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Title: Fostoria Glass
Post by: Pat on August 18, 2006, 04:37:51 PM

I know this is probably a stupid question but is there any way of telling Fostoria other than by the patterns.

Title: Fostoria Glass
Post by: Connie on August 18, 2006, 04:56:31 PM

By feel - I am not joking.  But you have to handle a lot of it.

To me it has a very distinctive feel. Different from the other elegant depression glass makers.

Title: Fostoria Glass
Post by: Ivo on August 18, 2006, 05:35:13 PM

Fostoria copied everything they liked or thought would sell, so even the pattern is not a reliable guideline....