Pink Center Handled Server with Unknown (to me) Etching

07 Friday Aug 2015

Posted by d.b. in McKee

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Center Handle Server, Coloured Glass, Etched Glass, Pink Glass

Picked this piece up at Around the Block (if you live in Toronto, this place is worth a look). It is a pretty pink with gilted etching.

I thought it would be easy to identify. I checked the gallery of a favoured site – the Everyday Glass Forum – to see if I could find it. I found the etch to be an unknown, although reference was made Lotus etches 890 and 891 being similiar.

The blank itself closely resembles a Mckee line – #151.

I have a few servers. I find the differences in the shapes to be interesting – the handles show so many variations. Then you have the colours, the size, the shape. Seemingly alike, but not really.

This piece went to a colleague who makes the most superb cupcakes and who loves pink. I think it will look pretty on her table.

Update to Cambridge Ram’s Head Candle Holders with Rose Point Etch

21 Sunday Jun 2015

Posted by d.b. in Cambridge

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Animals in Glass, Candle Holder, Crown Tuscan, Etched Glass, Floral, Pink Glass, Rams Head

I bought this single candle holder some time ago and had it mistakenly sent to my daughter in British Columbia ( along way from my home). I was recently visiting her and brought it back with me.

It is Cambridge’s line #3500/74 four inch candlestick in the pretty Crown Tuscan pink.

And…obviously the rams head collection continues.

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Original post – September 18, 2014

I’m forever looking for the ‘collection-in-the-making’. The ‘something’ that I want to focus on. I have to admit the Cambridge Ram’s head items DO appeal to me.

I saw this set online. This beautiful pair of Ram’s Heads candle holders (line #3500), etched with the Rosepoint pattern, were produced by the Cambridge Glass Company, of Cambridge, Ohio, from 1934-1958.

The ram’s heads are detailed, and oh so interesting! They are tucked beneath the lip of the candle cup. The rim of the base is edged with ‘beading’. The heads are pretty teensy. Hidden so that they are a treat when you notice them.