Imperial Open Lace Laced Edge Green Vaseline Shallow Plate AKA Dot & Sugar Cane

Description

GREETINGS ALL GLASSAHOLICS! WELCOME TO THE DEBUT OF SCANDLEGLASS CREATIONS FOR ENLIGHTENMENT AS OF VALENTINES DAY 2014! I AM PLEASED TO FINALLY BEGIN PRUNING MY GLASS COLLECTION CONSISTING OF BOTH VINTAGE & CONTEMPORARY OFFERINGS ACQUIRED SINCE 1993 WHEN I FIRST BEGAN MY GLASS COLLECTING IN EARNEST BACK IN WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA.
INITIALLY I MADE THE ROUNDS OF LOCAL ANTIQUE SHOPS & MALLS IN BOTH W.P.B. & LAKE WORTH AS WELL AS DELRAY BEACH & DANIA BEFORE SUBSEQUENTLY ALSO ATTENDING MANY OF THE PICADILLY ANTIQUE SHOWS HELD REGULARLY AT THE SOUTH FLORIDA FAIRGROUNDS.
THE ZEAL WITH WHICH I  FANATICALLY SEARCHED FOR GLASS (LIKE I DID FOR RECORDS BACK IN THE 1970'S & EARLY 1980'S) CENTERED AROUND MY PRIMARILY FINDING ANY RECEPTACLES WHICH I DEEMED ADEQUATE TO ACCOMMODATE VOTIVE CANDLES. HOWEVER, I QUICKLY BRANCHED OUT INTO ALSO EMBRACING MANY TOOTHPICK HOLDERS, ROSEBOWLS, SPOONERS, VARIOUS SIZED VASES AND THE OCCASIONAL SPITTOON, MANY OF WHICH I UTILIZED AS CANDLE HOLDERS. ALTHOUGH MOST WERE OBVIOUSLY BY NAME NOT DESIGNED OR INTENDED FOR SUCH PURPOSES OR USE, I FOUND THAT FREQUENTLY THEY MADE THE BEST HOLDERS THAT OFTEN PRODUCED A MYRIAD OF SPECTACULAR OPTICAL & VISUAL RESULTS! ADDITIONALLY I ALSO BEGAN COLLECTING SOME PAPERWEIGHTS, AS WELL AS SOME FIGURALS SUCH AS ELEPHANTS, FISH, FROGS, OWLS, SWANS & TURTLES WHICH AT TIMES WERE NOT MADE OF GLASS, BUT CLOISONNE, MALACHITE, CERAMIC/POTTERY, PLEXIGLASS & WOOD.
THIS MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION RESULTED IN MY ACQUIRING OVER 900 PIECES OF GLASS WITHIN THE FIRST 9 YEARS! A FEW YEARS AFTER MOVING TO THE NORTH EAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS IN LATE 2004 I SLOWED DOWN SUBSTANTIALLY DUE TO REACHING SATURATION POINT & SPACE LIMITATIONS AS WELL AS HAVING LESS $$ TO SPEND. I STOPPED ATTENDING THE ATLANTA ANTIQUE SHOWS ABOUT 3 YEARS AGO AND NOW I JUST BUY THE OCCASIONAL PIECE  I CAN'T RESIST OR I'M WATCHING FOR THAT'S OFFERED ON EBAY, ASSUMING I CAN JUSTIFY AS WELL AS AFFORD IT'S GOING RATE.
SO, AS WITH MY ONGOING RECORD COLLECTION PRUNING, I'LL BE CONTINUING TO OFFER GLASS AS I THIN OUT THAT COLLECTION AS WELL OVER A PERIOD OF TIME. AFTER I HAVE LISTED AT LEAST 40-50 GLASS ITEMS OR PERHAPS 100 OR MORE (SO I HAVE BUILT UP AN AUDIENCE OF GLASS WATCHERS & OTHER POTENTIAL BUYERS) I WILL THEN LIST SOME ITEMS NOW & THEN FOR AUCTION ALSO IN ADDITION TO REGULAR ONGOING BIN OR BEST OFFER ONES! ONCE AGAIN PLEASE BE PATIENT & KEEP WATCHING BECAUSE I'M ONLY A ONE MAN OPERATION AND IT ALL TAKES TIME!
