Heisey Candy Jar w/ Blue Gold Trim - Candy Jar with Lid - Heisey Gold Trim Pedestal Jar - Blue Gold Stripe or Band - Large Glass Candy Jar

A striking blue Heisey pedestal stemmed glass candy jar with gold accent trim. It has a great "trophy" shape and the lid comes to a stylish pointed top. It is marked with the Heisey H inside a diamond on the inside bottom of the candy jar. The candy jar has gold trim on the base, at the attachment to the bowl section, two bands in between the blue on the top of the jar, on the lower rim of the lid, on the base of the lid top and the tip top is also gold. Some wear on the gold is consistent with the age of this Heisey piece.

The blue bands around the top of the jar and on the lid are approx. 1/2" wide.

Stands about 9" tall with the lid on an the base is 3 1/5" in diameter. The the top opening is 4" in diameter. This candy jar is the 1/2 lb. size.

Nice vintage condition with no chips or cracks in the glass on the jar or the lid. Some gold loss on trim as would be expected an item of this age - see photo closeups.

NOTE:
The A.H. Heisey Company was formed in Newark, Ohio, in 1895 by A.H. Heisey. The factory provided fine quality glass tableware and decorative glass figurines. Both pressed and blown glassware were made in a wide variety of patterns and colors.

The company was operated by Heisey and his sons until 1957, when the factory closed.
The company also made glass automobile headlights and Holophane Glassware lighting fixtures.

Heisey glassware is readily identifiable by its high clarity and brilliance. It is highly finished through the process of fire polishing, with polished bottoms. Many of the pressed pieces appear to be cut crystal on casual inspection, due to the high quality of the glass and the crispness of the molding. The majority of the pieces are impressed with the company logo, a raised capital letter "H" inscribed in a diamond of approximately 1/4 inch (6 mm) in length. This mark is found on the bottom of most large pieces and on the base or stem of drinking glasses and compotes.

Popular pattern names include Crystolite, Greek Key, Empress, Plantation, Ridgeleigh, Stanhope, Old Sandwich, and Yeoman, amongst dozens of others. Heisey glass was produced in colors throughout the life of the factory, but the most prolific period of color manufacturing was from 1925 to 1938, when the most collectible colors were created including a Cobalt color called Stiegel Blue.

Zircon is a very modern grey-blue and was the last new color introduced. Heisey is believed to have made a few pieces in milk glass in its early production years and likely produced vaseline glass as well in the early 1920s, although not in large quantities.