acets of ostoria Official Publication of FOSTORIA GLASS SOCIETY OF AMERICA Inc. To acquire and disseminate detailed knowledge concerning Fostoria Glassware A 501(c)3 non-profit organization © 2016 All Rights Reserved Price $ 5.00 Volume 37 No. 5 March / April 2016 Fostoria’s First Lamps All-Glass Stand Lamps By Gary Schneider Practically from the day Fostoria opened their factory, they produced all-glass Stand and Finger lamps. These lamps are machine-made, blown, and pressed in one operation and advertised as leak proof and the strongest all-glass lamp on the market. Available with shrunk on collars (not removable) or collars attached with plaster or cement (removable). The stands on the lamps are long and de- signed to allow one to carry the lamp safely; whereas, the sewing lamp design is to place the lamp and leave it (Figure 4). Fostoria produced the Stand lamps for at least six years before they started to make their Gone With The Wind Lamps for which the company is so well known. Fostoria manufactured several lines of Stand lamps while in Ohio and for years continued many of these same lines in Moundsville. Some of the early tableware lines have Stand lamps: Cascade, Virginia, Valencia, to name a few. These Stand lamps are not the same as the Vase lamps also made in some tableware lines. When not part of a tableware line the lamps have their own line numbers: No. 153, No. 154, 181, 191, and 250, again, to name a few. Many of the patterns for these lamps are generally very basic, more utilitarian than for appearance. Typically, the font and the stand do not have a decoration. Sometimes the chimneys will have a two-color band decoration and the lamps flashed with a solid color, usually green or red, or with alternating 2-color green, gold, or red aniline stain (the darkened areas in Figure 2). Late 1890, the Stand lamps took on designs that are more attractive (Figures 3 and 4). Perhaps this gave those who could not afford the elegant GWTW lamps a stylish lamp to be proud of dis- playing. A fully decorated “D” lamp as shown in Figure 2 cost twenty-four cents in 1900 or $7.07 today. Sometimes you can find these old lamps for $10-15 today, which is almost equivalent to 1900 prices! (Continued on page 4) Inside This Issue: Fostoria’s First Lamps 1, 4-6 Convention Recap 10-11 Hotel Accommodations 15 Presidents Message 3 Upcoming Events 12 Dealer Directory 16 New Members 3 Donations 13 Museum Mail Order 17-18 Designed by Avon 7-9 Stemware needs 14 Convention Registration 19 Fostoria Glass Museum Museum Hours 511 Tomlinson Ave. March – November Moundsville, WV 26041 Wednesday – Saturday 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Phone: (304)845-9188 Closed Holidays Website: www.fostoriaglass.org Call the Museum phone number to arrange for group tours [email protected] Curator Assistant Curator / Ralph C. Clark Public Relations FGSA Board of Directors 1310 10th. Street Cassie Jo Clark 1310 10th. Street Officers 2014-2016: Moundsville, WV 26041 304-845-5485 Moundsville, WV 26041 304-845-5485 President: Vice President: [email protected] [email protected] James D. Davis Robert L. Sperow 870 Oak Plains Rd. 730 Berkely Station Rd. Clarksville, TN 37043 Martinsburg, WV 25404 931-648-2993 304-263-1629 [email protected] [email protected] Museum Trustees: Clara Robinson, John Icard, Jessie Wright, Gary Roy, Recording Secretary: Corresponding Secretary: Charles Hill, Ron Hufford, Michelle Sugg, Roni Crabb Carole Pickel Carole Wood 571 Blossom Trail 106 Arlington Ave. Research: Mary Kreitling [email protected] Mt. Joy, PA. 17522 Moundsville, WV 26041 Memorabilia: Gary, Shelia Roy 304-736-5449 717-492-1960 304-312-0069 Acquisitions: Cassie Clark [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Curator: Ralph C. Clark, chair, Committee Members: Roni Crabb, Cassie Jo Clark, Treasurer: John Icard Sharon Davis 870 Oak Plains Rd. Standing Committee Chairs: Clarksville, TN 37043 Membership: Carole Wood 931-648-2993 Chapter/Publicity: Carole & Earl Pickel [email protected] Projects/Fund Raisers: Barbara Maxwell Convention: Lynda Randolph Show: Charles Hill DIRECTORS Auction: John Icard 5 Year Plan: Museum Comittee Charles Hill 2016 Michelle Sugg 2017 Endowment: Ron Hufford 50 Gloria Drive 1281 Harding Bylaws: Barbara Maxwell Wheeling, WV 26003 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 Audit & Finance: 304-242-3176 248-495-6142 Facets: Mary Sue Lyon [email protected] [email protected] John Icard 2016 Jon Saffell 2018 319 7th. Street 302 8th Street Moundsville, WV 26041 Glen Dale, WV 26038 Advertising Rates 304-845-1387 304-845-6775 [email protected] [email protected] Display Advertising Rates : Single Issue Yearly Rate