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Contents:

• GAY FAD MID-CENTURY GLASSWARE & BARWARE
• GAY FAD
• THE EARLY GAY FAD YEARS PROVI CLU FOR GLASSWARE COLLECTORS
• GAY FAD GLASS
• GAY FAD RETRO GLASSWARE
• GAY FAD STUD, GLASSWARE BRAND
• GAY FAD ROOSTER GLASS
• VTAGE GAY FAD COCKTAIL GLASS, JTER WH TMPET & BELLS ON WHE GROUND
• VTAGE GAY FAD HIGHBALL GLASS WH GOLD RAMPANT LN AND SHIELD WH VIP
• VTAGE GAY FAD CHRISTMAS GLASSWARE TUMBLERS - SET OF 9
• VTAGE MIDCENTURY MIC-SUBJECT HIGHBALL GLASS, GAY FAD STUDS, 1950S
• VTAGE TIKI / ZOMBIE GLASS GIRAFF PATED BY GAY FAD ON LIBBEY GLASS BLANKS
• VTAGE HIGHBALL GLASS WH IMAG OF ANTIQUE AUTOMOBIL BY GAY FAD
• SET OF 6 VTAGE GAY FAD "TRIBUTE TO FIREFIGHTERS" HIGHBALL GLASS
• VTAGE GAY FAD OSTED GLASS TOMATO JUICE SET, HAND-PATED GLASS AND PCHER

GAY FAD MID-CENTURY GLASSWARE & BARWARE

Gay Fad Mid-Century Glassware & Barware. Fran Taylor’s Gay Fad Studs was a world-renowned Mid-Century cktail glassware and barware sign pany om 1938-1945.

Gay Fad Studs’ signs were known for the tail patterns and vibrant lors.

Choose om our large selectn of unique and hard-to-fd Gay Fad Mid-Century cktail glassware and barware, perfect for entertag or for a special gift. Gay Fad Studs opened Lanster, OH 1945.

GAY FAD

Gay Fad's founr was Fran Taylor, who worked at home for seven years hand ratg home goods and glassware ems before openg the stud. While que prolific durg the mid-century, Gay Fad Studs closed 1962. Always wantg to learn more, I ntacted Kty Hanson of the Santa Fe Tradg Post about my spected Gay Fad juice set.

Miss Kty, as she is most known, is -thor of the new and credibly, exhstively, rearched two-volume encyclopedia set about Fran Taylor and Gay Fad Studs, Gay Fad: Fran Taylor’s Extraordary Legacy. My opn is that you may well have an early Gay Fad orange sign, but that’s gog to be difficult to fively prove. So if your set is by Gay Fad, that would mean that Fran produced Detro before movg Gay Fad Studs to Lanster, OH 1945.

THE EARLY GAY FAD YEARS PROVI CLU FOR GLASSWARE COLLECTORS

As we say “The Fran Taylor Story” chapter of our book (page 5, volume 1), we have yet to disver a newspaper article about Fran or Gay Fad or a Gay Fad ad dated prr to 1945. That article is reproduced the “Gay Fad Articl” chapter (page 180, Volume 2). We also know that Gay Fad produced a variety of Orange signs over the years, and we show pictur of 10 of them the “Gay Fad Digns – Intified” chapter (page 103 of Volume 1).

So aga, my opn is that your set may well be an early Gay Fad orange sign, but that’s gog to be almost impossible to prove – at least at this pot time. The dat of the vtage Deprsn glass ci wh Fran Taylor and Gay Fad’s early years durg which the ld patg was done.

However, there’s somethg about Gay Fad Stud’s signs, and, pecially, Fran Taylor herself that speaks to me… I do also have a ballera shaker that I’ve sce e to believe was a Gay Fad Studs piece too.

