Nuts for Heisey Glass!

Nuts for Heisey Glass!

If you are looking for a collection that doesn’t take up a lot of space consider Heisey nut and almond dishes. These tiny treasures come in a multitude of shapes and colors and they make a stunning display grouped together.

 

Wait a minute, just who is Heisey and why would I want to collect their glass? 

Let me tell you!

Heisey Glass Company began production in 1896 in Newark Ohio and immediately became known for the beauty and quality of their glassware. Be warned! Once you have seen and handled Heisey glass lesser glass will no longer hold the same appeal. Heisey owes its beauty to an excellent glass formula, high quality raw materials, and to the way it was finished--fire polishing and grinding and polishing the bottoms of most pieces. The company closed in 1957 making this elegant glassware even more collectible as time goes on. Are you hooked on Heisey yet?

Just how many nut and almond dishes are available to collect? 

More than you might think

With 30 different patterns in numerous colors your collection could number in the hundreds!

Did you say colors?

Not yet, but since you asked...

In the 1920’s Heisey began producing colored glassware and what fabulous colors they were with names like Flamingo, Moongleam, Canary, Dawn, Tangerine, Hawthorne, Emerald, Sahara, Limelight and Alexandrite as well as more common names such as Rose, Cobalt and Marigold. 

Alexandrite (top center) is one of the most desirable colors appearing lavender under natural light and turning blue under a florescent light.

To see examples of these colors and more visit http://www.heiseymuseum.org/colors.html

If nut and almond dishes aren’t enough of a collection for you there is a plethora of other tiny dishes including individual dessert dishes, jellies, oyster cups, mustard jars, coasters, individual creamers and sugars, and of course toothpicks – whew!

So even if you only have a tiny space you can have an impressive collection with these beautiful little dishes from Heisey.

To learn more about Heisey Glass Company please visit http://www.heiseymuseum.org/index.html

All photos used by permission of J Taylo and subject to copyright laws.