posted on February 27, 2003 11:23:04 AM new
Definitely not on the older stuff. And I think that the new stuff is/was sold with a paper label. I personally have never seen a piece of etch marked Fostoria.
posted on February 27, 2003 11:54:10 AM newMarks -The earliest known labels, dating from 1901 to 1927, spelled out the word Fostoria in plain block lettering. In 1909 a circular label incorporating the initials F and G and CO in a logo style duplicated on each side of the circle was used. In an overlapping time span with the approximate dates of 1911-1920 labels were white circles with black lettering showing the Fostoria intitials along with a stemmed sherbet and the words Fostoria Product. There followed a brown oval label with the Fostoria name in white lettering. This label, used from 1924 to 1957, was follwed by the familiar rectangular label with the company name written in white lettering on a red ground, bands of white and two shades of blue following. This late label has been in use since 1957 but in 1951 stems were signed with the Fostoria name etched on the base.
"This is from the Fostoria collector book"
[ edited by Libra63 on Feb 27, 2003 11:55 AM ]
posted on February 27, 2003 12:38:20 PM new
Libra,
Thanks! I have been looking for that information. On old glass I've only ever seen the brown label and I could ID that glass from the pattern. There's lots of the red, white and blue labelled stuff around.
Kathy
