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Hocking White and Pink Candle Holder – Oyster and Pearl

22 Monday Jan 2018

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I am not a huge fan of ‘pink’ but thought that these pieces (there are two) were interesting.  This pair of pretty pink and white glass candle holders was made by Hocking Glass from Lancaster, Ohio.

The pieces are opaque white (Vitrock) with a fired on painted pink base. You can see the ‘beaded’ decorations – the ‘pearls’ I suppose.  Not sure where the ‘oyster’ can be found.

Hocking Block Optic Goblet

13 Wednesday Jan 2016

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Hocking Block Optic (3)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.

Hocking Ring Server editedEven though they are not a match, wouldn’t this goblet look nice on the table with Hocking’s server in the Ring pattern?

Hocking Green Ring Center Handled Server/Tray

10 Sunday Aug 2014

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002Some months ago I didn’t own one of these center handle pieces.  Now I have four!  They take up an inordinate amount of space.  You can’t really stack anything on them, you can’t stack them on top of each other and they are not easy to pack away!

Whine, whine whine.  After all I can control my urge to purchase….or can I?  Obviously not.

This particular piece is a vaseline glass server made in the 1930s by the Hocking Glass Company.  This is an interesting article – Hocking’s Ring Pattern by Rosemary Trietsch – if you are interested in learning about the history of this pattern.

If you are interested in the history of the Hocking Glass Company and how it became the Anchor Hocking Glass Corporation, see this article at the Anchor Hocking Glass Museum website.

I bought my handy dandy flashlight to illuminate the uranium.  Works, gives the tray a nice glow to show.004