Wexford Pitcher

And the Wexford keeps on coming. I must be collecting this pattern! I keep running across it, but maybe I've just never paid any attention to it before? What do you think?

I found this perfect pitcher at the Goodwill store in Conway. It was an excellent bargain at $3.99. I was there searching for old Christmas ornaments but this particular shiny object captured my attention.

Wexford by Anchor Hocking

Gene Florence says in Anchor Hocking's Fire King & More Third Edition by Gene & Cathy Florence on page 120, "Wexford might be the next Early American Prescut in the collecting world." This isn't an old pattern; perhaps from the 1960s forward and is not worth a great deal. I wouldn't be surprised if you don't have a piece of this glassware that you're actively using. Don't list it on ebay yet as it's only worth a coupla bucks, so use it and enjoy it.

These four pieces were found in Covina, California and Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. I bought them separately and didn't realize it was the same pattern. I also have several pieces from my ex mother-in-law and a couple of pieces from an aunt.

On my last thrift store rummage-a-thon at a new church-run thrift store at 601 North Kings Hwy. in Myrtle Beach, I started out the door and saw these in the case. I bought them without a thought. I paid exactly what they're worth by the book, but I love the color. It's a teal-y, aqua-y, blue-y color which I think is properly called azure or azurine. The shaker set is funky and interesting in that the color isn't consistent throughout.

National by Jeanette Glass Company

The National pattern by Jeanette Glass Company was produced from the late 1940s through the mid 1950s. It was produced in the colors of blue, crystal, pink, and Shell Pink. It has distinctive log-like handles on the cup, creamer, and sugar.


My latest find is this group of 6 berry bowls which measure 4.5 inches in diameter. They're gorgeous and look brand new. The faceting causes them to sparkle almost like jewels. Pictures don't really do this pattern justice. It's heavy and chunky and has the most wonderful knobby bottoms.

These bowls match other pieces that I've found in various thrift stores and consignment shops. Yay me.


This relish tray is huge at about 15 inches in diameter, heavy, and beautiful. I found it on a bottom shelf in the half price room at Twice As Nice in Socastee. Isn't it gorgeous?

Why Glass?

I think my "glass collecting" started with that one tall skinny florist's milk glass bud vase that always sits in a rarely used upper cabinet. That led me to pick up another one in a thrift store... I felt sorry for it. And in doing so, I discovered that my bud vase has a name. Thousand Line; Stars & Bars; Rainbow Stars; all variations of an Anchor Hocking Glass Company pattern You know the rest of the story.

I don't think people respect glassware. If they did, it wouldn't be so plentiful in thrift stores, consignment shops, garage sales, and trash bins. So much of our older everyday glassware has a rich history; it has a name; it has a family. And it's American-made.

Once upon a time our country was filled with companies that made beautiful glassware; some utilitarian, some art pieces. Hocking Glass Company. Paden City Glass Company. Federal Glass Company. Sooo many others. I guess that's why I've come to love these pieces of cast-off glassware because of those very reasons. I want to rescue and share as many pieces as I can. I want to do it justice.