{"id":3770,"date":"2015-02-15T09:30:13","date_gmt":"2015-02-15T14:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grannysglasses.com\/?p=3770"},"modified":"2015-02-15T09:30:13","modified_gmt":"2015-02-15T14:30:13","slug":"central-glass-dish-with-hester-etch-or-imperial-love-bird","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grannysglasses.com\/?p=3770","title":{"rendered":"Central Glass Dish with Hester (?) Etch or Imperial Love Bird (?)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Central<\/a>I am sitting in my little office on the second floor of our house. \u00a0I can see snow on the roofs out the window. \u00a0The window is freezing up and the wind is howling. \u00a0It is very cold outside. \u00a0I am happy to be inside with my little hobby. \u00a0I doubt that I will venture out today.<\/p>\n

Last weekend however, we made a trip to Around the Block<\/a>. \u00a0What a great store!!!! \u00a0I only picked up a couple pieces and this was one. \u00a0The rich dark topaz\/amber caught my eye, as did the pretty shape and the dainty etch.<\/p>\n

There is some confusion around its identification. \u00a0I found a sample of the etch fairly easily – Central Glass’ etch #432 Hester. \u00a0I only have one reference book – Tim Schmidt’s Central Glass Works: the Depression era and I couldn’t find the blank. \u00a0I posted a query on The Elegant and Everyday Glass Forum<\/a>\u00a0asking for a line number. Someone suggested that this piece was a mayonnaise dish and was instead made by the Imperial Glass Company – Etch DE 432 – Love Bird. \u00a0 The line numbers are so close!<\/p>\n

From Schmidt’s book he quotes\u00a0an \u00a0article in the Crockery and Glass Journal<\/em>, March 1940:<\/p>\n

“The equipment of the Central Glass Works, Wheeling W. Va., was acquired by the Imperials Glass Corp., who will transfer most of it to Bellaire, Ohio, where the plant is situated.”\"Central<\/a><\/p>\n

Central ceased operations in 1939. \u00a0It is not inconceivable that this piece was produced by Imperial if it assumed Central’s molds and etching plates.<\/p>\n

I hope someone who knows more than me (almost everyone) will provide some information. \u00a0In the mean time, this is a very pretty piece.<\/p>\n