GAY FAD GLASS

So maybe I’ll have to pluck this vtage juice set out of the se and jt accept the fact that I’m now llectg Gay Fad glassware. Now, about the Gay Fad books by Miss Kty and Gay Fad llector Donna McGrady…. Gay Fad (GF) is the bra child of Fran Taylor.

00 vtment, Fran Taylor started her own pany (Gay Fad Studs) which would go on to bee one of the major forc glass ware sign durg the 1940s and 1950s. If you are lucky the piece you are buyg will be marked “GF” or “Gay Fad. Franc Taylor, the founr of Gay Fad Studs, was born 1915 Pennsylvania and was an artist roughly om childhood.

They quickly sold, leadg Taylor to jumpstart her own bs, Gay Fad Studs.

GAY FAD RETRO GLASSWARE

Gay Fad Studs went natnal for eighteen years, placg s products everywhere, om dime stor to partment stor.

” In 1963, Gay Fad Studs shuttered, leavg behd an artistic legacy enjoyed by a new generatn of vtage glassware lovers. Fabulo mid century vtage lls glass signed by Gay Fad wh yellow and red roosters. Requt addnal imag or vios om the seller1 of 6Vtage Gay Fad Cocktail Glass, Jter wh Tmpet & Bells on Whe GroundMore From This SellerView AllVtage Highball Glass wh Imag of Antique Automobil by Gay FadLoted Nantucket, MAEight mid-century highball glass rated at Fran Taylor's Gay Fad Stud, clear glass wh whe osted terr rated on the exterr wh black enam...

GAY FAD STUD, GLASSWARE BRAND

CategoryMid-20th Century Amerin Mid-Century Morn BarwareSet of 6 Vtage Gay Fad "Tribute to Firefighters" Highball GlassLoted Nantucket, MASet of 6 (two sets available) Mid-Century Morn highball glass by Fran Taylor's Gay Fad Stud the "Tribute to Firefighters" pattern. CategoryMid-20th Century Amerin Mid-Century Morn BarwareVtage Tiki / Zombie Glass Giraff Pated by Gay Fad on Libbey Glass BlanksLoted Nantucket, MAEight vtage Tiki / Zombie cktail glass hand pated by Gay Fad wh an adult giraffe and a young giraffe on eher si of a stalk of bamboo scribed "F...

CategoryMid-20th Century Amerin Mid-Century Morn BarwareFour Mid-Century Aqua and Whe Band Gay Fad Old Fashned Glass w/ 22k GoldLoted Nantucket, MAFour Mid-Century Morn old-fashned glass signed and rated by Gay Fad. Requt addnal imag or vios om the seller1 of 7Vtage Gay Fad Highball Glass wh Gold Rampant Ln and Shield wh VIPMore From This SellerView AllVtage Highball Glass wh Imag of Antique Automobil by Gay FadLoted Nantucket, MAEight mid-century highball glass rated at Fran Taylor's Gay Fad Stud, clear glass wh whe osted terr rated on the exterr wh black enam... HomeTableware & BarwareGlassTumblers & Tall GlassVtage Gay Fad Christmas Glassware Tumblers - Se…Est.

GAY FAD ROOSTER GLASS

Requt addnal imag or vios om the seller1 of 5Vtage Midcentury Mic-Subject Highball Glass, Gay Fad Studs, 1950sMore From This SellerView All50's Vtage Libbey Bar Glass, Cur Le Digned by Freda DiamondBy Libbey Glass Co. CategoryVtage 1930s Art De BarwareMaterialsGlass, Art GlassYou May Also LikeSet of 6 Vtage Gay Fad "Tribute to Firefighters" Highball GlassLoted Nantucket, MASet of 6 (two sets available) Mid-Century Morn highball glass by Fran Taylor's Gay Fad Stud the "Tribute to Firefighters" pattern.

CategoryMid-20th Century Amerin Mid-Century Morn BarwareVtage Highball Glass wh Imag of Antique Automobil by Gay FadLoted Nantucket, MAEight mid-century highball glass rated at Fran Taylor's Gay Fad Stud, clear glass wh whe osted terr rated on the exterr wh black enam...

