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Unknown Etch – Horse and Man – Not unknown any longer – Cambridge

17 Wednesday Oct 2012

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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.

 The “rearing horse and man” etching with its border  was designated (P)late (E)tching  3.  The No. 152 pertains to the actual marmalade jar itself and is not connected to the etching on the piece.  While the number 525 fits the time period, I have not been able to locate any Cambridge Glass Co. reference for this number being used to designate the rearing horse with man etching.  The border etching used in conjunction with the Rearing Horse and Man etching was No. 625.
None of these etchings appeared in the next known general line Cambridge catalog issued in 1927  Due to the infrequency with which PE 3 is seen, it can be concluded it was in the Cambridge line for only a short period of time.  The precise dates have not been determined but would fall into the time period,  1915 or later to the early 1920s.”
This is an update to the original February 25th posting.

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?