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Yet Another Unknown Etch on an Unknown Blank

01 Saturday Feb 2014

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016 (2)I have no idea why where I picked up these two stems, or even why.  While they are interesting, they are not really my ‘thing’.

I do like the shape.  However the etch is not comprised of details that usually appeal to me.

This is a very negative comment.  I hope it’s not my usual tone.  However it’s almost midnight and I am ready to be transformed into a pumpkin, witch, rock or some other thing/being.

I am still going through boxes to inventory.  Most pieces still make the cut.  These are….’meh…..

Nonetheless I’m still interested, if someone knows anything about them.

Unknown Needle Etch or Etches

29 Wednesday Jan 2014

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004My guy suggested that I better organize my pieces.  I spent lots of time on the weekend repacking boxes, creating an online organized inventory and marking the boxes so that I can easily find things in the garage.  When someone buys something, it is often a wild guess as to where the item is!

The fun of this has been finding pieces that I’d forgotten about.  This piece is one of them  No idea where or when I picked it up.  I went through a neede etch craze where I’d buy anything.  Likely still am in that craze, just haven’t found anything for awhile.

This etch has a number of different details.  I thought at one point  that it was Dowager’s Necklace by Bryce Brothers.  Close, but no cigar.  Still could be a Bryce piece, but no verification to date.002 (2)

I love these random etches (don’t know why).  Likely older (<1920).

Indiana Glass Platter/Cake Stand on the Coronation Blank

28 Tuesday Jan 2014

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PlatterI’ve had this stand for ages.  I have absolutely no idea where I bought it.  It’s attractive with the detailing around the edge and on the base.

I had no idea of its origin so I posted it at the wonderful Elegant and Everyday Glass Forum for ID help.  Within hours the blank had been identified.

Made by Indiana Glass, likely in the 1950s, there were other pieces in the Coronation line.  Platter 2The pattern is unidentified and could have been made by Indiana or could have been made by another decorating company.

I have a number of cake stands/platters.  They are pretty, but take up a great deal of storage space (especially when you never bake anything).