30 Wednesday Dec 2020
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I have shown this solid blank with the Willow etch which is very pretty. This etch is made up of three bands of circular shapes.
I have had these glasses for a long time and am trying to go through my inventory of ‘not yet identified’ pieces.
The book Fostoria Stemware: the Crystal for America by Milbra Long and Emily Seate is very useful for identifying both blanks and decorations.
Colfax is line #6023 and the etch is #94 Spencerian.
29 Tuesday Dec 2020
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Antique Glass, Atlanta, Clear Lion Head, Comport, Compote, EAPG, Frosted Atlanta, Jelly Dish, Late Lion, Lion Heads, Pattern Glass, Pressed Glass, Square Lion, Square Lion Heads
This was a lovely Christmas gift from my son and his wife. I love the lions’ heads on the finial. I think this is the covered sugar bowl. It is quite large, standing 4 5/8 inches to the side of the jar.
This is a great addition to my collection of pressed lions.
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April 17, 2020
Finally, the little jelly dish.
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October 29, 2017
I have a small sauce dish (I think and which I realize I don’t think I have ever posted) and have long wanted a larger piece so that you can really see the lions. I came across this piece last weekend in St. Jacobs at the St. Jacobs Antiques Market. I was very surprised to see it. It was not very expensive, but I hesitated for a few minutes, but realized that I would be super, super sorry if I didn’t scoop it up
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I have only ever seen this piece online and didn’t realize that the finial had two faces!
I really love the lions on the finial, the corners of the foot and on the corners of the dish.
The book American Pattern Glass Table Sets by Gene and Cathy Florence has some information on this line. They say (page 75) that the pattern is also known as Clear Lion Head, Frosted Atlanta, Late Lion, Square Lion and Square Lion Heads. They also state that the pattern was introduced in 1895 and that it was produced in crystal and crystal with frost (plain or etched).
I would love to know why it is called “Atlanta”. If anyone knows, please share.
19 Saturday Dec 2020
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A pink one.
March 25, 2012
I was out in Orono at a shop when I saw this powder jar. I recalled seeing it (or so I thought ) in one of my books. As it turns out, I was thinking about another style, called Carousel, by the same company. This satin frosted green powder jar was made by Greensburg Glass Works (bought out by the L.E. Smith Company). I’m thinking that it is a Depression piece. You can still put powder, or anything else in it. It’s a pretty pale satin, or frosted, pale green. I’ve read that the clear pieces are harder to find. I’ve seen this with the elephant’s trunk raised, and in a few different colours, online. I don’t know if I will put anything in it. Right now it’s gracing my pine blanket box in the living room. In the last month I’ve acquired three powder jars. I think that’s enough.
When I bought it the salesman told me that it is Vaseline glass. Vaseline glass, as defined by the Vaseline Collectors Club is “Vaseline Glass is a particular color of yellow-green glass that is made by adding 2% Uranium Dioxide to the ingredients when the glass formula is made.” The presence of the uranium dioxide can be verified by putting your glass piece beneath a black light. I haven’t done that yet.
If you want to see what this looks like, check out the images at the website of 1st.Glass.
