John Lotton Study

John Lotton was born on October 28, 1964 and is Charles’ youngest son.  John no longer creates glass, and has moved on to become quite a successful real estate developer.  During John’s career as a glass-blower, he was known for large, heavy pieces of glass.  John’s pieces are quite unique, and have their own look and feel. 

Those who spend time studying the work of the Lottons will quickly recognize a John Lotton piece when it’s placed next to another Lotton piece.  Since his announcement of retirement from glass work, John’s pieces have increased tremendously in value—we have seen some of John’s larger pieces for sale with asking prices over $11,000.  Shown below are several excellent examples of John’s work.

John Lotton Sculptures

One of the types of works that John is known for is his free-form sculptures.  These pieces cause some polarization amongst Lotton collectors.  It seems that collectors either love these pieces (as this author does) or really don’t care for them at all.  These were mostly created during the 1980’s and are fairly rare pieces, so we don’t currently have many photos of these.

This is a fantastic example of a 1986 John Lotton sculpture.  This substantial piece stands 11” tall and measures about 9” across (measurements do not include the wooden base, which was made by David Lotton).  This piece resides in Warner and Kristina Smith’s collection and can be found in the Lotton book page 99, item #374.


The piece to the immediate right is another wonderful example of a John Lotton free-form sculpture. 

This striking piece stands 16” tall and was created by John in 1984.  We feel certain that these free-form sculptures that were created by John will become highly sought-after by collectors, as not many were created and they almost never come up for sale. 

This piece resides in Warner and Kristina Smith’s collection and can be found in the Lotton book page 56, item #95.

The piece to the far right of this caption is the only other example of a John Lotton free-form sculpture that we have a photo of. 

This gorgeous mandarin yellow and black piece measures 11” tall and was created by John in 1984. 

This piece belongs to Greg and Patty Gluck; long time collectors and lovers of Lotton glass and operators of Art Glass Nouveau.


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