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Live Again! Heisey Champagne – Blank #3389 – Dusquesne, etch – #480 – Normandie

23 Friday Jan 2015

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Heisey #3389, Etch #480 (1)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.Heisey #3389, Etch #480 (2)

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.

Happy Thanksgiving (Canadian) – Heisey #3333, Old Glory with Renaissance Etch #413

12 Sunday Oct 2014

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Heisey Renaissance (3)

Happy Thanksgiving!  I am grateful for the many important blessing in my life – family, friends, health, a lovely home, good job, etc.

Perhaps lesser, but still a blessing, I am grateful to be able to surround myself with beautiful pieces of craftsmanship.  Like these glasses…….

Renaissance – the rebirth.  No idea why this etch was given this name.

The pattern was introduced in 1918 and discontinued in 1939.  The patent was granted to Joseph Balda, on behalf of Heisey, on October 25, 1921.

This is a sample of double plate etching.

Heisey Renaissance

This is the water goblet.  The etch is a cameo of a nymph (?) on a branch.  Unlike some of the other Heisey etches, all of the cameos have the same figure.  Very pretty.

Update (x2) to Heisey Frontenac

09 Tuesday Sep 2014

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A number of recent Heisey purchases to show off.  These are lovely.

Second Update –

Heisey Frontenac FlamingoThis is the liquor cocktail in Heisey’s pink – Flamingo.

Pretty, although I do like Tiffin’s ‘pink’.

 

 

 

 

First Update – August 11, 2014

Heisey Frontenac Moongleam Sherbert (5)Funny to read this two+ year old post.  Those glasses have long been sold, although I still have the Cherokee Rose pieces, except that I have eight or nine I think.

But…I still do like the Heisey pieces.  Have something cool coming in the mail soon – a rooster cocktail shaker.  Looking forward to seeing it.

Just an added note.  The Wabash blank is #3350 and tHeisey Frontenac Moongleam Water Goblethe Frontenac etch is Etch #440.

I ordered these online as I wanted to see the Green Moongleam stem and base.  I don’t have any pieces of Heisey in any of their colours.  Very pretty, although the pieces arrived with a little more damage than the seller reported.  I think I’m fussy when I am buying or selling with regard to damage, even minor.  I report all in my listings.

Nonetheless the shade is pretty, as is the name.

 

 

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Original post – February 5, 2012

This plate etch is called Frontenac and the stem/blank/shape is called Wabash.  The patent for this glass was filed in December of 1922 by Joseph O. Balda on behalf of A.H. Heisey & Co. of Newark, Ohio.  The patent was granted in February of 1924.  The glasses were produced from 1922-42.  I have four water glasses that I bought online.  They are very beautiful and the stem is gorgeous.  I have a hankering for Heisey pieces.  I am looking for more of these stems and have my eyes on some ebay offerings.  I just bought four Tiffin Cherokee Rose waters though (now I have eight) and I’ll have to see what the budget can bear!