NVRC NEWSLETTER February - March 2002

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F O S T O R I A G L A S S C O L L E C T O R S, I N C. Vol. 11 No. 4 May/June 2004 UPCOMING MEETINGS June 6
FGC Monthly meeting Where: Long Beach, CA Host: Wendy Steelhammer Time: 1:00 p.m. Program: Satin or Frosted Glass July 11 FGC Monthly meeting Where: TBD Host: TBD Time. 1:00 p.m. Program: Fourth of July or Patriotic themed glassware In This Issue: FGC Tea Party FGC 16th Annual
Extravaganza FGSA Fundraiser Baroque or Flame? Board Meeting Minutes Glassware For The Soul Shows and Conventions Baroque Dinnerware Line Fostoria Glass Collectors, Inc., is a 501 (c) (3) non- profit organization dedicated to the study of Fostoria glass and the preservation of American handmade glassware. Glass Works 2004 Fostoria Glass Collectors, Inc. All rights reserved. Glass Works is the official
publication of FGC. Inc. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any manner without written permission from F.G.C., Inc. Glass Works is published eight times a year. Issues are: January, February/March, April, May/June, July, August/September, October, November/December.
For newsletter submissions and deadlines, please email fgcglass@aol.com . Opinions expressed by authors of articles are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Fostoria Glass Collectors, Inc., or its Board of Directors and Officers. Back Issues: Single issues may be obtained for $2 each. postpaid. Photographs submitted will be returned with prior arrangements. Advertising Rates: Sponsor ad in Glass Works: $25 per year for a business card size ad. $40 per year for a double business card size ad. Sponsor ad on web site: $25 per year for a business card size ad.
$40 per year for a double business card size ad. Sponsor page in Glass Works and on website: $45 per year for a business card size ad. $75 per year for a double business card size ad. Classified ads in Glass Works: Members - 10 cents per word - $3 minimum Non members - 20 cents per word - $6 minimum Abbreviations, initials and zip codes each count as one word. In the event of a typographical error, the corrected ad will appear in the next issue. Annual Membership $20 Membership Directory Membership directories are available only to members and are for a member s personal use only.
If you would like a directory mailed to you. please send $1 to cover postage and handling to the address below. OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS VICE-PRESIDENT/DIR-2004 Janet Ujfalusi 20634 Circulo Vista Dr. Yorba Linda, CA 92887 (714) 970-8985 jujfalusi@fostoriacollectors.org TREASURER/DIRECTOR - 2004 Juliana Binkley 5463 Redding Road
San Diego, CA 92115-1134 (619) 286-1677 jbinkley@fostoriacollectors.org DIRECTOR - 2005
Carol Wiese 1405 Walnut Avenue Orange, CA 92867 (714) 744-6977 cwiese@fostoriacollectors.org DIRECTOR - 2006 Wendy Steelhammer 1042 E. 46th Street Long Beach, CA 90807
(562) 422-5544 wsteelhammer@fostoriacollectors.org DIRECTOR - 2006 Andrea Burke STANDING COMMITTEES Publicity: Karen Morey Historian: Janet Ujfalusi Ticket Sales: Carol Roberts Programs: Melanie Hildreth Membership: Therese Ujfalusi Social Secretary: Beverley Hanson Sales/Publications: Gary Schneider Web Site: Carol Wiese, Susan and Peter Olpe, and Gary Schneider Extravaganza/Auctions: Melanie Hildreth and Terry Smith Glass Works Committee: Melanie Hildreth, Janet Ujfalusi, Carol Roberts, Wendy Steelhammer Karen Morey, Terry Smith and Maryann and Gary Schneider All photos by Ken Slater, unless otherwise noted Editor: Tom Rosenburg Publisher: F.G.C. Inc PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR-2004 Maryann Schneider 18864 J J Lane Yorba Linda, CA 92886 (714) 693-2856
mschneider@fostoriacollectors.org SECRETARY/DIRECTOR - 2004 Carol Murphy 75 Lassen Drive
Santa Barbara, CA 93111 (805) 967-5369 cmurphy@fostoriacollectors.org DIRECTOR - 2005 Karen Morey 1924 Marber Avenue Long Beach, CA 90815 (562) 596-9162 kmorey@fostoriacollectors.org DIRECTOR - 2006 Therese Ujfalusi 28024 St. Kitts Mission Viejo, CA 92692 (949) 770-4088
tujfalusi@fostoriacollectors.org GLASS WORKS is a ostoria Glass Collectors, Inc., publication for the dissemination of information about Fostoria and other American handmade glassware. How To Reach Us! Please direct all correspondence to: Fostoria Glass Collectors. Inc. P. O. Box 1625, Orange CA 92856 Email: fgcglass@aol.com web site: http://www.fostoriacollectors.org 2 Glass Works Upcoming Events Sunday, June 6 t h 1:00 P.M. the FGC meeting will be at the home of Wendy Steelhammer, 1042 E. 46 th Street, Long Beach, CA. The program will be on satin or satin-like
finished glassware. Please bring examples by
any company for the program. Directions: From
the 405 (either direction): Exit at Orange and
turn north. Proceed to 45` x ' Way (about 2 miles), the 2nd street after San Antonio, and turn left
(west). At first stop sign (Bentree), turn right
(north) and then immediate left on 46`'' Street.
