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Unknown Plate Etch on Unknown Champagnes

08 Tuesday Jul 2014

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Champagnes with Plate Etch (5)I celebrated Canada Day (July 1 ) in Orono trolling the antique shops.  I always enjoy visiting Champagnes with Plate Etchthe Orono Antique Market.  They have a great deal of glass, and on July 1st they had a number of etched pieces of interest.Champagnes with Plate Etch (4)

I bought these open saucer champagnes with the attractive etch.  The etch looked familiar and I thought, “Oh boy, I’ll ID these puppies!”  Turns out I have other pieces with this etch, different blank, and I’ve NEVER identified them.  Sheesh.

I like the stem.  They are very solid. with a large base.

Another entry for the unidentified etch museum!

Floral Etch on Water Goblet

06 Sunday Jul 2014

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Etched FLowersI bought the glasses may years ago.  For some reason I have never gotten around to photographing them.Etched FLowers (3)

They are amazingly attractive, although not my ‘usual’ thing.  They are 7 1/2 inches tall, so they have a real ‘presence’.

Etched FLowers (5)I have always thought that they are European, and I don’t think they are particularly old, but they are attractive.  I am going to post them on Facebook and see if anyone recognizes them.

More Cornflower – Update to Corn Flower Bud Vase Made on Louie Glass or West Virginia Glass Blank

05 Saturday Jul 2014

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Corn Flower Tumblers (2)I don’t know why I keep picking up pieces of Corn Flower….but I do.  I don’t know who made these tumblers, but they join my collection.

 

 

 

Original post of February 9, 2014

001I am always excited to find one of my pieces in a book.  If it’s in a book it must be true!  (saith the old fashioned librarian) Tee hee.

These pieces are very common – see them all over the place!  Crimped edge bud vase.  This was cut by the Hughes Company.  Krista Taylor – Canadian Identification & Price Guide to W.J. Hughes Corn Flower (neat book) – indicates that the blanks were produced by the Louie Glass Company and West Virginia Glass.  Her sources were a 1951 company catalogue and a 1981 catalogue.

In 1951 the vase cost $1.00.  In 1981 the price was $7.50.  I can’t recall what I paid for it!