the regency christmas mantle:

I’ve been missing my normal enthusiasm for holiday decorating the past couple of years, but the recent turn torward a Hollywood Regency mantle vignette has provided some inspiration:

a propensity for regency

In the span of my lifetime, it started with my Aunt Dee and her 70s gilded pendant lamps and filigree brass wall hangings. Dee was the coolest aunt a fledgling gay could ever hope to have. Who wouldn’t want to emulate her style? She had her hairdresser hide AA battery packs in her updo so […]

top 10 for 2020

The Top Ten Wexford moments for 2020? Honestly, it’s closer to a Top Five list with a six-way tie for fifth place, but here we go: Number Ten: The Gathering of Parts for Homemade “Cobble”ware None of these parts were found with Wexford glassware, but a few used Early American Prescut (EAPC) also by Anchor […]

the wexford scale?

This curious piece was not purchased. My husband claimed it from his father’s estate. He had been fascinated by it as a child. I supported his selection when I recognized the pattern on the scale dishes, which are repurposed Wexford bread plates. I have no proof that the assembled piece came as a whole from […]