06 Friday Feb 2015
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Another beautiful example of fine glass from my favourite company – Heisey. These are line #3389- Duquesne and the etch is #448 – Old Colony.
I am sitting in my office and these glasses are on a shelf at eye level. 
They are very, very attractive and a treat to look at while I am typing.
They were produced between 1930 and 1937.
02 Monday Feb 2015
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I don’t have a great deal of “Made in Canada” glass, but I couldn’t resist this at a local auction.
There were a number of Canadian companies that produced pressed glass with a Maple Leaf motif. This neat piece even has a leaf on the finial.
This piece is likely over 100 years old. Do you think it is called “ECPG” – Early Canadian Pressed Glass? Doesn’t have the same ring as “EAPG” – Early American Pressed Glass.
23 Friday Jan 2015
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In November I was performing an update when my site crashed after experiencing a fatal error.
I didn’t know how to fix it. I wasn’t too bothered as I wondered if I was interested in keeping it going anyway! After all, it is not the Huffington Post! My readership is slim, but…what the heck…..
The wonderful people at Dreamhost – my hosting site fixed it and it is live again.
In the intervening months I have bought, and sold, some beautiful pieces. I will start posting them again.
Seems fitting to start with a beautiful piece from my favourite company – Heisey.
The shape/blank is #3389 – Dusquesne and the etch is #480 – Normandie.
The production years for this line were 1935 – 1938.
The stem on this champagne is neat. It has ribbed edges with pretty detailing at the base of the stem.
The entire shape is gorgeous.
These glasses are particularly bright, don’t know why. Very pretty.