STRUCTURE OF GLASS COLLECTIONS IN TOMSK STATE MUSEUM OF HISTORY OF REGION NAMED AFTER SHATILOV AND TOMSK STATE MUSEUM OF ARTS

The main keepers of glass collections in Tomsk are Tomsk State Museum of Arts (TSMA) and Tomsk State Museum of History of Region named after Shatilov (TSMHR). There are 783 objects made of glass in TSMHR, which is accounted for 0,43 % of the collection, and in TSMA - 513 (5,4 %). Not all the progress in history of glass making is impacted in collections of Tomsk's museums, but, anyway, it is possible to trace the development of native and world glass-making according to it's materials. Funds of region history museum cover the period of production from XVII-XIX centuries. Basically it is household glass from the end of XIX's century - 1st half of XX and sample products of local industry. Typological structure of the collection includes pieces of glass, lamp-glass, pharmaceutical jars, package and laboratory ware, vine bottles, Christmas-tree decorations, tableware, perfume, dressing-table sets and sets for writing, and also vases, plates and authors compositions and other. Geographical composition of the collection in TSMHR is various and contains Russia, Western Europe, America. The glass from Western Europe is represented by artworks from the end of XIX's century - 1st half of XX. These items are produced in Czech Republic, France, Austria, and Germany. Russian manufacturers are represented by products released since XVIII till 1917. The collection of glass in TSMA contains items of native and European industry from middle of XIX-XXI centuries. The main part of museum objects produced in XX-XXI centuries, the less part- between XIX-XX centuries. The major part of the collection in TSMA composes modern authors decorative plastic compositions and installations made of achromatic and colored glass and massproduction work pieces of local industry. Typological structure of the collection: stamps, tableware, decorative vases, author's mono- and multifigure pieces of art. Geography of objects includes western-European and Russian factories. Artistic foundation of the collection is represented by artworks of Russian artists. The main part of glass collection in funds of TSMA was made on Luchanov's glass-work fabric. It includes 90 mass-production items and 194 author's items made by artists K.G. Glazova and F. Sh. Yahin. Serial products reflex assortment of manufacture of the fabric for the period since1970 till 1990. Collections of glass in Tomsk's museums fence out the main periods of development of native and foreign traditions in glass-making. Among the museum objects there are highly-artistic items, especially valuable in the field of research. It lets to get an full idea about the development of the traditions and which are valuable sources in history of glass-making.