I found this on the Antique67 web site and reprint the entire article below: Hughes Corn Flower Walter Lemiski, M.A. New Martinsville amber Moondrops 3-lite candlestick The founder of the W.J. Hughes Corn Flower Company, William John Hughes, was born in Amaranth County, Ontario in 1881. Tragically his mother died when he was a young [...]
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It has been a loooong time since either my Dad (Brian) or I wrote, but I’m going to try to be better this year. I got some information from the Hills of Headwaters web site about the 9th Annual Corn Flower Festival: 9th Annual Corn Flower Festival Attention glassware collectors and enthusiasts – join Dufferin [...]
I just saw this on the Wayback Times web site: Crazy for Corn Flower by Walter Lemiski M.A. walt@waltztime.com If you’ve been out at auctions lately, or at one of the four annual Canadian Depression Glass Shows then you know that folks are still just crazy for Corn Flower! The beautifully cut crystal pieces sell [...]
Dad has 10 new auctions going for the next week. You can see them all at once by viewing the auctions for brianjwing You can view them individually below: Two Hughes Cornflower Green Bowls Hughes Cornflower Cream and Sugar Set Hughes Cornflower Aluminum Tray Hughes Cornflower Toothpick Holder Hughes Cornflower Cream and Sugar Hughes Cornflower [...]
By Walter Lemiski M.A. The founder of the W.J. Hughes Corn Flower Company, William John Hughes, was born in Dufferin County, Ontario in the early 1880′s. As a young man he was employed by Roden Brothers silversmiths of Toronto in the 1890′s. Fortunately for him and for glass collectors, when that firm expanded their lines [...]
In the March, 1999 issue of The WayBack Times, a monthly newspaper in Ontario highlighting antiques, Walter T. Lemiski, M.A. wrote a wonderful article entitled “Colours in the Depression Glass Kitchen” about the various colours of Depression Glass that are available. I would like to point out that not each style or design of depression [...]
Welcome to the new and improved HughesCornFlower.com home page. We are slowly getting around to updating the site, and this is the next step. As Brian acquires new pieces or as Graham updates the site, updates will be posted to this page. Enjoy!