fade into color

While I’ve been aware of Wexford with color ombre since the six amber wine glasses five years ago, I’ve only recently begun to find other pieces. Likewise, I’ve found nothing to identify who did it: Anchor Hocking, or a third party seller embelling AH blanks. Either way, this arrived today: The ombre pieces always include […]

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 new unknown

I have only recently been aware of the variety of Wexford’s ombre flash colors. I also learned it was applied to the large footed fruit bowl. And then I found one online. And it arrived today!

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 […]

the glorious imposter

I found this online last week, having never seen anything like it in any pattern. It is a gorgeous Wexford-adjacent piece, listed as Wexford, but I strongly doubt it is… Curiously, every feature on this pitcher/decanter is found throughout the Wexford series, except maybe the lid. The biggest standout is the layout of the large […]

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 hard-to-find lazy one

Today, I restocked sunflower seeds for the feeders. Across the street from TSC is a Red Racks (for anyone unfamiliar, the thrift store chain that benefits the DAV), so I stopped in to scan a few shelves. Just as I turned around to leave, I glanced at their “fancy stuff” shelf in the front window. […]

squeeeeeeeee

As far as I can prove, Anchor Hocking produced exactly one piece of Wexford in cobal blue: the cake plate. And now, we have one. And it is glorious! Post-college, I had a thing for cobalt. At least, I wanted to. Sadly, affordable cobalt isn’t typically, well, cobalt. It’s just blue glass… Eventually, I grew […]

the rare scallops…

These bowls are among the hardest to find of the Wexford collection. I have found exactly none in thrift stores, unlike the majority of what we have accumulated. Of these bowls, there are: an eight and a quarter diameter “bowl, deep”; a six inch diameter salad bowl; and a sorbet bowl and candleholder, both with […]