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Hobbs, Brockunier & Company – Covered Dish – Pattern #76 – Viking / Centennial / Man with Beard

14 Saturday Sep 2019

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This covered dish was manufactured by Hobbs, Brockunier & Company of Wheeling, West Virginia, sometime in the 1800s. The pattern was introduced in 1876.

This is pattern no. 76 and it has a number of more commonly known aliases: Hobbs’ Centennial, Viking, Bearded Head, Bearded Prophet, and Old Man of the Mountain(s).

The piece stands approximately 6 1/4 inches from the table top to the top of the helmet. The diameter of the opening is 5 inches. I don’t know if this is a comport/compote, butter dish or cheese dish.

I gather from my handy dandy book – American Pattern Glass Table Sets by Cathy and Gene Florence – that pieces in this pattern include a butter dish, sugar with lid, creamer, spooner and celery vase.

The finial has the face on both sides and the feet are also decorated with the face.  Pretty neat piece!

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Indiana Glass 2 Light Candlestick Holder – Pattern #1008

01 Sunday Sep 2019

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I picked up a pair of these 2 light candlestick holders locally.  I’d never seen anything quite like them and had to turn to Facebook (I think) for help IDing the pair.  Someone responded within minutes.

This interesting article about this pattern – Indiana Glass Company`s  Willow (aka) “Oleander” by Leonette A. Walls, Ed. D. Updated 12/03 – is a good read if you want to learn more.

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Imperial Glass Line 160 – Cape Cod Relish with Silver Overlay

25 Sunday Aug 2019

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I went to an auction at McGregors recently and picked up a few lots.  I had seen this relish dish a number of times and always thought “Meh!”  But the silver overlay caught my eye.  I like oak trees and as a kid thought that finding an acorn was something to be celebrated.  Mostly maples near my childhood home.

I couldn’t figure out who had made it so I turned to the Facebook group – Vintage Glass Identification for help.  This is a great group of folks and I very often get an ID when I am stumped.  I had the answer very quickly.

Collectors Weekly had a little bit of information on this line in the article Vintage Imperial Glass.

“Around the same time as the introduction of Candlewick, Imperial began producing      a line that would become almost as successful—Cape Cod. Newton secured a deal        with Quaker Oats to distribute No. 160 in the Cape Cod line as giveaway items—          many of these pieces are highly desirable today.”

There appears to have been quite a number of items produced in the line and you can find some of the patents in the gallery of the Elegant and Everyday Glass Forum.  Looks like the pieces were produced in the 1930s-1950s.

I think that the silver overlay could be the work of Lotus Glass.  This 2007 article by Barbara Wyrick in the references the name “Acorn and Oak Leaf” pattern by Lotus.  I can’t seem to find online images so I have purchased the book Lotus: Depression Glass And Far Beyond by Dean Six to see if I can verify the pattern.  The book hasn’t yet arrived but I am looking forward to seeing the pretty patterns by Lotus.  I have a number of pieces with overlay that I haven’t been able to attribute and maybe this reference guide will help.

 

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