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Heisey Vase with Antarctic Etch

05 Tuesday Dec 2023

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It has been months since I posted anything on this site.  Not for a lack of new acquisitions, simply a lack of time.  I have taken up some new hobbies that compete for my time and interest.

Nonetheless this site is still alive and I thought I would start to add some new (old) pieces.

Isn’t this vase pretty?  I picked it up somewhere in the USA.   I hadn’t previously seen this etch in the wild but had seen so many photos that I knew what it was immediately.

The blank is line three handled #1401 – Empress. The etch is #454.

Heisey Empress Lemon Bowl With Hughes Corn Flower Cutting

25 Friday Mar 2022

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It’s hard to see that this piece is yellow.

I was so happy to find this on our local Facebook Marketplace.  I recognized the cutting as Hughes’ Corn Flower but I didn’t recognize the line.

I posted an ID request on the Vintage Glass Identification group on Facebook.  The line was IDed very quickly as Heisey’s Empress line.  I should have known that!

This is the bottom of the lemon dish in Heisey Sahara (yellow).  Don’t know if I will ever find the lid, but who cares?  It’s a gorgeous little piece.  I have started a collection of Corn Flower in coloured glass.  So far my collection is limited to pink, amber, and red/clear.  I am sorry that I have sold the pieces that I used to have in Heisey in Hawthorne.

Heisey #1401 Empress Line

10 Wednesday Jun 2015

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Heisey Empress with Silver Overlay (4)I picked this piece up in Florida (I think).  For some reason I thought it was a piece of New Martinsville Line #4200 Radiance.  But of course it is Heisey’s Empress blank.

This is what Neila Bredehoft said in her book The Collector’s Encyclopedia of Heisey Glass 1925-1938:

“Dates:  1930-1938

Colors:  Moongleam, flamingo, sahara, alexandrite, tangerine, cobalt, marigold

Widely used for Heisey etches and cuttings”

Interesting comment – “Early Heisey ads also referred to it as “Lilies of France” pattern”

This piece is the 5 1/2 inch mayonnaise bowl.  Notice the dolphin feet.

The silver overlay is very pretty.Heisey Empress with Silver Overlay (3)