Glass toothpicks - who made them?

Discussion in 'Pottery, Glass, and Porcelain' started by Messilane, Dec 11, 2014.

  1. Messilane

    Messilane Well-Known Member

    The red one I am fairly certain is a repro but I am still wondering who made it. The pale blue one I haven't a clue about. :)

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  2. TallCakes

    TallCakes Well-Known Member

    blue is Bryce, Higbee's Banded Barrel c.1890s
     
  3. Messilane

    Messilane Well-Known Member

    Super!
    Thank you, TallCakes!
     
  4. Messilane

    Messilane Well-Known Member

    I was able to find the red one - L G Wright Co (I think).
     
  5. terry5732

    terry5732 Well-Known Member

    I was picturing something like this
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    from the title
     
  6. Messilane

    Messilane Well-Known Member

  7. Cherryhill

    Cherryhill Well-Known Member

    The blue one is a nearly contemporary (now) copy of Bryce, Higbee's. More like 1990s.
     
  8. Messilane

    Messilane Well-Known Member

    Indications thereof?
     
  9. Cherryhill

    Cherryhill Well-Known Member

    Bryce, Higee wasn't making anything but clear (crystal) glass in the 1890s.
     
  10. Messilane

    Messilane Well-Known Member

    Okay, thanks! I will see what's what.
     
  11. Messilane

    Messilane Well-Known Member

  12. Cherryhill

    Cherryhill Well-Known Member

    John Bryce joined with former Bryce salesman John B. Higbee to form Bryce, Higbee & Co. which lasted until the factory was destroyed by flood in 1907. Higbee continued on as John B. Higbee Glass Company in Bridgeville, PA until 1918.

    Quoted from the site you linked to.

    Bryce Higbee did not in any way make the same wares as Bryce Bros. Nor did they make any colors during the 1890-1900 period. The colors that Bryce Higbee made were made during the mid 1880s. The toothpick under discussion was made in blue and amber, in the 1880s, but not that color of blue, a blue often called Sapphire blue.

    Accept that you could have purchased something represented as old but was really newer.
     
  13. Messilane

    Messilane Well-Known Member

    I probably paid a freaking dollar for it at a thrift, so I don't really care about that.
    But i do like to have complete info on things, with documentation, when possible.
    Glass not being something I would actively look for, I don't have any books on it - thought others might.
     
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