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Hughes Cornflower Sundae Cups

18 Sunday Aug 2013

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Corn Flower, Cornflower, Cut Glass, Sherb, Sundae

Cornflower sherberts (3)Because Hughes was a Canadian company you see alot of Cornflower in our area.  When I was a young teen I actually started collecting pieces that you could buy from a local jeweler in my small hometown.  They have long disappeared.

I have picked up various pieces of Cornflower over the years in no organized manner.  Last month when I was at the Corning Museum I bought the book Elegant glass with Corn Flower: Imperial Candlewick, Heisey, Tiffin & more by Walter T. Lemiski.

I’ve been trying to identify the blanks of the pieces that I have.  I haven’t had a great deal of luck as my pieces are primarily stemware and pretty non-descript.

But, the author has included sections on different coloured Cornflower.  My, my they are gorgeous!  These pieces are not commonly seen, but I will be on the lookout.  I have pink Tiffin stemware, but that’s it for coloured pieces.

i recommend this book as a great reference.

Corn Flower Sugar and Creamer

22 Saturday Jun 2013

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Canadian, Corn Flower, Cornflower, Creamer, Sugar

Cornflower Sugar and Creamer (4)I was putting this up for sale on my Etsy shop and wondered if I had posted this here.  Although I’ve posted other pieces of Corn Flower, these pieces had not made the big time!  Now they have!

I have had these for awhile and have no recollection where I got them.  They are quite pretty.  the scalloping around the rim and the ornate handles elevate them from the ordinary (like my other creamer).

I’ve gone through my one reference book to see if I could identify the blank.  After all Heisey, Tiffin, Imperial, New Martinsville and others made the glass for the Hughes Company.  But I didn’t see this shape in my text.

You see lots of Corn Flower in this neck of the woods because its Canadian, but I’ve not noticed these pieces before or since I bought them.

 

W.J. Hughes Cornflower Tumblers

16 Saturday Mar 2013

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Cornflower, Floral Etch, Tumblers

I’ve posted this etch in other blanks and I have another couple shapes.  I’m going to have to hunt them down and take some photos. Cornflower Tumblers (2) But I’ve never come across the etch in a tumbler before.

I’ve earlier reported that Hughes used blanks from a number of the major U.S. glass producing companies, as well as European companies.  I have some gorgeous pink stems that were etched on a Tiffin blank (#15024).  In looking through my one Hughes reference book, my tumblers look very similar to those in a photo that have been attributed to New Martinsville, in the 1930s.Cornflower Tumblers

I wouldn’t mind keeping these.  I’m going to have to look for a few more!  Yippie.

 

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