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Paden City Ice Bucket (Line 893) with the Oriental Garden Etch

16 Sunday Mar 2014

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Paden City Radiance Ice Bucket with Oriental EtchIn the book Paden City Glass:  identification and values, the authors indicate that this line was likely developed to match Blue Willow dinnerware.

It does very closely resemble the patterns easily found on new and vintage china sets.Paden City Radiance Ice Bucket with Oriental Etch (2)

It is pretty.  It’s actually quite small, but I’d never seen it before and wanted to see it up close.  I gather pieces were made in amber, pink and ruby as well.

Empoli Opalescent Vase

13 Thursday Mar 2014

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Unknown Opalescent vaseI found this vase on the weekend in Pickering.  It caught my eye (the second time around the Market).  I thought it had the look of the Foval line of Fry Glass.  So….of course it came home with me.

It’s not leaning (I was).

I posted it and found out that it is likely Empoli Glass from Italy.  I don’t know a thing about Italian Glass, but this is what a quick search on the ‘net tells me:

From the 20th Century Glass website:

“Italian Empoli Glass

Empoli glass – When most people think of Italian glass, they think of the many manufacturers based on the Venetian island of Murano. But there is another area of Italy with a long history of glass production – the town of Empoli, in the Tuscany region, near Florence. There is evidence of glassware being produced in Empoli as far back as the thirteenth century. There are two main types of Empoli glass – “Verde” and “Cased”. Verde (Italian for green) glass takes its name from the traditional green colour of Empoli glass, which was a result of the content of local sand used for glass production.”
This isn’t green and I don’t think it’s cased either.  Opalescent or opaline.  I saw some examples, with some resemblance, that are attributed to Stelvia (Società Toscana Esercizio Lavorazione Vetri Industriali e Artistici).  According to the 20th Century glass this company was in existence from the 1950s-2001.Unknown Opalescent vase (2)
This is an interesting piece.  It is a colour-shifter.  Dramatically changes hues depending on the lighting.  In the second photo you can see that the vase glows amber when exposed to natural lighting.  Sometimes it takes on a very blue hue, but most of the time it looks pinkish.
I am going to keep this for now and keep trying to identify it.  I still would like a piece of Foval though!

Jeannette Glass Scottie Powder Jar – Marigold

11 Tuesday Mar 2014

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006Some time ago I bought, and subsequently sold, a Jeannette Glass Marigold Powder jar with a Poodle finial.  I have kinda, maybe, perhaps, regretted the sale.  I decided that instead, I had to have a jar with the scottie finial to match my Heisey terrier figurine.   I’m not as fussy on the deer pieces. I’ve been looking for awhile.  They are common online, but the shipping has always been too  costly.

I found this piece in Pickering at the Antique Mart.  I blinked at the price.  It wasn’t particularly costly, but I fall into the trap of….I can get it cheaper online!  Then I shook my head, said some words about my illogical state of mind and bought the thing!

This will be a keeper, for awhile at least.  I have new shelving being installed in my home office tomorrow and I intend to display some of my favourite coloured pieces on my new shelves!  Now I just have to decide about buying (and keeping) another poodle or the pink scottie!