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Anchor Hocking Fire King Jadite Mugs

10 Saturday Aug 2019

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Cups, Fire King, Green Glass, Jade-ite, Jadeite, Jadite, Mugs

I really like these mugs, although they are small for coffee drinkers nowadays – they don’t hold a grande!

There are two or three different markings between the four pieces but they appear to have all been produced in the 1940s to 1950s.

The smaller cups/mugs are the heavier restaurantware and remind me of old time diners.

Anchor Hocking Fire King / Fire-King Azurite Cup and Saucer – Charm Pattern

13 Sunday Aug 2017

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Azurite, Blue Glass, Colored Glass, Coloured Glass, Cup and Saucer, Mid-Century Glass

The photo blue items of the pretty in the book Delphite & Jadite: a pocket guide by Joe Keller & David Ross continue to peak my interest. I am on the lookout for the ‘one’ delphite piece that I would like to buy and keep.

Although I have mentioned this book previously it is worth repeating the authors’ information.  They say:

“First introduced by the McKee Glass Co. in the late 1920s…..Several distinct colors exist.  Products by McKee and Jeannette do not match in color….McKee produc[ed] both delphite and chaline.  Chaline is the lighter more vibrant color……Anchor Hocking produced two distinct colors, Turquoise Blue and Azurite.  Azurite is an extremely pale blue that appears almost white.  Turquoise Blue is a richer more vibrant blue.”

The photos in the book clearly illustrate the range of shades.  The little ‘Charm’ set is definitely Azurite as it is very light, although the lighting in my kitchen makes this appear a wee darker than the actual opaque shade of blue.  I have reposted this devilled egg tray which, if I recollect, was darker in tint and represents Anchor Hocking’s Turquoise Blue.

 

 

Anchor Hocking Fire-King Devilled Egg Tray – Delphite

26 Saturday Mar 2016

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Blue Glass, Colored Glass, Coloured Glass, Delfite, Delphite, Egg Tray, Platter

IMG_3560It seems appropriate to highlight this devilled egg tray over the weekend where eggs, albeit chocolate, are on the minds of lots of little ones.  I have a couple of these trays – one in peach lustre and this one in the delphite – and I have often marveled at the concept of a separate tray for eggs!  Although I must admit that it looks nice on the table with eggs on it!

I bought the book – Delphite & Jadite by Joe Keller & David Ross and learned a few interesting things:

  1.  That the opaque pieces of delphite/delfite/chaline are more expensive to collect, and harder to find than jadite, which I thought was expensive enough!
  2. Delphite was first introduced by McKee in the late 1920s.
  3. There are a number of distinct colours with chaline being a lighter, more vibrant shade of blue.
  4. Anchor Hocking’s pieces, produced under the Fire-King lines in the 1950s and 1960s were made in turquoise blue and azurite.  Azurite is a very pale blue which looks almost white in tint.IMG_3561

This tray is obviously Anchor Hocking’s turquoise.

This is a great book with lots of illustrations.  There are many pieces in both colours that I have never seen.

I love the fact that the bottom of the tray, although not seen when in use, has been so attractively fashioned.

 

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