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Fostoria glass.-- so named from the town in which it was located -- is
categorized by collectors as “elegant” glassware, although many pieces were
produced during the Depression era. This term came about due to the high quality
of this type of glass and
In general, colored stemware and dinnerware pieces made by Fostoria are valued
higher than clear counterparts in the same pattern.
The manufacturer's glassware production has extended to glass gifts,
paperweights,
Decorated glass, vases, dishes, bowls, , candlesticks, candle holders, oil
lamps, decorative glass, cake plates, tumblers, glass shades, pitchers,carafes,
decanters, ice buckets, bowls, gift ideas, jewelry boxes, perfume bottles,
decanters, business card holders, ring holders, cuspidors, baskets, toothpick
holders, oil candles, glass pumpkins, garden floats, glass floats, ashtrays,
baskets, powder jar, temple jar, water cooler, washing pots and hand blown
glass.
blown glass vase, art glass bowl,Powder Jar, Flowerpot, Drink Set, dishes, gups,
tumblers, ashtrays ,
urns, water sets, window boxes.candleholders, carafes, cocktail shakers,
compotes, creamer, cordial sets, decanters, dresser set, fruit baskets, goblet,
jiggers, punchbowl,
Many of the early tableware pieces were needle etched or wheel cut, both popular
forms of decoration for early 20th century glass. Fostoria also offered some
lines decorated with ruby red or gold bands, another fashionable style of the
day.American is Fostoria's all-time bestseller. Introduced in 1915, American
hasn't entirely gone out of production yet
other well-known patterns were Versailles, June, Navarre, Chintz, Vernon,
and Romance
The factory packed up and moved to Moundsville, West Virginia in 1891 where
glassware of the highest quality was manufactured until 1985 when the Fostoria factory closed for
good.
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