finding unknown things

Based on Anchor Hocking’s Fire King and More, Second Edition, I move through the world thinking that I know the Wexford pieces that I comes across in it. I rather enjoy the moments when I’m wrong. This morning, I stopped at a thrift store on my grocery run, and I found something I had not […]

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 unknown color

So, if I’m a Wexpert (thank you, Laurel), it is only because there is no actual expert available. The entirety of my knowledge comes from one second edition book, internet searches (which only yield resale listings), and direct observation of thrift store shelves and our personal display cases. Last week, I took a slow stroll […]

the cranberry stem

There is one decided benefit to “watching” ebay listings of the rarer, more frivolous, more expensive pieces of Wexford. I mean besides daydreaming. And that, my friends, is the random special seller offers “because you showed interest”… There are were exactly four listings for Cranberry flashed Wexford pieces, and I suspect one of them is […]

scalloped accoutrements

Following from the previous post, I have found a suitable peg votive holder to provide the Wexford candleholder a modern use. I have taken to LED candles for entertaining and seasonal decorating, and I prefer votives/tea lights over tapers since the plastic case can be obscured by a holder, leaving just the flicker of light. […]

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 […]

shakers, real and pretend:

For all the Wexford I have collected, there have been few instances of rip-off or mock Wexford pieces that hold up to scrutiny. This unique divided tray is most likely Wexford, but isn’t documented anywhere to be found. The salt and pepper shakers, as it goes, have documented identifiable counterfeits. And I now own three: […]