Amongst my glass offerings will be both Contemporary & Vintage Art glass Bowls/Rosebowls, Creamers & Sugars, Paperweights & Vases, Carnival, EAPG, Controlled Bubble, Cobalt & Cranberry Cut To Clear, Crystal, Milk Glass, Opalescent, Perfume Bottles, Pressed & Pattern, Satin, Toothpicks, Vaseline & Victorian. You'll see some Acro Agate, Avon, Bagley, Beatty, Blenko, Boyd, Cambridge, Consolidated, Correia, Dugan/Diamond, Duncan Miller, Eickholt, Fenton, Fostoria, Robert Held, Imperial, Jeanette, Jefferson, Brian Maytum, Murano, Northwood, Orient & Flume, Orrefors, Perthshire, Riverside, L.E. Smith, Joe St. Clair, Tiffin, Vandermark, Viking, Westmoreland, L.G.Wright and some others.
As with my records, cds & dvds the vast majority of what I will offer will be in excellent to Mint condition with usually little to no wear or damage despite many pieces being turn of the century or before as well as many from the depression years. Any inherent damage will be noted accordingly when present & as always I fully guarantee your satisfaction with expert descriptions, packing, shipping and service.
Please be aware that I am by no means a glass expert as I am with records where I have 40+ years of knowledge & experience. Therefore I don't claim to know nearly as much in this field as some others do and many people out there are certainly far more knowledgeable than I am, particularly when it comes to identifying reproductions in some cases. I have quite a few glass books for reference but in some instances they do not provide the further awareness I need to make a call or properly identify an item. Even reputable experts sometimes are forced to speculate do to lack of surviving documentation or the fact that glass companies were quite incestuous by nature with molds being hijacked and/or reused and craftsmen jumping ship and working for other companies. Naturally if I've made a mistake or if something seems wrong in any of my listings please do not hesitate to let me know so I can potentially correct it & become better informed in the process! Ultimately as in any field there is always more knowledge to be gained with further experience and I welcome it!
Please be a bit patient with my shipping times initially for a while until I get a little more up to speed with packing, as glass comes in many shapes, sizes & weights
requiring many different size boxes, unlike records, cds & dvds which are quite uniform with little variation. Over the years I have stockpiled much bubble-wrap and peanuts to last for awhile but I will have to get boxes regularly to accommodate any sold items accordingly. I usually only go to town 2-3 times a week, plus if there's inclement weather like there has been frequently this past winter I may not be able to get out at times with snow & ice bound mountain roads & terrain to navigate!
FEEDBACK: Please leave positive feedback indicating your appreciation for my efforts to serve you faithfully & honorably with the accuracy of my item listings, along with careful packing & prompt
shipping service that's usually at most
3 business days, unless extenuating circumstances evolve and/or apply which rarely happens.
I have always been in the habit of leaving + feedback for my buyers pretty soon after their purchases, usually within at most a few days of when I ship out their item(s). Unfortunately there's been about a dozen glass buyers since February 2014 who have not seen fit to leave positive feedback which is pretty disappointing to me. I strive for satisfaction so IF there is ever a problem OR if you are not satisfied for some reason then PLEASE contact me so I can make things right & maintain my 100% positive feedback rating! Otherwise I'm just left wondering why??? Are some folks forgetful, do they procrastinate, or are they just too lazy or selfish to be bothered??!!
Up until now I've resisted doing what some other sellers do which is saying that your + feedback left will result in mine, but now I'm saying it!!! Unlike Records, CDs & DVDs which frequently require time to get to, absorb & evaluate, Glass can be assessed very quickly once it's been received & unpacked. SO, there's really no valid excuses I can think of warranting no feedback left (excepting family emergencies or health issues arising) & from now on I will wait up to 1-2 weeks from when items are delivered for appropriate feedback. If I have still not heard from you at that point then I may
cordially
contact you asking for clarification as to why. Or else I'll just wait for you to act...or not! It's your call & I don't want to pester people, just serve them well in the hopes that they'll reciprocate, hopefully without any additional prompting! Thanks for your understanding & compliance regardless.