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Bryce Diamond and Sunburst Patterned Celery Vase

29 Sunday Mar 2015

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IMG_3421For some reason I have, in the past, long longed for a celery vase.  There is something about the old pressed pieces that is very attractive.

Awhile back I picked up this vase, on one of our trips, with pretty detailing.  I poked around looking for a pattern and came across this great site – Patternglass.com.  I didn’t see my piece, but took advantage of the offer to contact the store and ask for a pattern ID.IMG_3423

The site owner very quickly provided an identification of the pattern – Sheaf & Diamonds by Higbee.  The owner also indicated that there Higbee made a very similar pattern named Grand a/k/a Diamond Medallion.

I had also posted the piece on the Everyday and Elegant Glass Forum.   One of the members indicated that there are several very similar patterns with diamond & fan motifs and suggested that I take a closer look and compare to ‘Diamond & Sunburst’ by Bryce, Walker & Co.
I have one reference book – the Florences’ American Pattern Glass table sets text.  There is a photo of the Diamond Medallion pattern, which is not this piece, but no photos of the other two patterns.  I also have the book – Bryce, Higbee and J.B. Higbee Glass by Lola and Wayne Higby.  There are some examples of items in the Sheaf & Diamonds pattern.  They do not match my piece.
Online there are quite a number of pieces that DO look like the pattern on my vase and ARE identified as Diamond & Sunburst by Bryce.  I think that the second opinion that I received was the accurate one.  It is difficult to pick up the details of the pattern through a photo.  In fact there is a sample of this pattern on Patternglass.com that says the pattern was produced in the 1870s by Bryce and Walker and was pattern #77.
I am grateful to both women for their opinions and for their efforts to point me in the right direction.
In any event I finally have a celery vase, now I just need some celery!

 

Doyle & Co. Two Bands Butter Dish

16 Monday Feb 2015

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IMG_3260I am not particularly interested in pressed glass patterns, but every so often one ‘falls’ into my hands.  I picked this up at McGregor’s awhile back and am just getting around to trying to ID it.

I found the ID at this great website – PatternGlass.com.  While they sell glass, their site is also a source of a great deal of information.  They also offer to identify people’s glass.

They define EAPG as:

“Early American Pattern Glass, also known simply as “pattern glass”, “pressed glass”, or Victorian glass, is pressed glass tableware (& some related novelty glass items) made during the Victorian period ca 1850-1910, only in America, in goblets and in “sets” such that all of the pieces in the set match in design. These sets of dishes were made by hundreds of glass factories- some more long-lived and more well-known today than others. The number of patterns of EAPG has been estimated to be as high as 3000 however in some of those patterns only a few forms (or items) were made. The number of patterns made in extensive sets was probably closer to 1000. In the 3rd and 4th decade of the 20th century, sets of pressed glass dishes were made also and those are generally referred to as “Depression Era Glass”.IMG_3262

I also learned that EAPG should glow yellow under a blacklight.  I didn’t know that…and wouldn’t have guessed it.  Sure enough, the thick bands of this butter dish glow under blacklight.

I scrolled through the pages of this website and found my butter dish.  It is identified as:

“TWO BANDS pattern is aka Doyle’s #200, having been made by Doyle & Co. ca. 1890.”

This piece has a number of chips and other dings.  But it is still amazing that it is still usable and attractive even at the ripe old age of 125 years!

Many thanks to this comprehensive site and its knowledgeable owners.