From the 91: Exit at Cherry and proceed south to
Del Amo and turn right. Turn left at the first
street after Orange which is Bentree, between the
church and Clara Barton school. Turn right on
46th Street to 1042. Please bring a chair and
your auction donations. Sunday, July 11 th , 1:00 P.M. The FGC meeting will be announced at the June meeting
and will be in the July newsletter. The program
will be on 4 th of July themed glassware. We want to celebrate the stars and stripes and any patriotic
themed glassware. Please bring an example or
two to share. Directions: Will be in the July
newsletter. Please bring a chair and your show
and tell items! Sunday, August 1` t , 1:00 P.M. The FGC meeting will be at the home of Maryann
and Gary Schneider. The program will be on
sets. This theme includes cream and sugar sets,
salt and pepper sets, a mayonnaise and underliner, any glassware items that belongs
together. Please bring an example or two to
share. Directions: Will be in the July newsletter. Tea Time Last's year's Afternoon Tea was fun and a nice change of pace from our monthly routines.
This year's Tea is scheduled at a very special lo-
cation. Read about it on page 15. 16th Annual Extravaganza We are looking forward to our Annual Extrava- ganza! This year we have moved the event to Sep-
tember 18 th and made several changes in order to make the event more enjoyable and interesting.
Changes include adding a "Buy It Now" option in
addition to the Member Displays, seminar and si-
lent and live auctions. Read all about it on page 14.
Please mark your calendars and plan on being
there! Future Feature Articles The publications committee is working on ar- ticles featuring barware, cigarette holders, ash-
trays, Christmas or Holiday items, and dresser sets. If you have photos of your special items that
would add to any of these articles, please send to
fgcglass@aol.com or email us about sending via regular mail. We would love to hear from you! In This Issue Membership Report ........................................ page 4
FGC 16 th Annual Extravaganza .................... page 5 Fostoria Baroque or Flame?.......................... page 6
Fostoria Baroque Dinnerware Line .............. page 10
Glassware for the Soul................................... page 14
FGC 2nd Annual Tea Party ...........................page 15
Convention Time ............................................ page 16
FGSA Fundraiser ............................................ page 17
Shows, Conventions, Happenings, etc .........page 18
Classified Ads..................................................page 19 On This Month s Cover: This month's cover pictures two similar, elegant but often confused items. Shown on the left, a Fos-
toria #2484 Crystal Baroque Lustre and on the right
a Fostoria #2545 Crystal Flame Lustre. Find out
more about these patterns on page 6. 1YI - ay/June 2004 3 Membership Report By Therese Ujfalusi F ostoria Glass Collectors welcome the following new members who joined the first
quarter of 2004. As you can see January was an exceptional month! January: James Knott, Findley, OH
Brita Sullivan, Novato, CA; collects Holly and pink milk glass Susan Hill, Santa Cruz, CA; collects Victoria, Heisey Ridgeleigh, Blue Fire King
David Ooley, Indianapolis, IN
Michelle DeWitt, Milwaukie, OR Eric Fahle, Westford, MA
Lincoln Wadsworth, Jackson, NJ Anne Harvey, Gastonia, NC February: Ileen Lummus, Fremont, CA
Dean Knight, Tulsa, OK March: Frank Cosentino, Jr., Plaistow, NH; collects Figural Acid Etchings
Cathy Ross, Van Nuys, CA; collects Tiffin Cherokee Rose, Cambridge Marjorie Our total is now 210 members. Fostoria #2666 Quart Jug with #815 Holly cutting Cambridge 1917\18
Sugar with Marjorie etching, 1912 - 1940s Shown here are four examples of what our new members collect. Heisey Ridgeleigh 2-part Crystal Relish Hobbs Brockunier #77 Comport with Flamingo Habitat etch 4 Glass Works FGC Extravaganza XVI s we approach Extravaganza XVI, A we want to share the exciting
changes we are making to this
year s event. As usual, we will conduct a live auction featuring the donated items and consignment
items with no reserve. Consignments with a
reserve will now be accepted for two different
sections of the Extravaganza: they can be con-
signed to the Buy It Now section or the Silent Auction section. Buy It Now: As you know, some Extrava- ganza attendees are anxious to buy glassware
and don t want to wait around for the auction.
