Here ends the Lacy Age and begins the transition to the Flint Glass Age. Colonial Age 1845-1865 An example of Flint glass. All Lacy glass is flint (leaded) glass and if you own some, you have some examples of American historical treasures. Lacy glass was rarely made in colors and most of that is now in museums. Although they were not yet made in larger “sets”, we own one very rare covered sugar bowl & creamer set (the creamer is shown in the above photo). The first pressed glass pieces made were drawer pulls, cup plates, master salts, curtain tie backs and later there were perfume bottles, decanters & some dishes. Today, it is realized that many other factories on the East Coast & in the Pittsburgh, PA and Wheeling, West Va areas also made lacy looking glass. of Sandwich, Mass, which produced a great deal of this ware. This glass was formerly referred to as “sandwich glass” for the Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. Truth be known, that fine stippling doubled as an inventive way to mask the irregularities in the glass. “Lacy” refers to the look of these early patterns they are replete with scrolls & geometric designs against a finely stippled background which gives the glass the look of fine lace. Lacy is a general term chosen by collectors to describe the earliest type of pressed glass produced in the US. The Lacy Glass Age 1825-1845 An example of Lacy Glass, the earliest type of pressed glass produced in the US. One helpful way to look at EAPG is to divide the 60 (or so) years it was made into 4 Periods or Ages. And so, EAPG does have a date definition, even if it is a little elastic. No one ever said that the antiques world is rigid.įor the record, a body of collectibles needs to have somewhere to begin and end and most, for simplicity, have chosen 1850 -1910, the Victorian era. not “kitchen dishes”…but they are sometimes cast into the net of EAPG anyway. But mostly those pieces were limited to salt dips, curtain tiebacks, candlesticks, dresser knobs and a few other items…. Another conundrum… glass was pressed in America before 1850. I have some glass that was pressed in America before 1850! Right. A few glass companies made patterns that were so popular that they continued making them after 1910 and some glass companies, notably Indiana Glass Co., Indiana Dunkirk & Kokomo Jenkins, introduced a few patterns that had that “Victorian” aura for a few years after 1910. Youʼve just identified one of the conundrums of EAPG. I have a collection of Bird & Strawberry pattern that was made in 1915! Right. The definition of EAPG in itʼs simplest form is: glass dishes pressed into a mold, in America, between 1850 to 1910 in sets, such that all the pieces of the set match in design. For simplicity, weʼll use ʻEAPGʼ as we attempt to unravel the mystery here with some basic well-known Building Blocks and give you the A B Cʼs of EAPG. The two most obvious are Early American Pattern Glass and EAPG, but it is also referred to in the literature and in current vernacular as ʻpressed glassʼ, ʻpattern glassʼ, ʻold glassʼ, ʻCivil War glassʼ, ʻVictorian glassʼ, and even ʻEarly American Pressed Glassʼ. Another is that Early American Pattern Glass, or EAPG, is simply a widely misunderstood catch-all term that is interpreted as “glass I want to sell”.Īnother point of confusion is that this glass with a very narrow definition is known by so many terms. “Early” to many, means “before I was born” or certainly “before my parents were born”. You have to wonder why some choose that section which is designated specifically for 19th century American pressed glass to list their item, especially when their auction item is glass made in the mid 20th century or even pottery. A cursory look at the auction items offered in the section of ebay at Pottery & Glass > Glass > Glassware > Early American Pattern Glass, could leave a person slightly bewildered.
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