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Update to …….. Fostoria – June Etch – #279

02 Friday Oct 2020

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Was up in St. Jacobs at the St. Jacobs Antique Market a couple weekends ago and came across a quartet of these pretty stems.  They are 3 ounce wine glasses.

The etch is #279 – June and the line is #5098 (patented in 1928).  A copy of the patent is available for review in the gallery of the Elegant and Everyday Glass Forum.

The depth of the etch is interesting.  Three of the glasses are lightly etched and the fourth shows much heavier etching.  I have tried to show this in the images.  The larger photo has the lighter etching. 

Such a pretty yellow.

 

 

 

 

 

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January 17, 2012

I had the sugar at one point but sold it.  June is a very pretty etch.  This is in pink and it comes in blue, two yellows and clear as well.  This etch is similar to another of Fostoria’s patterns – Romance.  I gather that the pink and blue are the most popular colours for collectors.  This is the only piece I have of this etch.  Pretty, very romantic.

Two Fostoria Water Goblets – Romance Etch

28 Sunday May 2017

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These pretty plate etched stem, #6017 was produced by the Fostoria Company of Moundsville, West Virginia, from 1942-1971. The etch is Fostoria’s #341 Romance.

I think this is the first time I have ever had any pieces in this etc, although I can’t remember for sure!  It is pretty and of course resembles the “June” etch in many of its details.  My understanding is that the bows are the significant difference.

If you want an audio/visual description of the differences between the two etches check out this video by Catlady Kate.

Bryce Line #350, Etch Unidentified

03 Thursday May 2012

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The reference books are the greatest help.  I picked up four of these stems in Waterloo this weekend.  There were eight available, but only these were mint.  I knew I had seen this pattern before, and sure enough, with the help of my handy dandy book – Florence’s Glassware Pattern Identification Guide, Volume III: Early Identification for Glassware from 1900 through the 1960’s – I found the pattern.

Florence (page 107) identifies the blank as #350, with an unidentified etch.  The producer was Bryce, Higbee & Company and the production year was 1916.  Six items were made in the crystal colour only.

This is a small stem with a pretty shape and etch.  Likely for a sipping beverage of some sort.