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THE SPOTLIGHT ON HEISEY
Photos and article by Martha McGill

HEISEY'S COLORFUL OLD DOMINION STEMWARE
With a production period spanning much of the "color period" of the 1920s and 1930s, Heisey's No. 3380 Old Dominion pattern is one of the company's most colorful stemware lines, if not the most colorful. It was made in Crystal and no fewer than ten colors or color combinations: Flamingo; Moongleam bowl with Crystal stem and foot; Crystal bowl with Moongleam stem and foot; Marigold bowl with Crystal stem and foot; Crystal bowl with Marigold stem and foot; Sahara; Alexandrite; Alexandrite bowl with Crystal stem and foot; Zircon (scarce); Zircon bowl with Sahara stem and foot (rare). A few items are known in all Marigold. You will not find examples in Hawthorne, as that color was discontinued before the line's introduction in 1930. It remained in production until 1939.

The pattern included a full line of stemware, ranging from a 1-oz. cordial to a 10-oz. goblet. Two versions of the goblet and saucer champagne, short stem and tall stem, were offered. The line also included a footed tumbler, four sizes of footed sodas, and a finger bowl. Most items in the line are marked with the Diamond H at the top of the stem, below the hexagonal wafer.

Heisey decorated the line with several etchings: No. 447 Empress, 448 Old Colony, 445 Trojan, and 456 Titania. The Empress etching is seen most often.

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10-oz. short stem
goblet, Alexandrite

6-oz. saucer champagne, Zircon bowl, Sahara stem and foot

10-oz. tall stem goblet, Moongleam bowl,
Crystal stem and foot; 10-oz. short stem goblet,
Crystal bowl, Moongleam stem and foot; both with 447 Empress etching

10-oz. tall stem goblet, Marigold bowl,
Crystal stem and foot

5-oz. parfait, Marigold bowl, Crystal stem
and foot, with 447 Empress etching

10-oz. short stem goblet and 1-oz. cordial,
Sahara

1-oz. cordial, Marigold bowl,
Crystal stem and foot,
with 447 Empress etching

1-oz. cordial, Flamingo,
with 447 Empress etching

5-oz. parfait, Flamingo

10-oz. footed tumbler,
Alexandrite

12-oz. footed soda or ice tea, Moongleam bowl,
Crystal foot; 10-oz. footed tumbler,
Crystal bowl, Moongleam foot;
both with 447 Empress etching

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