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 […]

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 misty color mix

Another case reset: setting a home for the recent influx of flash color Wexford. As it so happens, pewter mist Wexford is an excellent backdrop/contrast to other flash colors.

the shake-up

The Wexford collection has expanded a good deal this year, adding many pieces with color or precious metal trim. This means resetting display cabinets! Let’s start with our Larkin Co. side-by-side, an early 1900s desk/hutch combination. It is now home to our Golden Wexford. on top: 12″ cake plate, salad/berry bowl on gold base (w/ […]

platinum membership

Way back at the start, I was collecting Wexford because it was durable, widely available, affordable, and honestly the design was my kinda of fancy. Now, I’m running out of pieces that I don’t have. At least as far as I know, anyway. For one thing, I keep finding platinum-banded glassware I didn’t know about, […]

all that glitters is not gold

Ditto of last post: except silver, platinum, and pewter mist.