from The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles–June 2016

At page 29 there is a column entitled “Collecting With Jeff”. The article refers to collecting Salt and Pepper Shakers and pictures these Blue Aurene shakers. The copy says “Naturally, the older and ore ornate, the more valuable the shakers will be. A pair of Steuben Glass Works blue aurene salt and pepper shakers from 1912-1922 were sold for $2,400 at auction. It really must take a collector who really is excited about the items to purchase a salt and peeper shaker set for that much money. Of course, each collector’s reasons for buying any item is different.”

Then, at page 35 of the same magazine there was an article on cooking with glass. There appears at page 36 a picture of a Pyrex teapot “was designed by Frederick Carder in 1922” similar to the following picture.

At page 35 it reads “While Pyrex is utilitarian in nature, Corning did take advantage of ‘local talent’ to create a useful work of art. In 1922 the renowned glass artist Frederick Carder designed three different style teapots for the Pyrex line – tall, round and squat – all with long graceful spouts and elegant handles. These teapots were made by hand rather than machine pressed and can be found plain or with intricate hand done floral cuttings. The decorated teapots were sometimes sold with a matching trivet – the two piece set is a real treasure to find.

It’s Everywhere

Another shelf of David Chadwick-Brown’s Collection

Engravings on the fan vases do not show well. The ship is quite common; the castle on the topaz is less so. The amethyst #3168 is listed among ‘goblets and other stemware’ in the line drawings; most certainly it is ‘other stemware.’ The positioning of the Persian blue candlesticks in front of the Celeste blue vase is to serve as a constant reminder of the slight difference in the two colors, though the reeding in Bristol Yellow always seems to accompany Persian blue. Has anyone seen Persian blue without the yellow reeding?