Roni Crabb 2017 Gary Roy CR 1/8 page $ 25.00 $ 22.50 per issue = $135/yr 30 Spring Garden St., 2 Karyn Court 1/4 page $ 50.00 $ 45.00 per issue = $270/yr Elizabethtown, PA 17022 Barboursville, WV 25504 1/2 page $ 75.00 $ 67.50 per issue = $405/yr 717-367-3442 304-736-5449 Full Page $150.00 $135.00 per issue = $810/yr [email protected] [email protected] Dealer Directory, Business Card Size: Barbara Maxwell CR Clara Robinson 2017 Members $ 24.00; Non Members $ 39.00 per year 2457 Perkiomen Ave 1 Melba Terrace Reading, PA 19606 Moundsville, WV 26041 “Facets of Fostoria” assumes no responsibility for false 239-777-8751 304-845-3897 advertisement or any misleading information. In the event of [email protected] a typographical error, a correction will appear in the next issue. Jesse Wright CR Anna Bennett 2016 “Facets of Fostoria” is published 6 times a year. 1203 Third Street 1409 9th. Street Moundsville, WV 26041 Moundsville, WV 26041 Editor: Mary Sue Lyon 304-845-2748 304-845-7658 PO Box 467 [email protected] [email protected] South Haven, MI 49090 Email: [email protected] CR= Chapter Representative. Cell: 312-403-9619 2 Welcome New Members The following individuals have recently joined FGSA and we wish to welcome each of them to the Fostoria family. New Members: 1/13/16 Christine Moran, Westmont, IL 2/8/16 Dennis Montgomery, Riverton, IL 2/16/16 Richard Clemens, Saginaw, TX We encourage each member to recruit new members to join FGSA. Membership is essen- tial to fund the Fostoria Glass Society of America operations. Membership makes a great gift for a glass collector or prospective collector and what a great way to educate the next generation on the beauty and skill in- volved in creating Fostoria glass items. Keep on recruiting! 2016 FGSA Convention Raffle Prizes The 2016 FGSA Fostoria Convention display will feature Fostoria lamps made in the late 1800's to 1915. These two lamps represent that era; they will be the convention raffle items. The first name drawn on Sunday, June 12, 2016 will have the choice of lamps. Tickets are $5.00 each or five tickets for $20. Send a check providing name and phone number (use mailing labels) for each ticket purchased. FGSA PO Box 826 Moundsville, West Virginia 26041 Antique Scrolled Acanthus Fostoria Antique GWTW with Francis Base Kerosene Oil Parlor Banquet Table Lamp Lamp Fostoria Glass Glows (electrified) 26” high 3 Figure 2 Dealers offered the lamps with or without burner and chimney as shown in Figure 2. “No Trimmings” means without the burner and chimney. The collar determines the burner size, which regulates the brightness, and the font size controls the amount of kerosene held. The No. 1 burner would be roughly equivalent to a 25-40 watt bulb and the No. 2 burner a 40-60 watt bulb. The brightness would be near the lamp, and not like todays light bulbs lighting of the whole room. It was extremely important to use the correct burner size as explosion of the chimney and the resulting fire was very common. In the early advertisements, several chimney manufacturers listed their chimney as “explosion proof.” Many an unhappy lamp owner found out this was just a sales pitch! All Fostoria Stand lamp lines commonly have eight height sizes and two burner sizes (No. 1 and No. 2). In the early years, the lamps came as size A- E, and then changed to the industry standard of A-D, and O. Each Line had a Finger lamp that came in two styles, footed, and flat and some Lines also have a Sewing lamp. Figure 3 4 The standard height sizes for all Fostoria Stand lamps, not including chimney or burner, are D 11″, C 10¼″, B 9¼″, A 9½″, O 8½″ Finger Footed 6½″, Finger Flat Various, Sewing 9″ Figure 4 The lamps shown in Figures 3 and 4 are the Line 734 Acme Lamp. As indicated in the price lists, the Acme lamp is a “Medium Quality Line.” Fostoria produced this line from mid–1890 to about 1915. Fostoria Line 676 Priscilla Ware, which came out in 1899, later than Acme, has considerable pattern design similarities to the Acme lamps. Although produced in Crystal and in Opal glass, it is likely the collector can find the Acme lamp, like Priscilla Ware, in Green glass. The chimney on the Sewing Lamp in Figure 3 is both frosted and etched. 2016 Auction 2016 Glass Show Update The 2016 auction currently has 15 consignors so we are The Show Vice Chairman (Rick Wright) and I are looking for at least 3 to 5 more, the amount consigned getting ready for another record setting number of determines if we take on any more. Those who want to dealers at this year’s glass show. All our contracts are be in the auction need to receive their packets no later out, the show cards are printed and distributed, and we than the end of March.