setting places

I’ve been having great fun lately, bulking up the Wexford, adding the flatware, fillingout the go-withs. Now that the flatware is in the mix, it is beyond time to play with some place settings. Considering that this is a household of two, many combinations are available to us. Even as we expand up to a […]

a vast interlude

I had recently learned the silverplate pattern name that the Internaional Silver Company paired with Wexford in two of the sets I have. Interlude. Tina Spain MacDuffie gave me the name and confirmed that my second little votive cup jam server came with the correct spoon (the first had no spoon with it in the […]

the newest ombre

I may have forgotten to mention the newest color ombre Wexford piece to join the collection. It is definitely the most damaged piece I have found, in that most of the gold detail has been lost. The blue ombre is pretty fair though and I can theorethically restore/replace the gold trim. It really is that […]

a dream fades into the mist

Today was going to be a great day, a day of completion, a day of celebration. You see? I found a beautiful example of a Wexford pewter mist fourteen inch platter. The first one I purchased is severely faded in color with only a bit of iridescence left, as are most fourteen inch platters I […]

all that ombres is gold

My second green ombre piece, a large footed fruit bowl, was delivered last night. It is as glorious as the candy dish. The two pieces together bounce a good amount of light and color and make me quite happy to see and touch them. I supposed that I have gathered a good amount of Wexford […]

it’s green, very green

Over this past weekend, I pulled found another ombre Wexford piece, this time in green. This marks my third ombre color in the lidded candy dish: ruby, blue, and now green. The ombre finish is something to witness first-hand: the color fades to clear as it moves up the dish, and as it moves to […]

pouring through the data about pouring the wax

Recently in the FB Wexford group, there was a question posed about pouring wax into Wexford pieces and if there would be issues with the glass holding and burning a candle. The overall concensus was “No! Wax bad!” and while I don’t wholly disagree with any of the anecdotal evidence offered, I do feel like […]

all that delivers is gold

May has been a Wexford-forward month, leaning heavily into gold-rimmed pieces. And pretty remarkable conditions for the gold applications. It starts with my first-ever etched gold-rimmed beer mug. There is one fine scratch on the back side of the band, but otherwise, the gold band is broad and lush and radiant. Along side the mug […]

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 […]

a collector’s nightmare

I had one of those once-in-a-lifetime finds. I didn’t believe what I was seeing, zooming in on each photo to scrutinize, to be certain. Wexford cake plates are not easy to find. Not the cake stand, but the twelve inch plate without the pedestal. I’ve had one for seemingly forever. The collectors in the Facebook […]