Ruby Stain Newsletter

Volume 2, Issue 1

What the Heck Is It?:

I have the table set and master berry in this pattern. As they are identically decorated, of that I am sure. What I am not sure of are other undecorated pieces. It all looks like a myriad of other "colonial" lines. For example, see Blocked Thumbprint Band.

A dealer from Iowa had two pieces of this in Harrisburg. She says it is U.S. Glass Georgian pattern. I do not think so. Take a look in the U.S. Glass book by Heacock, in the rear among the catalog reprints.

The butter dish base is 7.5" in diameter and has 9 panels. The top is 5 " in diameter, 4.75" high, and has 6 panels. The compote is 5.5" high and 5" in diameter. It has 6 panels and was made in one piece.

Well it is not Frazier or U.S. Superior. What the heck is it? The glass is beautifully clear. The pattern sparkles like cut glass, the bottom is ground, and we know it is circa 1898. The bottom has a rayed star pattern.

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