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Heisey Empress Lemon Bowl With Hughes Corn Flower Cutting

25 Friday Mar 2022

Posted by d.b. in Heisey, Hughes

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Corn Flower, Cornflower, Empress, Heisey, Hughes, Sahara

 

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 Yeoman Goblets

30 Thursday Dec 2021

Posted by d.b. in Heisey

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Colored Glass, Coloured Glass, Flamingo, Goblets, Green Glass, Moongleam, Pink Glass, Sahara, Stemware, Yellow Glass, Yeoman

These are not stems that are of the greatest quality nor are they particularly delicate.  But….for some reason they appeal to me.  Maybe it’s the variety of colours, or maybe it’s because they are not too costly!  Ha ha.

A little info from The Collectors Encyclopedia of Heisey Glass 1925-1938 by Neila Bredehoft:

“Production range for these lines #1184, 1185, 1186, 1187, 1189 was 1913-1957.  The name Yeoman was given by Heisey in later years.

The goblets are part of line #1184.”

I haven’t measured their capacity but I am guessing that they hold 8 ounces.  There is a 10 ounce goblet as well.

There are many pieces in the Yeoman line.  Some without an optic and some with the diamond optic seen on these stems.

Imperial Glass made amber goblets later with the Heisey molds.

I bought the Moongleam (green) and the Sahara (yellow) goblets on ebay and the Flamingo (pink) from the Carlisles of Sheridan, Indiana who deal only in Heisey glass (with a few pieces of Blendo as an aside).  If you want a treat, check out the half price videos on Youtube, weekly on Thursdays, where Kim Carlise displays a table full of glass that he is selling at half price.

Kim and his daughter are lovely to work with.  Kim also does some repair.  He cleaned up a cloudy decanter for me.  Turned out beautifully for a very reasonable price.

I have decided after looking at these three colours that I likely prefer the Moongleam over the other two colours.  But they are all pretty spiffy.

Update to……………….and now for something different – the ad for Heisey Empress Water Goblet

06 Wednesday Mar 2019

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Ad, Advertising, Coloured Glass, Floral Etch, Moongleam, Plate Etched, Sahara, Sherbert, Tumbler, Water Goblet

I came across the ad recently.  It is still in a mailing tube in a closet.  I never did frame it.  However, I no longer have any pieces of Heisey with this etch.  I never could find water goblets to match the two that I owned and I finally sold those as well.

These are still favoured pieces however.  I either need to sell the ad or go on the hunt for new stems!

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October 30, 2014

There are lots of online shops that sell old advertising.  I’ve looked at ads on and off for years.  But I came across this one recently.  As I’ve said – I love this etch so I decided to buy this.  I will frame it and put on my office wall, close to shelves of glass.

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September 8, 2014

Last one (for the moment).  A 10 ounce footed tumbler in the Heisey green – Moongleam.  Very nice.Heisey Empress Tumbler Moongleam (3)

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 6, 2014

Heisey Sahara Empress sherberts (2)I DID find another piece in the Sahara.  Here is the sherbert.

Very pretty.Heisey Sahara Empress sherberts (4)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

First Update to the original post  August 24, 2014

Heisey Empress Etch Cordial Sahara (2)I would have loved to make this ‘my etch’ but in the intervening years I have been enable to acquire any additional water goblets.  I missed one on ebay a few weeks ago – forgot to check the bid – boy was I cross!  I did pick up this little beauty recently.

This is Heisey’s #3380 Old Dominion blank in the Sahara colour.  Heisey Empress Etch Cordial SaharaThere is a one ounce cordial, a 2 1/2 ounce wine and a 3 ounce cocktail glass.  I haven’t measured it yet, but I am guessing that it is the wine.

This is my first, hopefully not last, piece in the Sahara.  Very pretty.

This still COULD be ‘my pattern’.

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Original August 16, 2012 post.

I saw this etch at the Heisey Museum.  Of course everything there is housed behind glass.  I wanted to see the pattern up close so I acquired two water goblets online recently.  Very pretty.

I wondered – could this be *My* etch – the one that I will collect?  but, while I admire it, I don’t think this is *The* one.  I do want to buy at least two more glasses though.

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