VTAGE GAY FAD COCKTAIL GLASS, JTER WH TMPET & BELLS ON WHE GROUND

Items Siar to Vtage Tiki / Zombie Glass Giraff Pated by Gay Fad on Libbey Glass Blanks HomeFurnureServeware, Ceramics, Silver and GlassBarwareWant more imag or vios?

Requt addnal imag or vios om the seller1 of 9About the ItemEight vtage Tiki / Zombie cktail glass hand pated by Gay Fad wh an adult giraffe and a young giraffe on eher si of a stalk of bamboo scribed "For Long Drks and Short Snifters".

Fran Taylor and her group of paters purchased blank glassware om larger manufacturers and rated wh their own signs, unr the name Gay Fad. Items Siar to Vtage Highball Glass wh Imag of Antique Automobil by Gay Fad HomeFurnureServeware, Ceramics, Silver and GlassBarwareWant more imag or vios?

VTAGE GAY FAD HIGHBALL GLASS WH GOLD RAMPANT LN AND SHIELD WH VIP

Requt addnal imag or vios om the seller1 of 14About the ItemEight mid-century highball glass rated at Fran Taylor's Gay Fad Stud, clear glass wh whe osted terr rated on the exterr wh black enamel and 22k gold imag of antique tomobil along wh a ptn intifyg the make and year. 99 cm)Sold As: Set of 8Style: Materials and Techniqu: Place of Orig: Perd: Date of Manufacture: 1950sCondn: Wear nsistent wh age and Lotn: Nantucket, MAReference Number: More From This SellerView AllSet of 6 Vtage Gay Fad "Tribute to Firefighters" Highball GlassLoted Nantucket, MASet of 6 (two sets available) Mid-Century Morn highball glass by Fran Taylor's Gay Fad Stud the "Tribute to Firefighters" pattern.

Items Siar to Set of 6 Vtage Gay Fad "Tribute to Firefighters" Highball Glass HomeFurnureServeware, Ceramics, Silver and GlassBarwareWant more imag or vios? Requt addnal imag or vios om the seller1 of 12About the ItemSet of 6 (two sets available) Mid-Century Morn highball glass by Fran Taylor's Gay Fad Stud the "Tribute to Firefighters" pattern. 32 cm)Sold As: Set of 6Style: Materials and Techniqu: Place of Orig: Perd: Date of Manufacture: 1938-1945Condn: Wear nsistent wh age and Lotn: Nantucket, MAReference Number: More From This SellerView AllVtage Highball Glass wh Imag of Antique Automobil by Gay FadLoted Nantucket, MAEight mid-century highball glass rated at Fran Taylor's Gay Fad Stud, clear glass wh whe osted terr rated on the exterr wh black enam...

VTAGE GAY FAD CHRISTMAS GLASSWARE TUMBLERS - SET OF 9

Vtage Gay Fad hand pated tomato pattern juice set, wh four glass (about 3" tall) marked wh the Hazel Atlas mark, and a Feral star bottom pcher (5 1/2" tall) of the same pated sign looks very good on all, though there's a ltle light scratchg to the osted fish of the glassware.

VTAGE MIDCENTURY MIC-SUBJECT HIGHBALL GLASS, GAY FAD STUDS, 1950S

VTAGE TIKI / ZOMBIE GLASS GIRAFF PATED BY GAY FAD ON LIBBEY GLASS BLANKS

VTAGE HIGHBALL GLASS WH IMAG OF ANTIQUE AUTOMOBIL BY GAY FAD

SET OF 6 VTAGE GAY FAD "TRIBUTE TO FIREFIGHTERS" HIGHBALL GLASS

VTAGE GAY FAD OSTED GLASS TOMATO JUICE SET, HAND-PATED GLASS AND PCHER