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Cambridge Line 7606 High Sherbert with the #764 Marjorie Etch

19 Saturday Apr 2014

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Cambridge Marjorie (3)I had a number of these pieces a few years ago, but they were sold before I started this blog.

I came across these online and decided to acquire them, to sell.  I actually am not all that fond of the etch, or even the shape, myself.

I wish I knew more about the names of the lines or etches.  Why Marjorie?  Who was she?  The etch is composed of dangling fuschia and foliage.  Was this Marjorie’s favourite flower?  Some books will tell you the origin of a name, but most often this isn’t the case.

I do like the medium to large optic however.

Unknown Needle Etch on Unknown Blank

18 Tuesday Feb 2014

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Bryce Sherberts (4)I have these stems in the sherberts, and in a water goblet.  I’ll have to find the goblet image.

For the longest time I though that they were pieces of Bryce.  Recently I realized that the piece of paper on which I had written a Bryce blank line and the etch line, and carefully taped to one of the glasses, actually belonged to another stem!

The blank of the water goblet resembles a piece that I have often thought belonged to Fry.  Ballerina leg, medium-wide optic, DE 107 (on the other piece), or a lookalike.

The etch on these pieces has interesting details but lacks the attractiveness of what I consider more ‘polished’ patterns.  No pun, if there IS one, intended.

Bryce 355, Etch 321 (3)

In any event, obviously I don’t know anything about the pieces.  I think I have had them for a long time.  Maybe it is time to do some research.  But….my feeling is that they will remain a mystery.

Update – Tiffin Glass’ Pink Stems with the Lois Etch

02 Monday Sep 2013

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I came across this pretty bowl on our recent (August) trip to the US.  I only half recognized the etch but knew that I had seen it before.  Pretty octagonal footed bowl/dish – 4 3/4 inches tall.

I am guessing that this is the mayonnaise bowl.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Isn’t this pretty?  We went on a rural ramble yesterday – Oshawa, Whitby, Port Perry, Lindsay, Fenelon Falls – and stopped in a few places.  I actually came home with very little.  Perhaps I am becoming more discriminating, perhaps I am becoming wiser……..perhaps I have no space in the house or garage!

In any event, I had to have this set of four!  They are a pretty pink.  Made by Tiffin during the 1920s, the etch is called Lois.  They mustn’t be all that abundant as I don’t see many (or none at this moment) online for sale.

The etch is a glorious daisy or mum.  I wonder how the name Lois came to be?

I picked these up at a neat consignment store in Port Perry called Caviar and Cobwebs.  Check it out!