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Hocking Green Ring Center Handled Server/Tray

10 Sunday Aug 2014

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002Some months ago I didn’t own one of these center handle pieces.  Now I have four!  They take up an inordinate amount of space.  You can’t really stack anything on them, you can’t stack them on top of each other and they are not easy to pack away!

Whine, whine whine.  After all I can control my urge to purchase….or can I?  Obviously not.

This particular piece is a vaseline glass server made in the 1930s by the Hocking Glass Company.  This is an interesting article – Hocking’s Ring Pattern by Rosemary Trietsch – if you are interested in learning about the history of this pattern.

If you are interested in the history of the Hocking Glass Company and how it became the Anchor Hocking Glass Corporation, see this article at the Anchor Hocking Glass Museum website.

I bought my handy dandy flashlight to illuminate the uranium.  Works, gives the tray a nice glow to show.004

Basket Update to Westmoreland Milk Glass Paneled Grape Ivy Ball Vase

09 Saturday Aug 2014

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Westmoreland Paneled Grape BasketPicked up this little basket in the Paneled Grape Pattern.  Cute little thing, perfect for a dresser top, for rings or earrings.

I came across it with floral handpainted details as well.

 

Original May 19, 2014 Post

Westmoreland Paneled Grape Ivy BowlDoesn’t this piece have interesting details?  There’s lots going on here – it’s footed with a paneled stem; the rim is cupped; scalloping on the lower edge of the ball; and, of course all the grapes and leaves.

This is a heavy, solid piece of milk glass in the Paneled Grape pattern – line #1881.

I gather that Westmoreland produced Paneled Grape pieces in a multitude of colours with a variety of decorations.  I have only ever seen milk glass pieces.

Check out this book – Westmoreland Glass 1950-1984 by Lorraine Kovar – if you are looking for a Westmoreland reference book.

Bryce Stem #325 with Unknown Decoration

07 Thursday Aug 2014

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Bryce # 325-4 (3)I am pretty sure that I have owned this stem with some other decoration.  In any event I recognized it as Bryce when I saw these in the Pick n Save (if that’s the correct name) in Luray, Virginia.

I have subsequently found the pattern on Replacements.com, but they have not provided any information other than they are calling the etch/cutting pattern #325-4. Bryce # 325-4

I wonder if the tumbler is also part of the #325 line.  I looked through all the Bryce shapes at the Elegant and Everyday Glass Forum, and through Replacements, but didn’t find the exact tumbler.  I’ve posted the query, but no response yet.

Older pieces, early twentieth century I am guessing.