05 Sunday Sep 2021
Posted in New Martinsville
Another version with neat feet.
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July 29, 2018
This pattern is very pretty. The details of the ‘beading’ if that’s what it’s called combined with the crimped shape and the etch make this a very attractive piece.
19 Monday Apr 2021
Posted in Hughes, New Martinsville
One of the best reference set purchases I’ve made was to buy the three volume set of The Glass Candlestick Book by Tom Felt and Elaine & Rich Stoer. The first thing I do when I acquire a candlestick holder is to look for it in one of these books. Works from the major American glass companies are included.
Volume 3 lists this piece as New Martinsville’s #4554 0- Janice. It was originally made circa 1940-1970 in crystal and reissued later in crystal and pink.
According to the Canadian Identification & Price Guide to W.J. Hughes Corn Flower Glass by Krista A. Taylor, the Hughes’ cutting could have been carried as early as the 1930s.
There is a bit of a discrepancy between the dating of these pieces between the books.
Regardless of its age it is a pretty piece.
12 Sunday May 2019
Posted in New Martinsville
I picked this pretty piece up somewhere in Arizona. I have a number of etched relish dishes, which for some reason I never use. I do have a friend however who likes serving ware as a gift. I had her in mind when I bought it.
I learned from the great Elegant and Everyday Glass Forum that the handles are called Georgian. I also learned that an ad for this relish was found in James Measell’s book, New Martinsville Glass, 1900-1944, which identified this relish as line number 37. Other New Martinsville company ads also identified another pattern as 37. The poster in the Forum identifies this particular piece as 37/4.
The large baskets of flowers in the etch are very pretty. I have a bowl, and a creamer/sugar set with this etch, but it looks different on the different shapes. Pretty, regardless of the shape, though.