03 Thursday Sep 2020
Posted in Fostoria
Tags
Amber Glass, Candle Holder, Candleholder, Candlestick Holder, Cocktail Glasses, Colored Glass, Coloured Glass, Plate Etched
Line #5097 (dig those spiralled stems) cocktail glasses with the Beverly Etch.
August 30, 2020
This colour of this candlestick holder a rich amber. Very compelling.
It was produced by the Fostoria Glass Company between 1924-1953.
The pattern is line #2324 and the etch is #276 Beverly.
I love these intricate etches.
27 Thursday Aug 2020
Posted in Cambridge
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Blue Glass, Candelabrum, Candle Holder, Candleholder, Candlestick Holder, Colored Glass, Coloured Glass, Decagon, Rosalie, Willow Blue
Here’s another pair of Cambridge candlestick holders in Willow. These are from line no. 627 – the Decagon line and are decorated with etch # 731 – the lovely Rosalie etch. The edge of the cup and the rim of the base were/are edged in gold
Such a pretty colour and etch.
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October 6, 2019
I was scrolling back through the last few items that I have posted and was struck by the pretty colours. This piece is no different.
It is a very pretty pastel blue. The book Colors in Cambridge Glass II by the National Cambridge Collectors, Inc. provides some history on this shade – Willow Blue.
The authors state (pg. 50) that the colour was introduced in the summer of 1928. They also comment that “…..may confuse Willow Blue with Moonlight since both are transparent light blues. For the most part they can be distinguished by the blank as there is no overlapping of colors. Pieces from Decagon, Round, 3400 and other 1920s and early to mid-1930s lines will be in Willow Blue, while Moonlight was used primarily with the Caprice and Gyro lines. The one area of overlap was in the Everglade line where early pieces were in Willow Blue and some later production did utilize Moonlight.”
The authors further state that the name Willow Blue was discontinued in the summer of 1933 and then became known as Eleanor Blue.
I also learned that the blue shade called Moonlight is Moonlight NOT Moonlight Blue.
25 Tuesday Aug 2020
Posted in U.S. Glass Factory C, United States GLass
I have come across these crucifix candlestick holders in books, but never before in ‘real life’. My children are Roman Catholics and I wondered if they would like to have this piece (they didn’t). Oh well.
There is an appendix devoted to these crucifixes in volume three of The Glass Candlestick Book by Tom Felt and Elaine & Rich Stoer. There are an astonishing number of variations on the theme. Felt and the Stoers indicate,”Glass candleholders depicting the crucifixion of Christ originated with [the] earliest American pattern glass companies. Boston and Sandwich, the New England Glass Company, McKee and many others from the New England, Pittsburgh, and Ohio areas produced them from the mid-1800s to the mid-1900s.”
If you have a chance to review this appendix, it is highly recommended. These candleholders have been lavishly photographed and some are very beautiful.
This particular piece was likely produced in Factory C – Challinor, Taylor – circa 1891-1919. It came in three sizes and this piece is considered no. 4 sue to its height of 8 1/2 inches.
Felt & the Stoers comment that the rock-like base, floral design around the cup and wood grain of the cross make this one of the more ornate crucifix designs.