Last post I shared Fostoria line 5098, which they sold along with their Fairfax dinnerware pattern. Many people today consider that line to be the Fairfax pattern. Fostoria made an even lovelier … [Read more...]
Fostoria Fairfax Stemware – Gorgeous Vintage Goblets in Pink, Blue, Crystal and Topaz
We've been looking at Fostoria Fairfax, including some look-alike patterns, interesting pieces that we have had over the years, and now let's look at stemware. Fostoria made blank 5098 and sold it … [Read more...]
Fostoria Fairfax – 5 Interesting Pieces in Pink and Green Glass
Fostoria used Fairfax for a complete line of dinnerware and accessories and I have a few of the less common pieces to show you. These were lucky finds at antique stores, online and even … [Read more...]
Fostoria Fairfax and Look-Alikes – Identification Tips
We've been posting about Fairfax, the pattern that Fostoria Glass used as its workhorse during the 1930s and early 1940s. There are similar patterns that can be mistaken for plain Fairfax. Let's … [Read more...]
Three Cs of Fostoria Fairfax – Center Handled Servers, Console Bowls and Candle Holders
We're on our tour of Fostoria Fairfax, one of Fostoria's stalwart blanks they used for so many wonderful patterns. My favorite vintage pieces are the 3 Cs: Center handled servers, Console bowls and … [Read more...]
Fostoria Fairfax – Colorful Blank Alone and Etched
We finished looking at Fostoria's Century pattern and now let's go back a few years, to the late 1920s and through the Great Depression of the 1930s. One of Fostoria's most successful patterns was … [Read more...]
Fostoria Virginia – Lovely Lattice and Flower Etched 1920s Glass
Last two posts we showed Fostoria Melrose and Fostoria Beverly, two Fostoria patterns from the late 1920s that had large lattice shapes separated by small motifs. Fostoria made several patterns with … [Read more...]
Fostoria Beverly – 1920s Etched Pattern With Shield Motif
Last post we showed Fostoria Melrose, one of the late 1920s etches that has a lattice motif. Today let's have Beverly take the stage. (Here is the post: Fostoria Melrose Etched Crystal Stemware … [Read more...]
Fostoria Melrose Etched Crystal Stemware 1920s Beauty
Fostoria made several etched patterns in the 1920s that used a lattice type primary motif with smaller motifs in between each lattice. It sounds complicated but let's look at Melrose. The … [Read more...]
Would You Name Two Children the Same??
You wouldn't name two kids the same, would you? Of course not! But for some reason our favorite glass companies liked to reuse pattern names. Case in point is Fostoria Trellis. The first time … [Read more...]