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Can anyone help I'd this glassware maker there is an old original paper tag in the photo. It seems nice quality but I just don't know what the initials on the paper tag stand for
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Sorry for the upside down photos, still trying to figure out this iPad
Hi a picture of the base might help if you can put one up.
It sure looks like Poppy made by Tiffin, though I don't recall ever seeing one in red. So, I am not 100% sure
Loving it but wondering if my tomatoes will like growing out the bottom. Got your gist & really like it.
The tomatoes grow from the top, that is why it is upside down.
Everyone is growing them upside down now, its the cool thing to do these days ;).
I saw it on a commercial so I know it is true :)
The 2nd photo left to right has a makers paper tag on it does that help? There are initials but I don't know who they are
agree that this does appear to be a Tiffin #16256 Poppy Vase
Just a couple of details - the decoration on this piece, with the tiny glass beads over painted areas, is called "coralene" - it didn't hold up well over time, and it's pretty common for there to be damaged areas; looks like much of it here is in decent shape. The red version of this vase is much harder to find than the black ones.
I think this would have been made in the 1920s. Tiffin was originally one of the U.S. Glass plants - I can't see the label too well, but you might see if it could be a U.S. Glass label (should be a shield with the letters USGC.) That would make it easier to nail down a date.
USGC label yes indeed that is what it is