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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dgbjwc, post: 249372, member: 308&quot;]I was surprised to hear it was a Fostoria product as I never knew Fostoria made satin glass.&nbsp; I was able to find a second reference to the Garden Center line in Ann Kerr&#039;s &quot;Fostoria:&nbsp; An Identification and Value Guide of Pressed, Blown, &amp; Hand Molded Shapes.&nbsp; In 1994, Kerr valued it at $25.00 on pg. .&nbsp; I looked at the pricing section and, like a lot of other price guides, Kerr relied on &quot;Collectors and dealers across the country&quot; who &quot;have generously contributed their experience in pricing each item, a mountain of work.&quot; pg. 7.</p><p><br /></p><p>As many of these collectors and dealers would want to maximize the value of their collection and/or stock, I&#039;ve always felt a little queasy about the valuations assigned this way.&nbsp; In fairness, though, I don&#039;t see any other reasonable way pricing information could be obtained.&nbsp; The collectors apparently said they would pay $25.00 to obtain it and the dealers said they would be happy if they sold it for $25.00.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>For some reason Kerr did not date this line but includes a #2725/761, Handled Urn, Silver Mist and Spruce Silver Mist 4 1/2&quot;.&nbsp; As far as I can tell Fostoria did not make many pieces in Spruce Silver Mist and that could be why I haven&#039;t run across it before, or recognized it if I did see it.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I can&#039;t imagine there are a lot of folks out there trying to collect Fostoria pieces in Spruce Silver Mist.&nbsp; Most of the shapes in the Garden Center line did not share they same theme and only three or four of those shapes were done in Spruce Silver Mist.&nbsp; There just weren&#039;t enough different shapes made in this line and this color.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I never could have found the above reference without the reference provided by msgood2shoe.&nbsp; My Fostoria book was one of the last places I would have looked for information on this piece.&nbsp; And as this piece is not pictured in the Kerr book I would have gone right past it anyway. </p><p>Don[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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