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Update to Fostoria Atlanta Compote with Lots of Lion Heads – Line #500

29 Tuesday Dec 2020

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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!

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.

 

United States Glass Crucifix Candlestick Holder

25 Tuesday Aug 2020

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I have come across these crucifix candlestick holders in books, but never before in ‘real life’.  My children are Roman Catholics and I wondered if they would like to have this piece (they didn’t).  Oh well.

There is an appendix devoted to these crucifixes in volume three of The Glass Candlestick Book by Tom Felt and Elaine & Rich Stoer.  There are an astonishing number of variations on the theme.  Felt and the Stoers indicate,”Glass candleholders depicting the crucifixion of Christ originated with [the] earliest American pattern glass companies.  Boston and Sandwich, the New England Glass Company, McKee and many others from the New England, Pittsburgh, and Ohio areas produced them from the mid-1800s to the mid-1900s.”

If you have a chance to review this appendix, it is highly recommended.  These candleholders have been lavishly photographed and some are very beautiful.

This particular piece was likely produced in Factory C – Challinor, Taylor – circa 1891-1919.  It came in three sizes and this piece is considered no. 4 sue to its height of 8 1/2 inches.

Felt & the Stoers comment that the rock-like base, floral design around the cup and wood grain of the cross make this one of the more ornate crucifix designs.

Adams and Company ‘Cottage’ Creamer

05 Wednesday Aug 2020

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I don’t usually pick up EAPG pieces but I was taken by the hands.  I thought they were pretty cool.

Given the hands, it wasn’t too difficult to track down the provenance of this creamer.

From the website of the Early American Pattern Glass Society I learned that this piece was made by Adams & Company  of Pittsburgh which operated from 1861-1891.  This line was introduced in 1887.

While ‘Cottage’ is the original name, the line is also known by: ‘Dinner Bell’; and, ‘Fine Cut Band’.

Given that this piece is more than 120 years old I am astonished by its condition.  No chips or nicks – just some surface scratching.