I picked up these glasses at The Old Jail Antiques in Waterdown, N.Y. during the summer. For the longest time I thought the etch was one by Seneca Glass that I own. I finally took a closer look and realized that they were NOT the same.
I have so much glass that I haven’t photographed that I have been lazy with my identifications. Anyway I finally identified these as Morgantown stems. The stem line is #7653 and the etch is #778. I believe that the combination of the etched platinum border changes the name to Carlton Marco.
The larger glass is the parfait (I think) and the smaller is (who knows?).
They are lovely, quite heavy, and the photos really don’t do them justice.
Found some of the Carleton Marco without platinum in my mom’s things. Before distributing to family I would like to tell them more about it. Age, value, etc. Thank you for your help.
Hi – you are lucky. I think this is a gorgeous pattern. I love how solid my pieces are as well as the etch. I am attaching some photos from books that I have that feature the pattern and the history of the company. The advertisement from 1931 and the history are from the book Colored Glassware of the Depression Era 2 by Hazel Marie Weatherman. The page with the plate is from Florence’s Glassware Pattern Identification Guide Volume II. Hopefully you can read what is said.
These pieces were made during the Depression years, looks like 1931 was the initial production year, but they wouldn’t be commonly be called “Depression Glass”. They would be referred to as ‘elegant glass’ or “Depression-Era glass’. They were hand blown, hand decorated and higher quality than the coloured, mass produced coloured Depression glass that is found.
For value – check out – Replacements.com – https://www.replacements.com/search/?query=morgantown+carlton.
Thanks for sharing. cheers. d.b.