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.