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Westmoreland Milk Glass Swan Toothpick or Cigarette Holder

01 Sunday May 2016

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Mere's Green SwanMy mother loves glass images of swans and has a collection of a number of very pretty items.  This one (posted some time ago) is my unidentified  favourite.  The photo doesn’t do it justice.

Unfortunately it took a fall and a wing broke off.  My mom repaired it and it displays beautifully.

I have added to her collection on and off over the years.  This weekend we were visiting her and I took this Westmoreland piece.  Westmoreland SwansI wondered if she would accept it as she has sworn, many times, that she is DONE, DONE, DONE, collecting swans.

Alas…it did not make the trip home with us and I assume has been allocated a space.

It is a pretty little item – three swan heads decorate its sides.

Kovar’s Westmoreland Glass: 1950-1984 assigns the use and indicates that this piece was made in many colours.

She also identifies that this was also reproduced in milk glass, along with other colours.   Nonetheless I am going to assume it is Westmoreland, despite a lack of mark.

Dominion Glass’ Scotties Tumblers

03 Wednesday Feb 2016

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Scotty Tumblers (2)It is so handy when a piece has a maker’s mark.  Nice to see Dominion’s (of Montreal) cursive “D’ on the bottom of these tumblers.  There are a number of  variations of the “Scotty Dogs” tumblers made, in the ’40s and ’50s, by companies such as Hazel-Atlas, Federal, Libbey, Bartlett-Collins, etc. and it is difficult to pinpoint which company made which pattern.

The Scotty lines were barware for the most part – tumblers, pitchers, ashtrays, mugs and ice tubs, although Hazel-Atlas made a Scotty baby bottle.

I gather that tumblers such as these, with red checkerboard designs, are referred to as “Purina” style (don’t know why).  Maybe Purina dogfood bags have/had this design.

I like these glasses.  These little pups are frisky and cheerful looking!

 

1930s L.E. Smith “Spike” the Bulldog Powder Jar

25 Monday Jan 2016

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Spike Powder Jar (2)Powder jars have come and gone from my household.  But Spike has hung around for awhile now.  Don’t know if it is the “cheery” 🙁 look on his face, or the pretty green colour.

This is a smaller jar with a width of 4 1/2 inches.  But…it is a solid 5 inches tall to the top of Spike’s head.

There is another L.E. Smith dog powder jar with the bulldog sitting, but I like this guy.