TaDa...My Rare EAPC

Early American Prescut...This Glass has Class!

It all started with a Weddin' Gift!  Yep, even though HiHoney and I eloped and got married in Mexico, we still had a Weddin' Shower...a few weeks after we legalized our Mexico Marriage by registering our Ole' Weddin' Certificate in the Texas County Courthouse. 

The Weddin Gift that started it all...The EAPC Collection...was the Eleven Piece Table Service. 

Every Bride in the 1960's got at least one.  Since then, I've collected at least a set for each of the Forty-five years we have been married....come this December. 

But not one in the original box, so that makes for 90 Salt and Pepper Shakers and  Oil Cruets...more than half without the stopper.  Those stoppers always seem to get separated from the bottle. 

EAPC was made by Anchor Hocking Glass Corporation starting in 1960 and made through 1999.

 All EAPC pieces are designated as the 700 line in Anchor Hocking's catalogs.  There were other Prescut patterns made at Anchor Hocking, but EAPC has to have the star in the design with two exceptions. 

The double candle has a knob in place of the star, and the punch bowl cups do not have the star. 

The most difficult, but desirable pieces to own are the Oil Lamp, 11 inch Four Part Relish Plate with Swirl Dividers,  11 3/4 Paneled Bowl and the Lazy Susan.  TaDa....TWO Paneled Bowls!

OMGosh, I looked forever for this bowl, and finally found one on Ebay.  Okay, that did take some of the fun out of The Hunt, but Bid I Did.  Now, before I tell you the Book Value, I will say that I got a deal on Ebay because the bowl was included with a random group of EAPC bowls that are NOT hard to find.  I kept waiting for the to Auction to go through the roof and my bid  made to look piddly, but it didn't happen and I won!  I don't explain em'...I just pay the twice over shipping and smile all the way to the Acorn China Cabinet.  Oh, yeah, the Book Value....$195.00...2004 Edition of Collectible Glassware from the 40's-50's-60's.  Paneled Bowl #2...Oh, What A Thrill...$25.00 at a FLEA Market...and not a single FleaBite!

TaDa....The Lazy Susan with Rack!  That's important ya know...the RACK.  I've only ever found ONE Lazy Susan with the RACK!  Does that give you the impression that I have more than ONE?  I don't mean to be a braggart, but I have FOUR Lazy Susans with Racks.  It's all in the knowin' what to look for and a whole bunch of LUCK!  The best buy I found on a Rack was at Goodwill.  There it was...hanging on the wall like a Wall Flower....tagged for a DOLLAR!  Thank-you GW!  I use these Lazy Susans everyday!  One on my kitchen table, another by my sewing machine, one packed away for my GrandGal, and this one on The Acorn Dining Table.  A complete Lazy Susan is valued betwen $50 and $75.  It takes 9 pieces to make up a tray....with luck you can put one together for $25 by the piece....that is if you find a $1 rack!

Here are some of the Table Service Set pieces on display in the kitchen.  The Lazy Susan on the table twirls the pieces we use everyday for the Salt & Pepper and Sugar. 

The Syrup Jar with the Turquoise Lid is another of the harder to find pieces...I only have ONE.  Oh, and I have ONE OIL LAMP and a couple of Candle Sticks!  Show Em to ya next week!

I'm joining Linda at AlaCarte' on her Junkin' Finds Friday.  I think EAPC works for that...I sure have found a bunch of mine JUNKIN'!

H is for Horn...Of Plenty

AKA 'Cornucopica'...a symbol of  food and abundance

In Greek mythology, Amalthea was a goat who raised Zeus on her breast milk, in a cave, on Mount Ida of Crete. Her horn was accidentally broken off by Zeus while playing together. The god Zeus, in remorse, gave her back her horn with supernatural powers, which would give whoever possessed it whatever they wished for. The original depictions were of the goat's horn filled with fruits and flowers: deities, especially Fortuna, were depicted with the horn of plenty.

 The cornucopia was also a symbol for a woman's fertility. The story is said to be a predecessor of the Unicorn and the Holy Grail stories.

In modern depictions, the cornucopia is typically a hollow, horn-shaped wicker basket filled with various kinds of festive fruit and vegetables. In North America, the cornucopia has come to be associated with Thanksgiving and the harvest.

There, I have fulfilled my Alphabe~Thursday Lesson on the known history of the Horn of Plenty and it's association with Thanksgiving.

So, are Ya'll ready for the TEXAS version?

While the rest of America has accepted the Pilgrims and Plymouth Rock as the original Thanksgiving celebrants, certain Texas historians have long maintained that the first Thanksgiving took place, not at Plymouth Rock, but in Palo Duro Canyon.
 
Yep, Thanksgiving takes on a whole new Texas perspective with Palo Duro Canyon instead of Plymouth Rock, and the Texas Indians eating buffalo instead of turkey every year. If you think leftover turkey is hard to finish, leftover buffalo could last families until the next Thanksgiving .

Spanish explorer, Francisco Vasquez de Coronado was the noted participant of that first Thanksgiving, Texas-style, and it can be argued that Coronado had more to be thankful for than the Pilgrims. Coronado's expedition had left Mexico in search of the Seven Cities of Cibola, but instead of a mythical city of gold, Coronado and his men found the Llano Estacado, where there were no cities, no trees and very little water.

Ya'll can imagine just how thankful Coronado and his men must have been to leave behind those miles and miles of nothing but miles and miles, and how downright ecstatic he must have been to find Palo Duro Canyon and the friendly Teyas Indians who lived there.

Coronado's records show that he celebrated Thanksgiving with the Indians on Ascension Thursday, May 23, 1541. Friar Juan de Padilla performed a Thanksgiving Mass witnessed by the Indians.

Some 300 years later, in 1848, not long after Texas had become a state, Gov. George T. Wood established the first Texas State Thanksgiving. Texas was the first state in the South to call for a day of Thanksgiving.

Coronado might have termed his expedition a failure, but he succeeded in giving Texas (which wouldn't be a state for three more centuries) something to add to its list of bragging rights -- the country's first Thanksgiving....

.....and this Girl Raised In Texas a chance to show off my Horn of Plenty!

Now, I know that sounds like a bunch of Texas Horn Tootin', but I swear Ya'll, I Did Not make that up.  If you don't believe me,  just ask any Texan!  Or verify my story HERE.

In fact, ask Jenny, I'm bettin' she's run across this same story in her research for some of her stories. 

Just Click HERE to ask Jenny and while you are there be sure and check out Everyone's Letter H Posts!