17 Sunday Jan 2016
Posted in Viking
It is always handy when the label is still attached to an item. I wouldn’t have guessed the manufacturer of this jar otherwise.
Don’t know if it was intended to be a candy jar, but it is a good size for that. Also handy for cotton balls, Q-tips, etc….or just pretty for display.
The shape of the jar, the details of the lid make this attractive. Also interesting is the yellow tint of the lid when exposed to light.
13 Wednesday Jan 2016
Posted in Hocking
I tried to get a photo of this stem glowing under the black light, but couldn’t seem to manage it. It has a bit of uranium and has a pretty colour in and out of black light.
This water goblet was made by the Hocking Glass Company, Lancaster, Ohio, from 1929-1933. The pattern is called Block Optic.
I gather that this pattern was produced in amber, crystal, pink and yellow as well as in the green. According to Warman, production in the amber was limited, so keep you eyes peeled!
There certainly seems to have been quite a number of pieces made in this line. It is not a dainty line – sturdy – but attractive nonetheless.
Even though they are not a match, wouldn’t this goblet look nice on the table with Hocking’s server in the Ring pattern?
27 Sunday Dec 2015
Posted in Heisey
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I was trolling Around the Block just before Christmas looking for some jadite mugs. Didn’t find any, but came away with this pretty three lite candelabra. I was pretty sure it was a piece of Heisey, which was verified by the “H in a diamond” mark. However I kept referring to it as “Plantation” when in fact the piece of vegetation is not a pineapple, but is an acorn!
I gather researchers and collectors call the pattern “Tricorn”, but the name is actually “Triplex” and this is line #129.
The piece was made in a number of colours and in crystal with a different colour base.