18 Sunday Nov 2018
Posted in Fenton
Tags
Amberina, Animals in Glass, Art Glass, Candle Holder, Colored Glass, Coloured Glass, Depression, Dolphins, Pressed Glass, Red Glass
This has such a pretty rich colour. Ruby with hints of yellow, particularly in the dolphins. The floral details on the base make this a very festive holiday piece. Likely would have more of a Christmas feel with reindeer instead of the dolphins!
16 Monday Dec 2013
Posted in Duncan & Miller
On the weekend I stopped in at Under the Toadstool. I was looking for some Christmas inspiration, and a ‘bunny’ gift. Had a nice chat with the ladies there and one of them asked me if I knew who had made these holders.
The colour and the clarity of the glass grabbed my attention, so of course I had to buy them!
I thought they might be Fostoria, but turns out that they were from Duncan and Miller’s Canterbury (#115) line. I saw these pieces numbered as 115-2 and 115-122, but I can’t verify either.
The are a bright colour. In my ignorance of shades I would have called them limeish-yellow!
Nice pieces…..and luckily I got the ‘bunny’ gift too!
15 Sunday Dec 2013
Posted in Cambridge, Farber Bros.
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Amethyst Glass, Art Glass, Cambridge, Chromium, Coloured Glass, Compote, Farber Bros., Krome Kraft, Nude
I used to own a Cambridge Crown Tuscan Compote with the sea shell bowl and the nude statuesque lady stem. I’ve recently bought cocktail glasses, and I am excited to see them arrive.
The stand of this piece is chromium. It was made by Farbers Bros. of New York, between 1939-1955. The stem closely resembles the work of Cambridge and its statuesque line. Farber Bros’ chrome line was called Krome-Kraft. A key feature of the Krome-Kraft line was the patented snap-in/snap-off feature of the inserts. They all come out. I am guessing htis was to clean the glass without getting the chrome wet all the time.
The glass insert was made by Cambridge Glass Company of Cambridge, Ohio.
I don’t know anything about Art Deco, but this reminds me of a piece of that design (don’t really know why).
Interesting piece.