Miscellaneous

Janice and Ray Chesnik started Chesnik Scopes in 1980, and Janice's son, Jon Greene, joined them in 1990. They offer a full line of brass- and chrome-plated scopes using the highest quality front-surface mirrors and a variety of beautiful materials in their handmade wheels. Each scope features a magnifying lens for the clearest optics. In 2007, Jon took over the business, allowing his folks to enjoy their much deserved semi-retirement. In 2010, Jon and his wife Suzanne, opened their store, Cape Kaleidoscopes, in Mashpee, Mass. Jon is the Artist-in-Residence, and he can often be seen creating the fascinating wheels of his scopes right at the front window for people to watch! He keeps up with his 120+ wholesale accounts throughout the U.S., and parts of Canada and Japan, and Suzanne runs the store. The creativity of Janice and Ray is still present in Chesnik Scopes. They create the millefiore glass pieces featured in the Fiesta line of scopes. In addition, Janice still makes all the “mirror systems” that are placed in the tubes of the scopes.