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<p>[QUOTE="SBSVC, post: 161504, member: 136"]Packed in several large bins in the attic, I have a <i>very</i> full service for 18 (I mean, I have every kind of plate/bowl/serving piece you can imagine!) in pale yellow, which I am dying to unpack somewhere. I just don’t have a place to display it now, and we haven’t been entertaining since our recent move, so I guess it will have to wait.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mine is a collection of “mismatched” Elegant Glass that all goes quite well together: Heisey (mostly Empress, all in <i>sahara,) </i>Cambridge (including a fair amount of Caprice, all in <i>yellow,) and </i>Fostoria (<i>topaz.) </i>The colors are all pretty much the same, but I probably have an example of every single etch that each of those companies produced…</p><p><br /></p><p>Somehow, it all looks glorious together! I have water & wine glasses from all 3 companies, and I have filled in with a dozen pieces of Orrefors Erika in<i> amber</i>, which is actually a pale yellow and looks just right mixed in.</p><p><br /></p><p>Johnny, “ready for a change” sort of sums up where I’ve been lately, too. Lighter & brighter seems to be the order of the day, and I’m enjoying a slightly more casual look of late.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now to find a place to display some of my colored glass!</p><p><br /></p><p>-C-[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="SBSVC, post: 161504, member: 136"]Packed in several large bins in the attic, I have a [I]very[/I] full service for 18 (I mean, I have every kind of plate/bowl/serving piece you can imagine!) in pale yellow, which I am dying to unpack somewhere. I just don’t have a place to display it now, and we haven’t been entertaining since our recent move, so I guess it will have to wait. Mine is a collection of “mismatched” Elegant Glass that all goes quite well together: Heisey (mostly Empress, all in [I]sahara,) [/I]Cambridge (including a fair amount of Caprice, all in [I]yellow,) and [/I]Fostoria ([I]topaz.) [/I]The colors are all pretty much the same, but I probably have an example of every single etch that each of those companies produced… Somehow, it all looks glorious together! I have water & wine glasses from all 3 companies, and I have filled in with a dozen pieces of Orrefors Erika in[I] amber[/I], which is actually a pale yellow and looks just right mixed in. Johnny, “ready for a change” sort of sums up where I’ve been lately, too. Lighter & brighter seems to be the order of the day, and I’m enjoying a slightly more casual look of late. Now to find a place to display some of my colored glass! -C-[/QUOTE]
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