08 Wednesday Jul 2015
Posted in Uncategorized
I have seriously neglected my little blog. My garden calls to me and I tend to it as it is an oasis during the all too brief Canadian summer.
Nonetheless I continue to pick up pretty pieces of glass and have some pieces to show off.
However I am off to the Maritimes on Friday – first stop, la belle ville de Quebec. I will be looking for exciting new pieces during our two weeks away.
21 Sunday Jun 2015
Posted in Cambridge
I bought this single candle holder some time ago and had it mistakenly sent to my daughter in British Columbia ( along way from my home). I was recently visiting her and brought it back with me.
It is Cambridge’s line #3500/74 four inch candlestick in the pretty Crown Tuscan pink.
And…obviously the rams head collection continues.
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Original post – September 18, 2014
I’m forever looking for the ‘collection-in-the-making’. The ‘something’ that I want to focus on. I have to admit the Cambridge Ram’s head items DO appeal to me.
I saw this set online. This beautiful pair of Ram’s Heads candle holders (line #3500), etched with the Rosepoint pattern, were produced by the Cambridge Glass Company, of Cambridge, Ohio, from 1934-1958.
The ram’s heads are detailed, and oh so interesting! They are tucked beneath the lip of the candle cup. 
The rim of the base is edged with ‘beading’. The heads are pretty teensy. Hidden so that they are a treat when you notice them.
I regret selling my Vallerysthal vase with the rams.
10 Wednesday Jun 2015
Posted in Heisey
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I picked this piece up in Florida (I think). For some reason I thought it was a piece of New Martinsville Line #4200 Radiance. But of course it is Heisey’s Empress blank.
This is what Neila Bredehoft said in her book The Collector’s Encyclopedia of Heisey Glass 1925-1938:
“Dates: 1930-1938
Colors: Moongleam, flamingo, sahara, alexandrite, tangerine, cobalt, marigold
Widely used for Heisey etches and cuttings”
Interesting comment – “Early Heisey ads also referred to it as “Lilies of France” pattern”
This piece is the 5 1/2 inch mayonnaise bowl. Notice the dolphin feet.
The silver overlay is very pretty.