20 Saturday Sep 2014
Posted in Unknown Engravings/Etches
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I bought these (4) as part of a lot at a local auction. I was hoping that I would find a mark to identify them, but no luck.
These pieces are very pretty.
They have engraving/etches (I never know the difference) and cuts. The decorations extend from the bowl, down the stem and on to the base.
The glass is thin and there is a nice shape.
I would like to identify these pieces. So…if anyone knows, please share!
31 Monday Mar 2014
Posted in Hughes
I have sworn a million times that I am not going to buy any more Corn Flower, unless it is a coloured piece. However, pieces keep following me home!
This weekend we took a trip down to the Niagara area. Picked up a few pieces here and there. Stopped in at Around the Block in Toronto. What a great place! They have a nice variety of good quality items of all kinds. Very clean and bright and nicely arranged. Definitely worth a visit.
This is a consignment shop with a difference. Every month the prices of items decrease by 10%. The price drops are shown right on the tags. I bought this Hughes/Imperial plate and another dish which I will showcase soon. Oh yes…a glass too.
The trouble with these center handled pieces is that they are large and correspondingly, more of a pain to store! But….it is pretty, isn’t it?
05 Thursday Sep 2013
Posted in W.J. Hughes
Ever since I bought my 2nd book on Cornflower, by Walt Lemiski, I’ve paid more attention to the pieces that I see. I like to look them up in my books when I come home to see if I can find the blanks that the piece was cut on.
I recently picked up two pieces that were unknown to me and thought I’d try to ID them. This goblet is very beautiful (the photo doesn’t do it justice). It has a gorgeous bowl and a different, twisted stem. I’ve not seen this piece before. I could not find a match for it so I posted it on the Everyday and Elegant Glass Forum.
I was fortunate to have Mr. Lemiski comment on the piece. He indicated that he suspects that the goblet may be a post 1960 piece, European in origin — perhaps Czech or Hungarian. In fact he thinks that there may be doubt whether the first it is in fact a Hughes Cornflower item.
If this is the case I may never see a matching piece. Too bad, as it would make a very pretty set.