March 20th, 2011 @ Kathy // One Comment
I got these at an estate sale because they are just the neatest pieces. I love the idea of using a tumbler with a handle for lemonade in the summer – no more wet glasses slipping out of your hand. This basket etch is especially nice. I showed Heisey Dutchess etched sherbets with basket motif [...]
Category : Tiffin Elegant Glass
November 6th, 2010 @ Kathy // No Comments
A few weeks ago Bill, of Affordable Accoutrements, posted a joyous tablescape that used restaurant china made in the 1920s. The china was cream with russet griffins, scrolls and swags. Do you think the griffins were looking for their mates in these tumblers? I tilted the glass a bit so you could see the pattern. [...]
Category : Tiffin Elegant Glass
September 14th, 2010 @ Kathy // One Comment
Some of you still have summer but fall is in the air here in mid-Michigan. Nights are cold and the tree tips are turning. Let’s enjoy a last gasp of summer with fuchsia flowers dancing on crystal. Tiffin’s Fuchsia etch is one of the most detailed flower patterns – you can tell right away this [...]
Category : Tiffin Elegant Glass
January 25th, 2010 @ Kathy // 2 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
May 25th, 2009 @ Kathy // No Comments
Tiffin Glass is one of the elegant glass makers that we carry in our elegant depression glass stores. Tiffin made an incredible array of glass, from detailed cuttings to very beautiful etches, and many, many stemware patterns. The stemware we’re showing today are cut and have intricate stems. The one pictured is June [...]
Category : Tiffin Elegant Glass
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