posted on August 20, 2005 08:25:28 PM new
This appears to be a pitcher because it has a spout, but it also has a lid, I can't imagine why or what for. It is 4" tall, no markings & is a very pretty pink color, I'm sure it isn't new, but have no idea how old it might be.
Anyone have an idea what it is.
posted on August 21, 2005 04:51:31 AM new
I was thinking the same thing, but I would use it for cream myself.
Is the pitcher hand-blown? The finial on the lid doesn't seem to match the style of the pitcher. I thought depression glass was molded, but I'm not that good with glass. (More of a pottery/stoneware girl myself.)
posted on August 21, 2005 05:11:36 AM new
I would say this is "Elegant Glass" which is mostly from the Depression Era but better quality in most cases. There were many companies that made this type of glass like Heisey, Fenton, Tiffin, Cambridge and Fostoria.
Have you looked for marks - look on the bottom, on the handle and even in the inside bottom.
Lovely piece
Maybe Max will come by and help.
posted on August 21, 2005 07:41:00 AM new
Your covered pitcher is a syrup pitcher, made by Paden City. Shown in one of my books as having an underplate with it. Book value (1995) was $35-$40.
If you tell them Benjamin Franklin said it first, they'll believe you
posted on August 21, 2005 01:03:38 PM new
Hi McJane,
Can you email when you list this? I love the size and the color. It would look wonderful in my house. You can email me at [email protected]
Thank you,
rosanne
posted on August 21, 2005 02:24:10 PM new
Thanks to all for your comments & information. I'm sorry I didn't answer sooner. I posted this very late last night, about 1:30 am. (I see it says 8:25 on my post, but believe me it was after midnight.)
When I didn't get a reply within a half hour I shut down & went to bed.
Just got back on line.
I had this picture stored & when I ran across it last night I thought I would post it here to see if anyone could tell me something about it.
About any markings, I don't remember there being any & I have no idea where the pitcher is so I can't check. I do know it's like new, no scratches or chips. Our house was totaled by a falling tree September 2003, hurricane Isabel. The old house was torn down & a new one built. We just moved in about three months ago & haven't unpacked hardly anything. I know it wasn't broken then & I hope it isn't broken now. I will look for it.
I found it in a gigantic old building where we had an office. The building went into receivership & everyone had to move out. You would not believe what was left behind, a treasure trove.
There were several rooms of antiques & junk as well, a place that sold & repaired copiers & fax machines, A small candy factory, a biochemistry lab, a bicycle repair shop & best of all a dental office. The dentist even left tranks of nitrous oxide & oxygen behind as well as 3 dentist chairs & lights & all his office furniture & just about everything else he had. Reason being he was joining an existing practice in a mall & no longer needed his equipment.
It was empty for over a year when we went back in & there it all was just like no one ever moved out. Unbelievable.
Long story, but that's where I found the syrup pitcher.
posted on August 21, 2005 04:07:54 PM new
I'm so sorry, it's all gone. Ever heard of a balloon party.
There was only one tank of that, but about four tanks of oxygen, that's still there.
This is the building where we had an office & ran our cleaning business. Viscose closed & moved out years ago & no one would buy this giant so the town rented out office space. We were there 16 years, rent was 149.00 a month including utilities &in all those yaers never went up. The building was HUGE, a block long & several stories, but only the left side of the first floor was rented out. The dentist's office was to the left of the center front entrance of the building, our office was way down the other end. All the floors on the second floor were empty, never went any higher than that because it was so spooky. If you went down the hall & into a room there was a door to another room & another & another & you could actually get lost. The biochemist was there before us & she told me she got most of her lab supplies & glass beakers from upstairs. Viscose also moved out & left a ton of stuff behind.
The third picture shows just how big the whole complex is, makes the building we were in look small.
We loved it there. no problem, no pressure, & do anything feel like doing. You could even move into another suite of rooms if you want, no one was in charge, just mail your rent in every month. For about the last five years we all kind of knew it would probably close at any time. A deal that good doesn't last forever.
McJane! Put me down for one of the bottles of Nitrous Oxide!!! I'll be right over to pick it up!!!