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.
29 Monday Jul 2019
Posted in Fostoria
Tags
Apples, Cherries, Depression Glass, Elegant Glass, Etched Fruit, Etched Glass, Grapes, Pears, Plate Etched, Relish Dish
I came across this piece in a local thrift shop. I always wonder how it made its way from West Virginia to a small Ontario town. But I guess during its 80+ years there was lots of time for travel. A poster in the Everyday and Elegant Glass Forum reports that this etch was introduced in 1933 and discontinued in 1939.
The etch is Fostoria’s #320 – Fruit Design and the line is #2419 – Mayfair.
This is a good sized, heavy piece. The dish is 13 1/4 inches at its longest, 7 3/4 inches wide in the middle and 9 1/4 inches at its widest points. It stands 1 1/4 inches.
The glass is so bright it almost glows. It is a very attractive piece.
12 Sunday May 2019
Posted in New Martinsville
I picked this pretty piece up somewhere in Arizona. I have a number of etched relish dishes, which for some reason I never use. I do have a friend however who likes serving ware as a gift. I had her in mind when I bought it.
I learned from the great Elegant and Everyday Glass Forum that the handles are called Georgian. I also learned that an ad for this relish was found in James Measell’s book, New Martinsville Glass, 1900-1944, which identified this relish as line number 37. Other New Martinsville company ads also identified another pattern as 37. The poster in the Forum identifies this particular piece as 37/4.
The large baskets of flowers in the etch are very pretty. I have a bowl, and a creamer/sugar set with this etch, but it looks different on the different shapes. Pretty, regardless of the shape, though.