Glass identified

Tonight I made definite identifications on all the Depression glass I bought.  As I said before, the nut dish is Hocking ‘Old Cafe’ in ruby glass, but it seems to be unusual in having a detachable stamped spring-steel handle on it.  None of the other examples I’ve found have one.  The eight bowls turn out to be a special kind known as a “nappy,” which is a sort of small serving dish.  They’re all Hocking ‘Royal Ruby.’  And the candlesticks turned out to be Westmoreland’s ‘Waterford’ pattern; the fired-on red trim identifies them as 1960s items.  Earlier candlesticks in this pattern were clear with no colored trim.  (I just found two pairs of sticks like mine that sold on eBay week before last, one for $63 and the other for $72.  Más que cool!)

The GE waffle cooker appears to be 1940s; it was created as a down-line version of the “Diana” model of 1939, lacking only that cooker’s automatic thermostat and with a different color of bakelite handle.  One dealer’s site I found said “A little known secret – the iron is so well engineered that it self regulates.  As long as it’s kept full of batter it will not overheat.”  He also says it makes a 5½-inch Belgian-type waffle.  Now I need to get out the metal polish, knock off the rust pox, plug it in and see if it heats properly.  If it do, I might make a batch or two of waffles myself before I let it go.

The archdeacon drives a Mallet; the ninja was financed by the Vatican.  Fnord.