the silver lining

A breakthrough for my silver-trimmed Wexford: a few weeks ago, I discovered professional silversmith/polisher Harriete Estel Berman through a search for silver and silverplate care, namely, via the silver care tab of her site. A short email exchange about silver applied to glassware led to a suggested test that parallels the care instructions for holloware […]

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:

the secret plate

The search for the ‘crystal’ 8″ luncheon plate continues… There is a little-known plate in the Wexford family: a smooth-edged eight-inch-diameter plate. I grabbed a screenshot from the Wexford FB group, from the only person I’ve ever seen to have them. Now that I have a clear photo of the piece, I’ve been checking Google […]

how it’s going: checking in, part 2

The decision to move forward strictly with Wexford glassware from my thrifting excursions was easy to make: that long ago, the shelves were packed with the double-diamond details of the prolific late-ish Anchor Hocking pattern. It was too old to be new, too new to be ‘valuable’ old, and it had belonged to everyone’s mother […]

clear as red and white

The collection has been growing and changing at a rigorous pace. Ihave been playing with the cases, and swapping out items packed in storage. Recently, I acquired a ruby-banded Oxford punch set, missing some cups. Eventually I realized this gave me enough ruby-banded pieces for a focused display.

the case with a silver lining

Every time I think I’ve acquired every piece of Wexford produced with silver trim, I find to more pieces that were made silver trim.☆ Last month, I moved the silver trim pieces to a larger case to accommodate the growth. After this past week, it it’s almost not enough. I’ve developed the foolish notions that […]

the local color

I was reminded recently of the option of local listing on fb marketplace. Sometimes, buying glassware online can be stressful. Many sellers are not practiced at safely packing glass for shipping. Considering that I am mostly now looking for harder to find pieces, I appreciated the reminder and did a search. And how glad am […]

the real deals and the auction scams

There are some things to know about Wexford if you are looking to bring some to your home: while it is pressed glass, it is not depression era pressed glass. It is not lead crystal, Anchor Hocking called the clear pieces “crystal” as a color reference. It is glass. Broadly released in 1967 (it may […]

the other chip-n-dip

This is the Chip-n-Dip of Wexford by Anchor Hocking. At least, that is the lie as I have been told. That is what auction sites tell you. That is what Anchor Hocking’s Fire-King and More by Gene Florence will tell you. That is what in-box Wexford Chip-n-Dip sets in thrift stores tell you. But what […]

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 […]