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Title: Organic Form/Starburst Glass Decor Bowls- Tiffin? Viking? Other?
Post by: dorian_graye on June 20, 2010, 05:21:19 PM

I've had a couple of these organic bowls laying around for awhile, but have never found a maker for these types of things.  The smokey looking one has an almost crystal like quality about it.  In the right light, it has a hint of a purple tone.  I thought that it may be Tiffin because of the high quality.  The bright orange one seems that it may be Viking, but both have the same type of base; slightly indented and polished rim.  Has anyone come across these before?  Any information or guesses would be great!

Oh yeah, the smokey bowl measures 15" inches long, 7" inches wide, and 5.5" inches tall.  The orange bowl is 10" inches long and 5" inches wide.

Title: Re: Organic Form/Starburst Glass Decor Bowls- Tiffin? Viking? Other?
Post by: dorian_graye on June 20, 2010, 05:27:07 PM

...bottom of orange one.

Title: Re: Organic Form/Starburst Glass Decor Bowls- Tiffin? Viking? Other?
Post by: dorian_graye on June 20, 2010, 05:40:02 PM

Here's a very large one that seems very different from the other two.  This one is 21" inches long, 10.5" inches wide, and 5" inches tall.

Title: Re: Organic Form/Starburst Glass Decor Bowls- Tiffin? Viking? Other?
Post by: Ohio on June 20, 2010, 06:15:19 PM

The red Basket is Fostoria Heirloom, 2710/126. The Smoke is most likely Fostoria Heirloom 2570 17" plate & the measurements of this plate are subject to hand manipulation, if the edge is upturned it will not measure 17". The only other candidate would be Viking Epic, however I've never seen an Epic plate of this size. Ken

Title: Re: Organic Form/Starburst Glass Decor Bowls- Tiffin? Viking? Other?
Post by: dorian_graye on June 20, 2010, 08:13:05 PM

After doing a search on Fostoria Heirloom pieces, it seems that that line has a beveled star like pattern on their bases.  Would you agree?

Title: Re: Organic Form/Starburst Glass Decor Bowls- Tiffin? Viking? Other?
Post by: Ohio on June 21, 2010, 05:45:49 AM

Some do & some do not. Depends on the piece within the Heirloom line which was fairly extensive. Neither the basket or the large plate have the rayed bottom. Ken

Title: Re: Organic Form/Starburst Glass Decor Bowls- Tiffin? Viking? Other?
Post by: dorian_graye on June 21, 2010, 11:59:20 AM

The small orange bowl is definitely Fostoria, though I've not found this color.  Did Fostoria make items in the smoke color?

Title: Re: Organic Form/Starburst Glass Decor Bowls- Tiffin? Viking? Other?
Post by: Ohio on June 21, 2010, 04:55:26 PM

The red/orange color is Bittersweet. Here is the problem with later Fostoria. Lancaster Colony owned Fostoria & when the closed the plant in 1983 the molds went to Indiana Glass (closed 2002), Lancaster Glass (closed 2007) & even the American molds went to Dalzell-Viking (closed 1998). All three of these companies for over a decade made items for the chain of Fostoria outlet stores across the US & many of the colors are not Fostoria based.  Ken

Title: Re: Organic Form/Starburst Glass Decor Bowls- Tiffin? Viking? Other?
Post by: dorian_graye on June 21, 2010, 07:23:41 PM

Thanks for the information.  Good to know.