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Cloudy Fostoria tableware

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leppard:
Thanks for the info.  Luckily, this was not anything I feel a connection to or view as an heirloom since they never used it.  I have some china though that I believe to be fairly old (1800s) that I am connected to.  Not sure which family member was the original owner but I have some good suspects.  But whether it is worth anything or not, I'm not getting rid of it.  This Fostoria - I'm fine with getting rid of it.  But as you said, it might not have ever been worth much, even in excellent condition.  Thanks again for the help.  At least I won't have to keep trying to figure out how to clean it!

chopin-liszt:
 :) If you did want to preserve it, don't keep it in an enclosed cupboard.

It struck me later on that I should have said that if it is very humid, the acid that leaches out of the glass will dissolve in the damp and this will eat into the glass itself. That will be what caused the cloudiness, as further damage down the line.
This is less likely to happen if air is circulating around. They should still be washed fairly frequently to remove the build up.

The glass recipe that does this doesn't tend to be used for top end work. :)

We do have a sister board for identifying ceramics and I'm sure folk there would be delighted to help you out with finding out about the china you do love.

Link here.  :)

https://www.yobunny.com/pottery/

leppard:
Follow-up comment on my post:  I found some additional plates, appearing to be the same as the plates in the aforementioned set.  These I believe were kept elsewhere in the house, or perhaps even transferred to my parent's residence at some point years ago.  Anyway, they do not have the cloudiness that the other plates have!  This would seem to lend credence to the idea that the wood china cabinet the other plates were kept in, is what caused the cloudiness to occur.

chopin-liszt:
 ;D
Others have had this weird problem arise and there have been discussions about it here before, the lady who had the trouble did a bit of experimenting with her weights to see if the problem arose again in an enclosed cabinet. It did. Her hubby is a physicist, he took a lot of interest in what was happening too. It was very, very interesting.  8)

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