century – the Ferreira das Neves'
collection
Maria Joao Neto and Clara Moura Soares

17:15
Discussion

20:00 Conference Dinner


Thursday, 5th February

09:00
Welcome

SESSION 5: WHERE TO COLLECT?

09:30
Sales, status, shops and swaps: An overview of ways of collecting glass
in the 19th century with some case studies from Paris and London
Suzanne Higgott

10:00
A collection for education: Teaching glass technology and collecting
objects for the "Musée Industriel" at the Conservatoire des Arts et
Métiers in the first half of the 19th Century
Anne-Laure Carré

10:30
The favourite glass manufactures of Queen Maria Pia. National Palace of
Ajuda glass collection
Maria Joao Burnay

11:00
Discussion

11:15 Coffee Break


SESSION 6: WHICH PROVENANCE?

11:45
From the cathedral to the collector: The journey of a medieval
stained-glass in the nineteenth century
Caroline Blondeau-Morizot

12:15
New observations concerning the Stoke Poges windows
Yao-Fen You

12:30
Discussion

13:00 Lunch

15:00
Visit to National Palace of Ajuda

18:00 Closing


You can download the registration form here:
http://eventos.fct.unl.pt/collecting-through-connections/pages/registration

You can fill it on your computer using your PDF reader, save it and send
it back to registration.ctccampus.fct.unl.pt

For any enquiry, do not hesitate to contact us.
(registration.ctccampus.fct.unl.pt)


The Organizing Committee:
Márcia Vilarigues
António Nunes Pereira
Bruno A Martinho
Alexandra Rodrigues