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Update to Fostoria Atlanta Compote with Lots of Lion Heads – Line #500

29 Tuesday Dec 2020

Posted by d.b. in Fostoria

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Antique Glass, Atlanta, Clear Lion Head, Comport, Compote, EAPG, Frosted Atlanta, Jelly Dish, Late Lion, Lion Heads, Pattern Glass, Pressed Glass, Square Lion, Square Lion Heads

This was a lovely Christmas gift from my son and his wife.  I love the lions’ heads on the finial.  I think this is the covered sugar bowl.  It is quite large, standing  4 5/8 inches to the side of the jar.

This is a great addition to my collection of pressed lions.

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April 17, 2020

Finally, the little jelly dish.

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October 29, 2017

I have a small sauce dish (I think and which I realize I don’t think I have ever posted) and have long wanted a larger piece so that you can really see the lions.  I came across this piece last weekend in St. Jacobs at the St. Jacobs Antiques Market.  I was very surprised to see it.  It was not very expensive, but I hesitated for a few minutes, but realized that I would be super, super sorry if I didn’t scoop it up!

I have only ever seen this piece online and didn’t realize that the finial had two faces!

I really love the lions on the finial, the corners of the foot and on the corners of the dish.

The book American Pattern Glass Table Sets by Gene and Cathy Florence has some information on this line.  They say (page 75) that the pattern is also known as Clear Lion Head, Frosted Atlanta, Late Lion, Square Lion and Square Lion Heads.  They also state that the pattern was introduced in 1895 and that it was produced in crystal and crystal with frost (plain or etched).

I would love to know why it is called “Atlanta”.  If anyone knows, please share.

 

Boston & Sandwich Bee and Wheat Goblet

18 Friday Dec 2020

Posted by d.b. in Boy's Crystal Art Glas

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Antique Glass, Bee, Engraved Glass, Handblown, Water Goblet, Wheat

I have owned a set of five of these goblets for quite a number of years.  They are among my most treasured stems and I have never even used them.  It is hard to describe how gorgeous they are, photos do not do them justice.

I had never been able to identify them.  I even wrote to a few European glass specialists to determine if they could have been made in England or France.

Recently I was thrilled when someone posted an example of their own stem on the Glass made between 1914-1929 Facebook Group.  The pattern is not exactly the same but the elements are the same.

A respondent on the site indicated that these stems were most likely made by the Boston & Sandwich Glass Company.  The pattern is called Bee and Wheat.

Although I have been to the Sandwich Glass Museum, I didn’t recall much about this particular company.  Their is some interesting information on the Museum’s website about its history.

A listing on Worthpoint provided some additional anecdotal information:

“These Boston & Sandwich spool stem goblets, blown between 1870 & 1887, were individually hand engraved by Cape Cod glassmen descended from the highly skilled German engravers that old Deming Jarves imported to work in his factory. Each glass goblet shows small differences, as each engraver interpreted the highly complex Bee & Wheat pattern, so no two goblets are engraved exactly alike.”

Upon really looking at my five goblets I, for the first time, realized that no two are exactly the same.

I don’t have any reference material to substantiate the Worthpoint listing, but some of the Facebook discussion, which did involve a check of some reference texts, seems to indicate that this stem is likely part of the Bee and Wheat line.

I am so pleased to finally put a name to these goblets.

 

 

 

Northwood Company Butter Dish in the Flute Pattern

14 Monday Sep 2020

Posted by d.b. in Northwood

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Antique Glass, Butter Dish, Carnival Glass, Colored Glass, Coloured Glass, Marigold Glass

This butter dish was manufactured by the H. Northwood Company of Wheeling, West Virginia prior to 1924. The pattern, no. 21, was introduced in 1907.

It is a pretty marigold with hints of pink, blue and yellow.

For more information, and other examples of this pattern, check out David Doty’s Carnival Glass Website.

 

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