ONLINE BELLEEK GUIDE

ABOUT ME

I BEGAN COLLECTING BELLEEK IN 2000.  BELLEEK HAS BEEN IN MY HOUSEHOLD SINCE I WAS BORN.  I HAVE BEEN A BCIS MEMBER SINCE FEBRUARY 2002.  I WAS THE THE SECRETARY OF THE KEYSTONE CHAPTER OF BCIS FROM SEPTEMBER 2002 TO SEPTEMBER 2003.  I GRADUATED FROM  COLLEGE IN MAY 2003.   I AM A NATIVE OF PENNSYLVANIA BUT AM NOW LIVING AND WORKING IN VIRGINA.  IN MAY 2003, I WROTE A GUIDE TO BELLEEK ORNAMENTS.

BELLEEK ITEMS I AM LOOKING FOR

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HAVE A STORY TO SHARE ABOUT BELLEEK?  ANY RECENT GOOD/RARE FINDS?  ANY QUESTIONS?  WANT TO LINK TO MY SITE?  WANT ME TO LINK TO YOUR SITE?   COMMENTS?  IDEAS?  PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME!

EMAIL: TEYRE01@LYCOS.COM

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PURPOSE

THE PURPOSE OF THIS SITE IS TO INTRODUCE POTENTIAL BELLEEK COLLECTORS TO THE WORLD OF BELLEEK, AS WELL AS TO FURTHER INFORM EXISTING BELLEEK COLLECTORS.

HOPEFULLY THIS SITE WILL SERVE AS A REFERENCE FOR THE FUTURE GENERATION OF BELLEEK COLLECTORS.  I AM TRYING TO DOCUMENT BELLEEK ITEMS AND MARKS AS THOROUGHLY AND ACCURATELY AS POSSIBLE.

INFORMATION AND/OR PICTURES OF RARE, UNIQUE, EXCLUSIVE, AND/OR RETIRED/DISCONTINUED BELLEEK ITEMS AND MARKS HAS BEEN BROKEN DOWN INTO WHAT I HOPE IS AN EASY TO USE OUTLINE.

THEME

95% OF THE ITEMS FEATURED ON MY SITE WERE MADE DURING OR AFTER THE 7TH MARK PERIOD (4-1-1980 TO 12-22-1992).  I FOCUS ON "NEWER" BELLEEK ITEMS BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT I PREFER.  OTHER WEBSITES DO A TERRIFIC JOB AT DOCUMENTING OLDER BELLEEK ITEMS, THERE IS NO NEED TO BE REDUNDANT.

SPECIAL THANKS TO: (IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER)

1.) MY BROTHER, FOR DOING PREVIOUS TECHNICAL WORK ON THE SITE
2.) BRIAN GRAHAM, FOR SHARING ALL HIS BELLEEK KNOWLEDGE, PROVIDING ME WITH INFORMATION AND UPDATES ON A FREQUENT BASIS, AND FOR ALL HIS LINKS FROM HIS SITE.
3.) ALL THE STAFF OF BELLEEK, ESPECIALLY:
          ANGELA MOORE, BCIS PRESIDENT
          CHARLOTTE KAUFFMAN, BCIS SECRETARY
          PATRICIA MCCAULEY AND DYMPNA OF THE VISITORS CENTRE
4.) DEL DOMKE, FOR A WONDERFUL NEWSLETTER AND SITE AND AND HIS GREAT EXPERTISE
5.) ROBERT RUIZ, FOR A WONDERFUL ONLINE BELLEEK MUSEUM
6.) DAVID REYNOLDS, A BCIS MEMBER FROM THE U.K., FOR SELLING ME SEVERAL TERRIFIC ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN ON MY BELLEEK I AM LOOKING FOR PAGE AND FOR PROVIDING ME WITH FURTHER INFORMATION IN REGARDS TO: BUSHMILLS ITEMS, THE GALWAY HERITAGE CENTRE SPILL VASE, AND THE GIANT'S CAUSEWAY/NATIONAL TRUST SPILL VASE. 
7.) BRIANE CARTER, FOR HELPING ME COMPILE A LIST OF THE ALMOST 200 ORNAMENTS BELLEEK HAS PRODUCED SINCE 1980, THIS ENABLED ME TO THOROUGHLY COMPLETE MY FIRST BOOK ON BELLEEK: A GUIDE TO BELLEEK ORNAMENTS.  BRIANE ALSO ALLOWED ME TO PHOTOGRAPH OR SCAN ABOUT 20 ORNAMENTS ON THIS SITE AS WELL AS PROVIDING ME WITH A 2001 QVC POSTCARD AND THE 2001 LINDISFARNE VASE MARK.
8.) ALL MY "MENTORS", WHOEVER THEY MAY BE.
9.) ALL VISITORS TO MY PAGE AND FELLOW BELLEEK COLLECTORS, WHETHER THEY HAVE BEEN COLLECTING FOR 2 YEARS OR 35, OR HAVE 2, 20, OR 200 PIECES IN THEIR COLLECTION, IT IS THE ATTITUDE AND PASSION OF THE PERSON THAT MATTERS.     

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