Carole Allaire and I are both retired and enjoying life and have been collecting ancient and other types of glass for the last twenty five years. Our collection spans nearly 3000 years of glass making from the Roman period to now. By historical periods and areas it is as follows: Roman glass, Frankish glass (Merovingian glass), Medieval glass, Venetian glass & Facon de Venise, European, English, Spanish and American. Most of our glass was made before 1850. For the purpose of sharing the beauty of glass with whomever is interested in it we publish a blog on our collection. http://ancientglass.wordpress.com/ This site is in two parts: examples of The Allaire Collection of Glass (post) and notes of interest on Glass (pages). The post which keeps changing is only about the Allaire collection. These posts are shown in the center of this screen and on the lower right side under the heading of Categories. The notes of interest are listed on the top right side under the heading of Pages. To be notified of our new posts click on “Follow” at the very bottom of screen.