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Cambridge Etched/Engraved Butterfly Tankard Updated

12 Saturday Jan 2013

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Update to the original October 16, 2012 posting.

Butterfly Glass 1When I originally posted this piece I identified it as an unknown pitcher.  I have recently found out, with advice from the Elegant and Everyday Glass Forum, that this is a tankard #95 and that it was made by Cambridge Glass.  The etch/engraving has not been identified.

I don’t know what the difference between a tankard and a pitcher is, but I am guessing that it’s size.  This piece only holds 18 fluid ounces, which is pretty small.  Which, in my mind makes it surprising to find 6 glasses with it.  Of course they are small too and likely only hold 3 ounces.  I’ll have to measure.  I didn’t have a photo of the glasses with the initial posting, so thought I’d add this one.

Check out the Miami Valley Study Group if you are interested in the surprisingly large number of tankard variations  made by Cambridge, or just Cambridge pieces at all.  They have a wealth of information at this site.

It would be nice to identify the decoration!

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Butterfly Picther 2Despite the fact that I have posted butterflies twice within the last few days, and I have a Heisey basket with butterflies, I am NOT starting a collection!  Strictly coincidence.

However it was the thought of the Heisey piece that made me buy this pitcher and glasses (not shown).  I can’t even remember where I got the pieces and it wasn’t even that long ago.  I saw it and wondered if it matched the Heisey etch.  It wasn’t signed, but that doesn’t necessarily mean anything.  In any event I brought it home.

The butterflies are very similar, but not the same.  I haven’t yet identified the piece.  The pitcher is small.  But obviously meant for some beverage since it is matched with tiny juice glasses.

Pretty.  I’ll keep looking for the ID.

 

Libbey Tumblers with Butterflies

14 Sunday Oct 2012

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I had forgotten I had bought these.  I’m trying to tidy up loose pieces of glass stuffed under (and on top of) furniture, thrown into drawers, stacked onside each other, etc. etc.  Anyway I spotted these pretty pieces on a shelf.

I think I bought these because they are signed with the cursive “L” that stands for Libbey.  I can’t quite date them – gonna keep on trying!

Heisey Basket with Butterflies and Flowers

05 Saturday May 2012

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All of my information comes from the book….The Collector’s Encyclopedia of Heisey Glass: 1925-1938 by Neila Bredehoft (published 1986) .  Ms. Bredehoft  says that Heisey began producing baskets circa 1912 and first called them ‘basket vases’ (now simply called ‘baskets’).

Most were designed to hold flowers although a few were fruit containers.

The production of baskets appears to have ceased in 1933.

This particular eight inch basket is called “Plain Hexagon” by researchers and has the Number 462 as a reference.  I assume this is the blank or shape number.  It was used for only a few Heisey cuttings. I don’t know if this cut has a name.  It has butterflies, flowers and ferns or grasses.

It is pretty, although I really only picked it up at a recent auction because I recognized the Heisey mark.  When I get organized, it goes up on the seller’s block!