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New Martinsville Creamer – Meadow Wreath Etch

14 Monday Mar 2016

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New Martinsville Meadow Wreath Radiance Creamer (1)I had a very nice ‘glass’ weekend.  We made a trip to the Kitchener-Waterloo (K-W) area to visit family and I was able to spend two hours at Southworks in Cambridge, and time at various thrift shops, flea markets and other antique stores in between K-W and home.

I picked this pretty little creamer up at the Pickering Flea Market.  This is New Martinsville’s Line #42 – Radiance and the etch is Meadow Wreath.

I gather that this line was produced between 1926-1944.

I love the solid handle on this piece!

Update to…..Viking/New Martinsville Prelude Bon Bon Dish (1930s-1950s)

30 Wednesday Jul 2014

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Viking Prelude Sherberts (2)And yet again…..I’ve never seen Prelude stemware.  Came across these stems – oysters, fruit cocktails, whatever, dViking Prelude Sherberts (3)uring my recent trip to Washington and Virginia.  I am still not a fan of this etch, but I like the stemware more than the serving pieces.

 

 

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Original March 22, 2012 post

I’ve shown this etch before, but this is such a pretty shape that I thought it worth showcasing.  The pattern was originally made by the New Martinsville Glass Manufacturing Company of West Virginia, starting in the 1930s.  The company was bought out by the Viking Glass Company which continued to produce the etch into the ’50s.

I have a couple different bon bon dishes.  I really don’t use them and they are stuck somewhere in a drawer, or even in a box.  One thing about this glass obsession….I don’t really enjoy all my pieces as I can’t possibly have them all out to be seen!  I don’t really fancy this etch all that much, although I don’t really know why, and even though I have the two pieces, will likely not buy any more.  I tend to focus on stemware now, but of course I’d never say never about buying anything!

New Martinsville Florentine #29, Teardrop Blank

11 Saturday Aug 2012

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I picked this up in the U.S. on a recent driving trip.  Didn’t recognize it, but it was only $5.50 so I thought I’d bring it home to identify.

So far the closest I have come was to identify it as New Martinsville Florentine #29, Teardrop Blank, made in the 1940-1944 range.

But I’m not entirely confident in this ID.  Although etches vary depending upon the piece that is made, this one seems close….but no cigar.  Photos I’ve seen of the etch show a dangling bunch of grapes.

I don’t have any books on New Martinsville (yet) so I have no targeted reference text.  For the meantime, I’m going to “believe” that my ID is correct, but I’ll keep looking!