Author Topic: Identify Vaseline Toothpick?! (Read 1389 times)

kslak · « **on:** April 12, 2008, 03:02:23 PM »

I have a vaseline glass toothpick that I am unable to identify. Have checked ebay and ruby lane and found nothing. It has a daisy & button on 2 sides and a girl with bonnet carrying a flag and what looks like a candle on the other 2 sides. In one of the buttons there is a plain J mark. The top is kind of serrated. It is not old, I've had it for 6 or 7 years. I'm new at this, but I'll try to attach a picture. The 2 pictures of the girl show differing contrasts. Thanks for any help!

Glen · « **Reply #1 on:** April 12, 2008, 03:10:27 PM »

I'm pretty sure this is called "Sunbonnet". I'll check my books and see if I can find the maker for you (though I often think Summit for vaseline glass and recent production).

Glen

Glen · « **Reply #2 on:** April 12, 2008, 03:22:31 PM »

Yep, I've just found this in my list of Summit moulds:
2 1/4" SUNBONNET SUE toothpick holder.

The mould was owned by Summit Art Glass and I reckon they made your vaseline item.

kslak · « **Reply #3 on:** April 12, 2008, 04:04:10 PM »

Thanks so much - it was making me crazy!

pamela · « **Reply #4 on:** April 12, 2008, 05:09:46 PM »

Glen, please, can you date it approximately, at least in decades? Thank you!

Glen · « **Reply #5 on:** April 12, 2008, 05:26:41 PM »

Summit Art Glass production is fairly recent (they began in the early 1970s and went out of business just a few years ago when the owner, Russ Vogelsong, died). I will guess at circa 1980s or 1990s production for the Sunbonnet toothpick, but I am sure that other people on the board will be able to give a more accurate date.

Summit bought a lot of other glass companies moulds and frequently produced glass from those moulds, without removing the original maker's trademark (where present). Some Summit glass does have the Summit trademark - a V (in a circle). V is for Voglesong.

Frank · « **Reply #6 on:** April 12, 2008, 07:48:59 PM »

Quote from: Glen on April 12, 2008, 05:26:41 PM

V is for Voglesong.

Vogelsong

(Bird song)

Ron · « **Reply #7 on:** April 12, 2008, 09:58:21 PM »

Dual purpose mark. If you turn the V upside down it becomes the symbol of a mountain with the tip being the summit.

Glen · « **Reply #8 on:** April 13, 2008, 07:31:14 AM »

Yes, I know about the top of the mountain image too. But a few years ago (during a telephone conversation) I asked Russ Vogelsong what the V stood for. And he said the V was for his name Vogelsong.

Glen

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