My second green ombre piece, a large footed fruit bowl, was delivered last night. It is as glorious as the candy dish.
in green ombre
The two pieces together bounce a good amount of light and color and make me quite happy to see and touch them.
and lidded candy dish,
both in green ombre
I supposed that I have gathered a good amount of Wexford with the ombre color treatment, but when I look at the span of time that passed while finding them, it doesn’t seem like a lot.
The amber ombre wine goblets were first. I found them online in the fall of 2020. I’ve not seen any other amber ombre pieces since, whether listed online or someone’s collection.
A few months later, I found my first and only ombre piece in the wild, a green candy bowl (the candy dish without the lid). I left it behind due to a sizeable chip in the lip, but it taught me that there was more to found.
in the wild at a local thrift.
After that, I just periodically searched online sites, changing keywords to guess what non-Wexford collectors might call the pattern.
Slowly, I found more, often waiting a year between listings.
I’ve realized that I am mostly done adding to the clear Wexford in my collection; the volume of pieces having reached ridiculous numbers, so I am free to hold my budget for future colored glass discoveries as they reveal themselves.
I may just spend some time willing an amber ombre candy dish into existence…
wexford: a study 