Update to Orchid Iridescent Fostoria Mushroom Candle Holders – Oakwood / Oak Wood / Oak Brocade

16 Thursday Apr 2020

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Found this pretty pair in pink.  Think this might be Fostoria’s ‘Rose’.

July 23, 2017

My husband and I took a road trip to the Poconos this month.  We stopped in many antique shops and I have brought home along of new (old) glass.  Who knew that I would acquire another piece of Oakwood so soon after the last purchase.

This pretty compote is in the blue.  This really is an attractive etch and the iridescent colours make the blue glass sing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

June 18, 2017

I had my eye on this pair of candle holders at Around the Block for some time.  I had to wait a few months until the price dropped but they finally came home with me.  I have always been fascinated with the Oak Leaf brocaded plate etch – #290.  I just plain like oak trees and acorns period!

I found this interesting information on the brocaded etches at Carnival Glass 101:

“Perhaps the most popular and most extensive Brocade line was the “Oak Leaf” pattern, plate etching #290, which was presented as “Oak Wood”, decoration #72, when the azure (green) color was iridized and trimmed with gold. This pattern was introduced in 1928 and discontinued in 1931. It was also made in rose (dawn), ebony and crystal.”

These mushroom candle holders are the orchid.  The iridized colours are pink, green, blue and yellow.  Very striking – I would love to see the stemware.

Heisey Wabash Goblet with Unknown Cutting

10 Friday Apr 2020

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Saw this stem online and was curious about the decoration.  I knew it was the Wabash – #439 – water goblet but couldn’t find the cutting in any of my Heisey reference books.

I posted it on the FB site – Vintage Glass Identification – and a couple people suggested that it cut have been cut by Hawkes.  I have added two links below with more information about the Hawkes Company.

I have seen online a few pieces with Hawkes’ cuttings and they are spectacular.  This decoration is attractive, but I wouldn’t put it in the ‘spectacular’ category.

I have discovered that there is a second volume of the Bredehoft and Ream book of Heisey cuttings and etchings.  It is on my wishlist, but I haven’t found a copy at the right price yet.

Just for interest I have included a link to the Every Day Elegant Glass Forum.  The link leads to a copy of Joseph Balda’s patent for the Wabash stem.

https://books.google.ca/books?id=VsoJZIC1f4QC&pg=PA71&lpg=PA71&dq=hawkes+heisey+glass&source=bl&ots=-IAPr7wqdy&sig=ACfU3U0uFcIFloD9Ok6fV9eC3TZ6jpVMhw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiR9aSM4d3oAhXOY98KHc6rDnoQ6AEwDnoECAsQKQ#v=onepage&q=hawkes%20heisey%20glass&f=false

Hawkes

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Coloured Glass

23 Monday Mar 2020

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Fran, one of the Administrators at the Facebook Group Depression & Elegant Glass Identification posted this explanation of the different techniques used in tinting glass.  It is very interesting.  I have heard the terms, flashed, cold and stained before, but never really understood them.  She has done a great job describing the differences.

Check out this Facebook group.  There is always interesting information and eye candy photos!

“Flashed Glass is a thin layer of colored glass, so it doesn’t come off unless ground away, like Cut to Clear Glass. Flashed is almost always found with a cutting exposing the layer beneath. Stained is an applied painted on coloring, much thinner and less permanent. When fired on it’s pretty hardy too but will wear and scrape off from use over time. Then there is also Cold Painted Glass like some Jeannette that can wash off easily because it was not fired on.”