Who names these patterns? People who didn't have access to original names/numbers, and felt the need for a name. I can sympathize with them, but...
Your first goblet reminds me of a pattern I've heard called Three Stories, but I can't find anything on it right now. OK, Check out Bryce...
For those of you that don't do links, its' a New Martinsville Radiance Bowl.
For what little it's worth, what we now call Daisy & Button was originally called Hobnail, or Diamond Hobnail, or other variations on Hobnail....
Jealousy rears it's ugly head....Thanks for the plug for the MAG WV museum and its monographs. We're proud of that catalog.
The pickle caster may be a one-off, not part of a pattern, many of them were without matching pieces.
This is shown in an Elson Glass catalog, part their No. 88 line. The line was introduced in 1883 or so, early in their production. It is still in...
No, I simplified some of it. The companies that made that type of ware, Louie, West Va. Glass Spec., etc. only made crystal after the war,...
The West Virginia Companies (Weston, West Va Glass Spec, etc) made only clear glass after the first of WWII.
I may be in error, but I believe this is one of those Mid Century (20th) Italian mainland imports. Who knows what the manufacturer called it,...
Strike that, I see New Jersey.
Scott, are you near Dubuque?
A few things need clarified here. First and foremost, Libbey and Rock Sharp were two separate companies until Libbey bought out Rock Sharp. They...
Some slag is formed (glasslike) in the processing of iron ore into iron or steel, this appears to be a piece of that material. It's fused...
Here's you piece on a cream background, lost some of the lavender color, though. [ATTACH] I PhotoShopped it.
I would not call painted script on it, saying "A. H. Heisey & Co. founded 1896" was a manufacturers mark.
I couldn't let it rest, U. S. Glass Co. p 246 Felt-Storer 3. Known as Velva, often fount frosted. 1937.
I hope you are aware that Heisey made no milk glass boots. That "signature" is also found on "Grenade" toothpick holders that have been found to...
Also, when lime was substituted for lead oxide in glass, the name flint continued to be used to indicate glass without color, crystal in today's...
Yes, Greg, I'm still Tom.
Separate names with a comma.
