07 Sunday Jun 2020
Posted in Lotus Glass, Morgantown
Isn’t this a beautiful piece? This is a water goblet – Morgantown’s line #7654 with Lotus Glass’ etch #1011 – Fuchsia.
I was advised by a helpful person at the Elegant and Everyday Glass Forum that the stem is called ‘Lorna’. I had seen it called ‘Reverse Twist’ by an author of a glass book. 
Regardless of its name it’s such a lovely piece with a deep etch.
10 Friday Apr 2020
Posted in Heisey
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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
https://chataboutdg.com/gallery/details.php?image_id=14030&mode=search
23 Monday Dec 2019
Posted in Heisey
I have no idea why this etch – #429 – is named “Zodiac”. It doesn’t appear to have any of the commonly known signs of the zodiac – no lions, archers or water bearers, etc.
I don’t consider it to be pretty, but it is of course interesting. According to Ream, Bredehoft and Bredehoft in Encyclopedia of Heisey Glassware: volume one, this plate etch was introduced circa 1919 and discontinued by 1928.