Yes, It's Yeoman, and it's a cutting, not an etching. The design is not in "The Handbook of Heisey Cuttings" and I don't recognize it as similar...
If I remember correctly, Jefferson had a patent on that crimp, don't know a name for it, though.
I don't know this, it's a possibility that the piece was offered for sale in one of those catalogs we get in the mail, three for $3.00 or some...
Its cut glass, it won't be in Fostoria, Heisey or McKee. The cutting they did was light, more engraving than Brilliant Cutting Although McKee did...
For what little it's worth, the Meissen Crossed Sword mark is arguably the most often forged mark on china wares. Not only that, but various legal...
I concur with CX, above, I'd opine ca. 1900 plus/minus 10.
Footed Compote? Well, it's more of a ruffled candy dish. Compotes were really meant to be used to hold things. Pieces like yours were for pretty.
The background, behind the gold appears to be an acid etching, the gold Was not applied as a layer but applied (possibly as gold leaf) subsequent...
Unless my eyes deceive me, all the flat areas have been cut and polished. the blue was a band of glass cased on then cut through. This reminds me...
Find a professional glass repair person, you won't be happy until it's perfect.
Disregard all statements (including this one) that tell you what color Heisey crystal is, it varies. Really. I've seen gray, blue, crystal and...
Telling you about me, after studying and collecting Heisey for about 45 years, I shudder when someone equates Elegant glass with Depression glass....
Fostoria, Central, Heisey and others all made glass during that time, no one calls their wares "Depression Glass." If anything it might be...
Picking another nit, Imperial is not known as making 'depression glass,' although they were in production during the Depression. They always made...
Check out Empoli, Italy, ca. 1960... just a hunch.
I had a '36 Ford that had hubcaps almost like that.
The star in the bottom is the most used design, it traces it's ancestry back to the 1830's when it was the place to stick up the punty rod. The...
That's a blown piece.
This is just short of a wild guess. Just about the time Weston was closing, they had a contract with Princess House for cuttings. The gray...
Ohhh. Its a Central pattern, perhaps Morgan. Too much in my RAM. OK, Harding.
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