There is now a second article in English on ACCQ site:
Harvesting Clay The Beauce Pottery in the 1940's by Alan C. Elder
of the Canadian Museum of Civilization.

Don't be shy, you too can submit an informative article on Quebec Ceramic on this new site.

And Ceramic subjects can be discussed here so more is known on Ceramists from all over Canada and comparison made around the world.

We now have an English Home page for the "Association of Ceramic Collectors of Quebec (ACCQ)"
You can either access it directly:http://www.ceramiqueduquebec.com/
Or click "In English" either on the menu on the left of the page or at the bottom of the page.

There is also an article on a book by Virginia McClure, in English.
We welcome articles in French and in English, just click in the Menu on the left of the page, then click "Articles" and "Proposer un article".

You can also comment articles already written or submit events to come in the message section "Contactez-nous"

Speaking of favorite piece of glass (in Canadian pressed glass), I would personally choose blue Milk Glass and as an exemple, here is the Canadian Maple Leaf Butter Dish and the Bull's Eye Lamp (both made in Montreal, in clear and green glass and white and blue milk glass).

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As you have rightly said: "They were made for 24th of June 1880 - so it could not have been that many."
The Banquet of this 24th of June 1880 was in the Skating Rink Pavillon, near St.Louis Gate. Catered by Hôtel St.Louis, the Rink was decorated for the occasion and the tables could accept more than 800 people (Admission Fee : $2.50): so we can presume everybody had one of those Beaver goblets and the count would be less than a thousand.

This is documented in "Fête NATIONALE des Canadiens-français célébrée à Québec en 1880" by H.-J.-B. Chouinard in 1881.
Chapter III is dedicated to this Banquet and there were as many as 16 Toasts with as many speaches but nowhere I could find an allusion to the glasses they held up for these toasts.

This rare St.Jean-Baptiste goblet is also on view in the Glass exhibition "GLASS CYCLES" at Maison Saint-Gabriel until Christmas. It is surely the most sought goblet of Canadian Glass. (See the Topic "Glass Exhibition")

For those interested in Canadian Glass there is still time to see this Exhibition: "GLASS CYCLES"or "Verre et Re-Verre" at Maison Saint-Gabriel. http://www.villedeverre.com/en/verre-et-re-verre-2/
May 13 to December 19, 2010 • Montreal, Quebec

"At the crossroads of art and industry, the Glass cycles exhibit traces the history of glass in Montréal, from the time of handcrafted objects to the industrial production that started in the 19th century. Since that time, glass objects have invaded our daily lives. Precious or common-place, they can be re-used or recycled at the end of their life, and serve yet again. The exhibit focuses on glass, the glass industry and glass recycling, through the history of the plant, which has been located, since 1905, on land that formerly belonged to Maison Saint-Gabriel, in Pointe-Saint-Charles, and is now owned by O-I (Owens-Illinois), the largest producer of glass in the world."

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