12 Sunday Jun 2016
Posted in Baccarat
I can’t recall where I picked up these glasses – Around the Block perhaps. I saw them and was convinced that they are Baccarat. The etch is reminiscent of the Lafayette etch. I thought it would be a breeze to identify the pieces. Alas, it has not been.
Maybe I will Google image search the photo and see if I find a match. I’ve not had good luck in the past with those searches.
If anyone knows, I would love a hint. In the interim, they are beautiful pieces.
22 Sunday May 2016
Posted in Hughes
Found this cute little jar recently. I don’t buy Corn flower often as it is so common in our area, but I liked the jar.
I haven’t been able to determine which company made the blank, but I like the total effect. I haven’t put anything in it, but I think it will look pretty with white cotton puff balls in it.
19 Thursday May 2016
Posted in Unknown
Some time ago I was watching a piece on ebay that was very similar to this one. I went back and forth on buying it. For some reason I was really attracted to the photos. In the end I didn’t buy it. I didn’t need it, and I thought, from experience, that it would be difficult to eventually resell.
A few weeks ago I came across this set at Around the Block. I was taken by the colour and gravitated to it right away. While I still don’t need it, and I probably won’t be able to resell it eventually, I decided to buy it. It wasn’t super expensive, it looks gorgeous and I can always gift it to someone.
The colour is very rich and the camera (a/k/a the photographer – me) doesn’t really do it justice. This photo doesn’t show the richness of the red. I took the close-up to give a better sense. Still there is alot of ‘brown’ in the shade and I am sure that there is an appropriate name for this tint – cognac? Maybe too brown. 
There is a label that says “Made in Czechoslovakia” but other than that, I likely will never know much about this pretty set.