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Unknown Cocktail / Martini Glass

21 Saturday Mar 2020

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It’s been sometime since I have purchased an ‘unknown’ but these caught my eye.  They are just so fun!

Obviously a cocktail glass, this yellow stem has some interesting details.

I posted it on a Facebook ID site but haven’t had any definite identifications.  Someone Etsuggested that they could be check. Someone else suggested an Art Deco look.

If anyone knows, I would be happy to hear.

Cambridge Glass Crown Tuscan Candy Box

17 Tuesday Mar 2020

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This beautiful candy box and cover is Cambridge’s line #3500/57.  The colour is an opaque pale pink, Cambridge’s Crown Tuscan. The hand painted decoration was created by Abels, Wasserberg and Company (AWC) and is part of their Charleton line. The decoration is called Roses and Bows (I think).

Learning about AWC was new for me.  I always thought that the company itself was called Charleton.  I see that there are a couple reference books about the company, but I don’t collect enough examples of their work to buy a text.

The hand painted details and the gilt are still in amazing shape.

The AWC label is present on the bottom on the piece. I imagine the label might identify the production year, but I do not know what the numbers signify.  This is where the text would come in handy!

Heisey Water Goblet – Line #3335 – Lady Leg – with Zodiac Etch

23 Monday Dec 2019

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I have no idea why this etch – #429 – is named “Zodiac”.  It doesn’t appear to have any of the commonly known signs of the zodiac – no lions, archers or water bearers, etc.

I don’t consider it to be pretty, but it is of course interesting. According to Ream, Bredehoft and Bredehoft in Encyclopedia of Heisey Glassware: volume one, this plate etch was introduced circa 1919 and discontinued by 1928.