{"id":2989,"date":"2019-08-29T21:21:31","date_gmt":"2019-08-30T04:21:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/muddyvalleyfarm.com\/?p=2989"},"modified":"2019-08-29T21:21:31","modified_gmt":"2019-08-30T04:21:31","slug":"hen-on-nest-enthusiasts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thestablecomicstore.com\/?p=2989","title":{"rendered":"Hen-On-Nest Enthusiasts"},"content":{"rendered":"

I walked into the thrift shop next door to the feed store and noticed her immediately, sitting in the window. A pleasingly round hen-on-nest covered dish, iridescent blue carnival glass, glinting in the sunshine. Vintage. Glass. Poultry. Three of my favourite things. What else could I do? I scooped her up, took her home and set her on the piano, where I could admire her from my chair.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Fast forward a couple months and a parcel arrives in the mail from my cousin who loves to send random gifts. (You should all be so lucky as to have such a cousin). Vintage knitting books, a few interesting-looking novels and (gasp!) another hen-on-nest dish! This one smaller, clear glass with a red painted comb and wattles.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Growing curious about their provenance I examined each for maker\u2019s marks, finding none. Google image search turned up nothing either, but when I typed \u201clidded glass chicken dish\u201d into eBay, I hit the jackpot. There were 13 available and the top listing was twin to my three dollar thrift store find (score!).<\/span><\/p>\n

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I learned the manufacturer\u2019s name (Indiana Glass) from the eBay listings, then searched up the company. The website glassbottlemarks.com popped up, and I proceeded to learn more than I ever thought possible about hen-on-nest dishes.<\/span><\/p>\n

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One line in the article I read really intrigued me, and its dramatic use of uppercase and italics made me smile:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe smaller version (commonly known by hen-on-nest collectors as the \u201cMYSTERY HEN\u201d) is considered as a \u201cPROBABLE\u201d product of Hazel-Atlas Glass Company <\/span>instead o<\/span>f Indiana Glass Company by author Shirley Smith in her authoritative 2007 reference book on hen dishes.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Wow. So.<\/span>\u00a0Let\u2019s unpack this. <\/span><\/p>\n

There is enough interest out there in hen dishes,<\/em> that:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Some people are specifically hen-on-nest collectors. This must be just one branch of the hen dish collector diaspora!<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Someone has written a reference book about hen dishes.<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. The author speculates that one style of hen-on-nest (the one my cousin gave me, as a matter of fact) MIGHT have been manufactured by a company other than the commonly cited one!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Oh, the intrigue! I can scarcely catch my breath! How exciting!<\/span><\/p>\n

    Seriously though, isn\u2019t the world a wonderful place? Where one can discover the quaint existence of hen-on-nest enthusiasts and read all about their little chicken dish dramas?<\/span><\/p>\n

    I further learned that my blue hen-on-nest was made from the 1950s to the 1980s and my clear glass hen-on-nest is likely from the 1930\u2019s, making her around eighty years old. In the 1970s, at K-Mart, my blue girl cost $1.78. No pricing info available for clear glass hen.<\/span><\/p>\n

    I wouldn\u2019t exactly call me a hen-on-nest enthusiast, not yet anyway. I\u2019m currently teetering on the edge. It wouldn\u2019t take much to push me over though, like, maybe if I find a THIRD hen-on-nest. Because then, of course, I would have to try for number four!<\/span><\/p>\n

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