June 29th, 2010 @ Kathy // No Comments
This elegant crystal cup and saucer is Candlewick from Imperial Glass. Candlewick was Imperial’s mainstay for years and was issued in several lines, each a slightly different shape. The beaded rims or handles were the common thread among the myriad pieces. You may have a piece or two of this pattern even without realizing it [...]
Category : Imperial Glass
May 3rd, 2010 @ Kathy // No Comments
Last week I showed one of my most interesting center handled servers, my Imperial ebony black one with heart-shaped handle. This week let’s see another unusual one, my luscious Paden City green cupped server with art deco decoration. I found this at an estate sale and couldn’t resist. I identified it as by Paden City [...]
Category : Elegant Glass
April 26th, 2010 @ Kathy // No Comments
Every once in a while I will find glass listed as Candlewick that is anything but. When I started in business my first purchase was a set of Candlewick plates and tumblers – I bought it because I remembered the beaded design. Imperial Glass made Candlewick for a very long time and it’s their best [...]
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April 19th, 2010 @ Kathy // No Comments
I’m getting ready for Tablescape Thursday which will be blue and crystal with a blue bird and it seems like a good idea to show off one of the pieces early from our soup and sandwich setting. This cut glass plate is simple, nice glass but not super high quality. The cutting is a leaf [...]
Category : Elegant Glass
February 8th, 2010 @ Kathy // One Comment
No, it isn’t Mickey Mouse. Those wing handles sure look like big ears, don’t they. This is the Radiance glassware from the depression era made by New Martinsville Glass and with the luscious Cornflower cutting. New Martinsville made several patterns like this one during the depression era that had lots of style and pizazz. Some [...]
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January 31st, 2010 @ Kathy // No Comments
Welcome to Book Report Sunday. Tonight is my favorite reference book for elegant glass, Elegant Glass: Early, Depression, & Beyond by Coe & Coe. Elegant glass is “good glass”, the sort that people bought at jewelry and high end department stores, by makers like Fostoria, Cambridge, Heisey. It took skilled artisans to produce this glassware [...]
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January 25th, 2010 @ Kathy // No Comments
Tiffin Glass survived until 1980, outlasting so many of the American glass houses. They operated as Factory R, a unit of the U.S. Glass company. Tiffin was known especially for their beautiful stemware. The piece shown here is a good example. This is cut crystal, not etched, and the name is a pun. You can [...]
Category : Tiffin Elegant Glass
January 19th, 2010 @ Kathy // 2 Comments
Recently Bill of Affordable Accoutrements, who writes the most enjoyable blog posts about his imaginative tablescapes, mentioned that he prefers elegant glass to depression glass. That got me thinking. Which do you prefer? Which do I prefer? For me it’s not as easy a choice as it once was. When I first started with glass [...]
Category : Elegant Glass
January 2nd, 2010 @ Kathy // No Comments
Isn’t this a gorgeous dish? It looks just like a leaf with the stem curled up to form the handle. This Sylvan is from Duncan Miller Glass, who had the slogan “Loveliest Glassware in America”. You can see how true this slogan was by the pure clarity of this glass. Unfortunately Duncan Miller went out [...]
Category : Elegant Glass
December 30th, 2009 @ Kathy // No Comments
Now that we’re nearly done eating the Christmas candy and facing the annual New Year’s time to consider dieting, let’s look at candy dishes. After all, Valentine’s Day is right around the corner and candy dishes always make fine gifts. (If you store your candy in a pretty dish you’re less likely to eat it [...]
Category : Elegant Glass
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