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Update to………Heisey Lariat Bon Bon Dish – Line 1540

06 Thursday Jan 2022

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I can’t recall where or when I picked up this pair of two light Lariat candlesticks.  They have the Moonglo/Moon Glo cutting #942 on the base.

 

 

 

 

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January 24, 2021

I likely should have included some other interesting information from the Bredehoft’s text:  production date 1942-1957; colour in crystal, rare black plates in black; designer Horace King; introduced at a show in Pittsburgh; and, designed to compete with Imperial’s ‘Candlewick’ line.

The candlesticks came in two and three light designs.  This one is obviously the three light.  The ‘Gordian knot’ or ‘Lariat’ is is pretty obvious with this piece.

 

 

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November 4, 2018

 

 

 

I have this great book called Heisey Glass: 1896-1957 by Neila and Tom Bredehoft.  The Bredehofts have given alot of interesting information about different Heisey lines.  Regarding Lariat, they write:

“Lariat is the original name, although Heisey first referred ti the pattern as Gordian Knot……..The inspiration for this pattern was supposedly from the twisting of a heavy gold watch chain.”  (page 300).

I can honestly say that I would have guessed that a gold chain inspired the ‘loops’.

Update to…..Indiana Glass Clear Blue Harvest Candy Dish

16 Friday Jul 2021

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I have no idea of what happened to the blue version below.  I would have sworn that I had never owned this piece before.  This is obviously a sign of a ‘problem’!

This is the carnival version.  Piece 2914 – the Covered Candy Box – of the Harvest line.  Very pretty colour on this piece.

Re the age.  Hard to tell, Indiana made these pieces for many years.

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January 28, 2012

This is a Depression era (I think) covered candy dish.

Indiana Glass Harvest Candy Box

The edging has an open lace pattern.  These pieces aren’t uncommon and can be found in a large range of colours and finishes and pieces.  I likely bought this because it is blue.  I have had a number of blue serving pieces.  I like to display them in the summer.  Blue seems like a summerish kind of colour!

Update ……….Bohemian (?) Covered Dish – Unknown Provenance – Alexander Pfohl / Josephine Glassworks

03 Wednesday Feb 2021

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After writing this I decided to post the photos to the Collectors Weekly site in their ‘Unsolved Mystery’ section.

I was fortunate to receive a couple hints.  One hint led me to make an inquiry to an antiques house called Bonhams.  A glass specialist responded and said:

“This is a lovely piece, and it does indeed look to be the work of Alexander Pfohl Jr from the 1920s. I have been unable to find this exact model in any of my books, but this is very much in the style of Pfohl produced at the Josephine Glassworks in Czechoslovakia. The style in which the rose on the cover is painted is virtually identical to those painted by Pfohl so I have no issue with such an attribution. He usually painted flowers against a black ground, and it is unusual to find engraved decoration in combination with transparentmalerei (transparent enamel painting), so this is an unusual piece.”

I very much appreciated the attribution.  I love this piece and am happy to have some information as to its provenance.

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January 17, 2021

 

This type of piece is not one that I normally would pick up and it was more than I would normally pay for something like this, but when I saw it, I had to have it.

When my husband and I travel to the eastern U.S. we often cross the border at the Thousand Islands Bridge.  We will often stop in Watertown, N.Y for a night, coming or going and if we do we visit the Old Jail Antiques shop.  This is a pretty unique store as it really does have old cells crammed full of stuff.  The shop isn’t your typical well-organized, dust-free location, but they have interesting items, good prices and the proprietor is willing to bargain.

In any event I came across this piece in a crowded cabinet and set my husband to bargaining (a favourite task of his).

I have had this covered dish/jar (a candy?) for quite a number of years and have never been able to identify it.

It has beautiful hand painted details. lots of gilt and a very pretty engraving/cutting.  It stands 4 7/8 inches to the sides and about 8 inches to the top of the finial when the lid is on. The base has a diameter of 3 inches and the jar’s opening is 3 1/8 inches in diameter.

I would love to know more about this piece.  If anyone has any info, please share.