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Category Archives: Fostoria

Fostoria Chintz Bowl

07 Thursday Jun 2012

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Bowl, Floral, Plate Etched

My guy and I fell in love with Boston and Cape Cod.  We have spent the last three summer vacations driving to, and around this area.  After the second trip, we said….”No more!!!  We’ve been there, seen it, done it, etc.”  However…we hadn’t been to a Bosox game or seen the 4th of July festivities.  So…..last year we saw the Jays play at Fenway and we caught the fireworks.  (This year we are off to Tennessee).  Anyway…we visited alot of antique shops en route to and from.  One year I came across this bowl.  It was on sale, reduced and reduced again.  I had to buy it.

I have to admit that I’m not all that fussy on this pattern.  I have no need to buy any other pieces in this etch.  But….always nice to see it in the flesh.  Keeps me from buying any other items!  Tee hee.

Fostoria Navarre Claret

17 Thursday May 2012

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This was a very fun purchase.  I saw this glass on ebay.  The photo was fuzzy and I couldn’t make out the pattern.  I recognized the stem as Fostoria.  In fact, I thought that the etch was Fostoria’s Meadow Rose.  The glass had a <Buy Now> price that wasn’t too high so I thought I’d buy it on spec.  As it turns out it is Navarre.  I think it is the larger claret.

I’ve had Navarre snifters and I have a broken blue bell.  I’ve not had other stems.  The Navarre pieces are popular and expensive online.  I’m not sure why though.  It’s pretty, but I’ve seen prettier.  Nonetheless I’m pleased with my buy.

Fostoria Navarre

22 Wednesday Feb 2012

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This was one of those purchases where you get taken, but don’t realize it until later.  I bought this bell a few years ago in the U.S.  It was $10.00.  I don’t collect bells, but this was a pretty blue and I liked the etch (I didn’t know what it was at the time).  Got it home and at some point realized that the stem was broken and had been cleverly stuck together with some kind of gum which came apart in my hands.  In a fit of pique I threw the stem out.  In retrospect I thought that I might have tried to have it repaired.  Haven’t been able to make myself throw the bell out, although it is stuck in a drawer.  Navarre is a popular etch.  I had some brandy snifters which I sold to a man online, who then proceeded to cheat me by reporting that he hadn’t received them.  This is when I learned that you do not underreport the value of an item, for customs, as a favour to someone.  So…the long and the short of it, is that Navarre has not been lucky for me.  I don’t collect it – out of spite!!!!!

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