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

06 Wednesday Mar 2019

Posted by d.b. in Heisey

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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.

Signed Northwood Glass Argonaut Shell Creamer

06 Thursday Jul 2017

Posted by d.b. in Northwood

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Argonaut Shell, Creamer, Custard Glass, Nautilus, Northwood, Tumbler

 

Well I was wrong.   I DID pick up additional pieces in this pattern –  little tumblers. I went into the same store – Harvest Antiques – where I had purchased the creamer and there they were. The tumblers have the same sprig of seaweed and the ‘shell’ details but they do not have any gilt.  I don’t think the gilt was worn or washed away.  I don’t think they had any.

I bought five tumblers.  It is amazing, but they are as fresh and clean and undamaged as they were the day they were made.  Someone must have loved these pieces and taken good care of them.

The tumblers are not signed or marked.

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November 19, 2015

AnotheNorthwood Argonaut (1)r oldie but goldie piece of custard glass.  This  pressed creamer was produced by Northwood in the early years of the twentieth century. This is the Argonaut Shell pattern, which I gather was also called Nautilus by some.

This is a very large creamer – this piece stands 4 /2 inches at the spout, is 3 inches wide at the widest point and is 6 inches from spout to handle edge. It definitely could be used as a gravy boat.

The Encyclopedia of Victorian Colored Pattern Glass, Book 4: Custard Glass from A to Z by William Heacock has a page devoted to this pattern.  There were quite a number of different pieces produced.  According to Mr. Heacock, the line was also produced in opalescent colours and carnival novelties.

David Doty’s site – shows pieces in carnival colours.  He indicates that they were made by Dugan after Northwood’s molds were transferred.  Some still have the Northwood signature (as does this piece).

The cruet stopper (shown in the book) looks very interesting – it has been formed to resemble a seashell.  While the details of the seashells and seaweed are likely unique, this piece doesn’t really ‘speak’ to me and I likely won’t pick up any other pieces.

 

Updates x 4 – Acid Etched Tumblers

25 Saturday Jun 2016

Posted by d.b. in Lamont, Maryland Glass, Seneca

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Acid Etched, Canadian, Etched Glass, George Truog, Lord's Prayer, Maryland Glass Etching, Tumbler

I am always on the lookout for these acid etched glasses.  Came across this tumbler on ebay. Fear thou not It wasn’t advertised as a piece by Truog, but I wanted to have a look nonetheless.

I don’t see any markings and I didn’t find the photo in Mr. Murschell’s book (see below) nor in the Treasury of Canadian Glass.

This glass is not the same thin walled tumbler as the others I own.  It is heavier with thicker glass and is a slightly different shape.

Mr. Murschell makes reference in his book (page 42) to the two different types of tumblers used by the Maryland Glass Etching Company – thin walled blown lead tumblers and heavy, clumsy, cheaper pressed tumblers.  He indicates that most of the tumblers were purchased from the Seneca Glass Company of Morgantown, West Virginia.  I have to wonder if this is an example of the pressed glasses from Maryland Glass, although the shape is slightly different – the sides aren’t as straight.

I’ll keep looking for the markings!

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This post – March 6, 2016

I bought a great book online – George Truog and his art by Dale L. Murschell.  It has quite a number of photos of the acid etched tumblers attributed to Truog.  I still do not understand how some of these pieces are attributed to Lamont, but some day I will figure it out.

Unknown Fume Etch Tumbler (2)I have this glass with an intricate decoration of birds, castle, flowers, etc.  It didn’t appear in Mr. Murschell’s book and I have been unable to find the initials “GT” or any other Truog mark.  Interestingly the letters “XZ” appear.Unknown Fume Etch Tumbler (3)

I like this glass very much, but would love to determine its provenance.  In the interim I am going to keep looking for a “GT” signature.

 

 

Unknown Fume Etch Tumbler (1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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January 23, 2016

IMG_5245Here’s a verified George Truog signature.  Turns out I have at least two pieces with the “GT” initials.

I guess this tumbler was decorated at the  Maryland Glass Etching Company, not from Lamont.

 

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March 19, 2015

IMG_3344I accidentally came across a ‘puzzlement’. Since this last post I have acquired two additional  etched “Lord’s Prayer” Tumblers.  They have slightly different details and the script is also different.

It is difficult to pick up the “angel’ on the middle tumbler, so I have taken a separate photo – hope it is somewhat clear.  The same one also has an etch of the name “Elma 1901” on the back.  I read somewhere that itinerants would etch names on glasses at carnivals and fairs way back when.IMG_3346

I have three books on Canadian glass that all refer to these pieces as having been made by the Lamont Glass Company of Nova Scotia.

I’ve decided to pick up variants of these tumblers when I come across them.  So I was searching ebay and come across another with a gold rim.  I have purchased it and it is on route.

However I was further looking for information about the gilt on the edge when I came across this article – Maryland Glass Etching Works. 

The article speaks about the history of this company which was started by George Truog.  The article describes his life and businesses and makes reference to his acid etched tumblers.  There is a photo of a number of examples including a “Lord’s Prayer” tumbler with a gold rim.

IMG_3347I wondered if Mr. Truog had a relationship with the Canadian Lamont Glass, but this article doesn’t say and I haven’t done any additional research.

According to the article Mr. Truog’s initials “GT” are contained in his etches.  I couldn’t find them in these three tumblers, but am looking forward to seeing my ‘new’ one arrive.

In the interim I am going to keep looking for others and maybe do a bit more research.

 

 

Original Post – January 24, 2015

Lord's Prayer Glass (1)There is a real neat antiques store in Toronto called Around the Block.  It is a consignment store that sells glass, china, furniture, jewellery, silver, etc. etc.  The prices decrease monthly if an item doesn’t sell.

We were in there awhile back and I saw this glass.  I didn’t buy it.  Least of all it has chips.  But I thought about it.  A month or so later we stopped in again.  It was there and I HAD to have it.

I had never seen anything like it.  I have since found out that it was made in Nova Scotia by the Lamont Glass Company.  Likely made at the end of the nineteenth, or early twentieth century.  I have since bought two others, with slightly different decorations.  I’ll add the photos when I take them!

I have bought some interesting books about Canadian glass.  One, Treasury of Canadian Glass by Doris & Peter Unitt, has a photo of a page of these etched glasses.  There are other decorations, but I’ve not come across any of them “live”.  I will be keeping my eyes open!

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