Buy It Now items will be sold to the first buyer
who agrees to pay the stated reserve. We have
set aside two tables for Buy It Now. If you would like to consign items for this section,
send a list of those items to Melanie Hildreth
by August 18" . Since there are just two tables
available, glass items to be consigned to this section will be accepted on a first-come, first-
served basis. Silent Auction: Consignments with a re- serve not designated Buy It Now will be fea- tured in the Silent Auction section. With the ability to see the reserve, bidders will have
more time to think about the value of the item
and will have time to bid successfully. We are pleased to announce that Phil Stein will be back again this year as the seminar
speaker. Some of us have heard him speak
before on Vaseline Glass, and know the depth
of his research on that subject. This will cer- tainly be a great seminar that you will not want to miss! One portion of the Extravaganza we are not modifying is the Member s Displays. This
has been a favorite of the attendees and best
illustrates the beauty and utility of this elegant
glassware. In past years, some of the glass dis-
played has included very rare and hard to find
items. This is one of the most educational parts of our event. Education and disseminat-
ing information about American made glass-
ware is our mission! Extravaganza XVI begins at 11:00 am, Saturday, September 18` h . Mark you calendar now so you will not miss this exciting day. Since this is our annual fundraising event, we are instituting a $3 admission charge at the
door. This will help cover the cost of the room rental. Also, in the spirit of our mission,
we are asking each member to donate two
pieces of American made glassware to the
general auction in advance. Local members
may bring their donations to a monthly meet-
ing. Members unable to attend a meeting may
ship their glass donations to: FGC, Inc
c/o Janet Ujfalusi 13079 Artesia Blvd., Suite B 105A Cerritos, CA 90703
Be sure to mark the date on your calendar! We hope to see you there to help us celebrate
Elegant Glassware! Pictured here are four items from past Extravaganza auctions. Fostoria Jenny Lind Glove Box Heisey #1447 Rococo 12-ounce Footed Soda 1934 - 1938 Cambridge #3500/54 2-handled Bon Bon with gold encrusted Wildflower etching Duncan Sandwich candlestick May/June 2004 5 Baroque or Flame? By Melanie Hildreth T here is often confusion among col-
lectors identifying items from the
Fostoria #2496 Baroque or #2545 Flame patterns. This article is intended to help the
collector differentiate between these two similar
patterns. Since many of the pieces in the Fostoria #2496 Baroque line are adorned with the fleur-de-lis, col-
lectors often use that as an identifying characteris-
tic of the pattern. There are actually a number of
pieces that were produced in the Baroque line that
do not carry the fleur-de-lis, and these pieces are
sometimes confused with the Fostoria #2545
Flame pattern. Examples of pieces known to not
have the fleur-de-lis are the two, three, and four-
part Relishes, Jelly and Cover, Preserve and
Cover, both Comports, Handled Mint, Sweetmeat,
8-inch Oval Tray, Oval Sauce Dish, 2-part May-
onnaise, Smoker Set, 10-inch floating garden, 1 0

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