27 Sunday May 2012
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What a gorgeous stem! I have shown a couple Heisey Orchid Pieces, but this is the first water goblet I’ve had. This is a very 
majestic blank and etch. I like my Heisey glass very much. I have four of the water goblets. Don’t know if I will use them, or sell them down the road. I had parfaits some time 
ago, but sold them online. If I sell them, they have to go to an appreciative home – after all they are gorgeous pieces!
15 Tuesday May 2012
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I bought these online awhile back. They were delivered to my mom’s house to save money on shipping. So…..I’ve been 
wondering how they look. The etch is somewhat like Heisey’s Minuet etch – different ‘scenes’ around the blank.
This is the Wabash blank. I have water goblets in the Frontenac etch on this blank. It is a ‘manly’ blank. The etch is pretty cool and certainly worth the wait. I’ve tried to show the different sides. I like these lots, but….likely will sell given half a chance.
05 Saturday May 2012
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All of my information comes from the book….The Collector’s Encyclopedia of Heisey Glass: 1925-1938 by Neila Bredehoft (published 1986) . Ms. Bredehoft says that Heisey
began producing baskets circa 1912 and first called them ‘basket vases’ (now simply called ‘baskets’).
Most were designed to hold flowers although a few were fruit containers.
The production of baskets appears to have ceased in 1933.
This particular eight inch basket is called “Plain Hexagon” by researchers and has the Number 462 as a reference. I assume this is the blank or shape number. It was used for only a few Heisey cuttings. I don’t know if this cut has a name. It has butterflies, flowers and ferns or grasses.
It is pretty, although I really only picked it up at a recent auction because I recognized the Heisey mark. When I get organized, it goes up on the seller’s block!
