18 Thursday Jul 2013
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Picked this jar up at a free yard sale in Kemptville. I liked the fruit (pear I think) engraving. Don’t know one darn thing about it. But…it’s pretty, isn’t it?
Already given away. I hope it’s enjoyed. However, when I give away a piece of glass, it is GONE!!! The recipient can keep, give away or throw away. Up to them.
17 Wednesday Oct 2012
Posted in Cambridge
This is an update to the update of August 1, 2012 posting.
I wrote to the experts at the National Cambridge Collectors site and got this response about this piece: “Cambridge issued a general catalog circa 1920-21 ( the precise date has not been determined) bearing the designation Catalog No. 10. In this catalog, among many other offerings, were six combination etchings ( each made up of two etchings), all of which were shown on Marmalades. These combination etchings were designated Plate Etching 1, Plate Etching 2, etc., through Plate Etching 6. Each uses a distinctive main etching with a border etching around the top of the marmalade jar.
I have finally gotten around to posting queries on the marvellous site – Elegant and Everyday Glass Forum. I posted this and asked if anyone recognized it. I had replies and an ID in less than 20 minutes!
This is what I have learned…..this is a marmalade #152 with the Cambridge etch #525 as posted by the Miami Valley Study Group. The border etch is #625. The age of the piece is unknown, but the replies seem to indicate a possible 1920s date.
Such a thrill to obtain an ID. I’ve posted another query and actually submitted two photos to their gallery. Check it out, it’s a great site with very knowledgable participants.
We went to an auction in Brighton yesterday. I came home with quite a few items, including alot of old china, that I didn’t need. This jar 
caught my eye. It is unlike anything I own, or have seen. I know that it is difficult to see the etch, but there is a man trying to control a rearing horse. I would not have likely 
picked it up, but the etch around the top resembles an etch on a jar that I own and I think it is a Cambridge etch. The top is silver plate, although I don’t know if it is original. I have two or three other jam pots and their lids are all crystal. I will look to my books to identify this piece, but I have no recollection of seeing anything like this. I am sure that some of my other purchases will show up, although I gave away a decanter and a sugar/creamer set that I bought to my daughter-in-law (without taking photos!). What WAS I thinking?
29 Sunday Jan 2012
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I think this is a Cambridge etched jam jar. Florence’s Glassware Pattern Identification Guide v. III gives a stem the pattern name Wedgewood and indicates that it is a combination of etches #408 and #625 “Clover” Four Petal Etching. However………the etch on this jar is NOT “Clover”…so I do not know if it can still be considered to be Cambridge’s Wedgewood. I think it is safe to say that the main etch, with the wreath, is #408. If anyone knows more about it, I would appreciate knowing. Replacements.com reports that etch #408 was in production from 1917-1925. A mystery……