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 […]

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long pauses

Live is full. And hectic, too, for certain. We use our Wexford glassware daily, and I always look for opportunities to bring out bigger pieces, but we haven’t entertained in our home since before COVID. That said, I garden mostly to have fresh flowers to bring into the house, and they always go into Wexford.

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a wexford wedding

Last week, I had an opportunity to combine my obsession with Anchor Hocking’s Wexford glassware and my experience as an event florist on the occasion of my younger niece’s wedding. She had selected fiftyflowers.com as the flower source (which turned out to be an excellent experience). As we went through their wedding themes, she mentioned […]

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the votive

Perhaps the most misunderstood piece of the line, the Wexford votive holder is often identified as a shotglass, which is easily dismissed in a product line originating in the late 1960s that also includes a cordial glass. Fire-King & More gave a 2002 value of $2.50 for a 2.5″ votive. The book included some of […]

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