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Hughes Cornflower Sundae Cups

18 Sunday Aug 2013

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Cornflower sherberts (3)Because Hughes was a Canadian company you see alot of Cornflower in our area.  When I was a young teen I actually started collecting pieces that you could buy from a local jeweler in my small hometown.  They have long disappeared.

I have picked up various pieces of Cornflower over the years in no organized manner.  Last month when I was at the Corning Museum I bought the book Elegant glass with Corn Flower: Imperial Candlewick, Heisey, Tiffin & more by Walter T. Lemiski.

I’ve been trying to identify the blanks of the pieces that I have.  I haven’t had a great deal of luck as my pieces are primarily stemware and pretty non-descript.

But, the author has included sections on different coloured Cornflower.  My, my they are gorgeous!  These pieces are not commonly seen, but I will be on the lookout.  I have pink Tiffin stemware, but that’s it for coloured pieces.

i recommend this book as a great reference.

Corn Flower Sugar and Creamer

22 Saturday Jun 2013

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Cornflower Sugar and Creamer (4)I was putting this up for sale on my Etsy shop and wondered if I had posted this here.  Although I’ve posted other pieces of Corn Flower, these pieces had not made the big time!  Now they have!

I have had these for awhile and have no recollection where I got them.  They are quite pretty.  the scalloping around the rim and the ornate handles elevate them from the ordinary (like my other creamer).

I’ve gone through my one reference book to see if I could identify the blank.  After all Heisey, Tiffin, Imperial, New Martinsville and others made the glass for the Hughes Company.  But I didn’t see this shape in my text.

You see lots of Corn Flower in this neck of the woods because its Canadian, but I’ve not noticed these pieces before or since I bought them.

 

Update – Cornflower on unknown Blank (now known as West Virginia Glass Specialities)

17 Thursday Jan 2013

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Unknown Cornflower 2

Update to the original posting of September 26, 2013…….

I was looking for the identification of another piece, when I came across a reference to the book – Canadian identification & price guide to W.J. Hughes Corn Flower glass by Krista A. Taylor.  We have it at the local library (where I happen to work) so I borrowed it to have a look.

I found the piece I was seeking as well as this piece.  Ms. Taylor identifies it as a 5 inch (as is mine) crimped footed compote.  The blank was produced by West Virginia Glass Specialties.  She cites the company’s 1981 catalogue as the source.

Nice to find a likely provenance.  _______________________________________________________________

Although I enjoy the patterns of etches and cut that are found on glass, I think a ‘true’ expert enjoys the shape of the blank more.  Together both characteristics tell the story of the piece.

It was the shape of this piece – compote ?, candy dish ?, jelly dish ? which appealed to me, since the cornflower cut is pretty common.

No idea who made it.  Looked for a Heisey mark, to no avail.  I posted it on the Everyday Elegant Glass Forum.  The suggestion was made that it might be a piece of glass from a European glass company.

I don’t know if it was cut at the W. J. Hughes company or not.  Too bad all pieces weren’t signed!  But…still interesting.