I posted this in the glass forum but got no response. I am hoping more folks will be looking here. This is a very tiny little footed glass piece with gold gilding and the words Howard Patterson Meridian Fair 1911 green glass around the center.
Any information would be greatly appreciated.
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I have a vase exactly like this one – except that the etching says “Robert Gray – State Fair – 1911. It was given to me by my father who always told me that his father, Robert Gray, got it at the Tennessee State Fair when he was a young man. Even the writing looks like the same hand lettered it. Therefore I believe that the ‘Howard Patterson’ on Ms. Clark’s vase was the name of the person who originally bought/won/or otherwise obtained it in 1911 in a city called Meridian. (I would like to look this well-preserved when I am 100 years old.):P
After much searching I finally found out this is made by U.S. Glass Company in the Colorado 1887 Pattern between circa 1887 and 1920. It is a lovely EAPG piece and was used for souvenirs in a number of places, thus the etching.
I am so happy to have found this out. Thank all you folks who took a look to try and help me. God bless.
