History of Gay Fad Studs and Fran Taylor: Origal Digns on Anchor Hockg and Other Blanks

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THE EARLY GAY FAD YEARS PROVI CLU FOR GLASSWARE COLLECTORS
A GLIMPSE AT HISTORY: ANCHOR HOCKG, GAY FAD STUDS GLASSWARE AT CTN RHVILLE
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HISTORY OF GAY FAD STUDS AND FRAN TAYLOR: ORIGAL DIGNS ON ANCHOR HOCKG AND OTHER BLANKS

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Fran Taylor’s Gay Fad Studs was a world-renowned Mid-Century cktail glassware and barware sign pany om 1938-1945. Many piec her llectn were hand rated which created very high mand durg the Mid-Century cktail experience. Gay Fad Studs’ signs were known for the tail patterns and vibr * vintage gay fad glass pitcher *

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More than 3,000 piec of glassware om Gay Fad Studs and Anchor Hockg Glass will be for sale at an ctn hoe Rhville April 28. * vintage gay fad glass pitcher *

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.

THE EARLY GAY FAD YEARS PROVI CLU FOR GLASSWARE COLLECTORS

Gay Fad Studs opened Lanster, OH 1945. 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. Taylor and her staff signed a variety of patterns onto "blank" glassware purchased om Anchor Hockg, Hazel Atlas and Fer * vintage gay fad glass pitcher *

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. 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 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. 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.

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This is 10 ch osted glass pcher wh Gay Fad sign of peach, pears and grap pated on . It is great shape wh no chips or scratch and no pat fadg or loss. It has an ice lip * vintage gay fad glass pitcher *

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.

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).

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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.

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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….

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On April 28, his bs, Mike Clum Auctns Inc, will be ctng off a vast llectn of glassware om Gay Fad Studs and Anchor Hockg Glass. RUSHVILLE — Retro is : people love havg a piece of history to ll their own, and wh a llectn om a retired Oh Universy profsor gog to ctn next week, they will get their llectn spans more than 3, 000 piec of glassware, om Gay Fad Studs and Anchor Hockg are plete pcher and cup sets, as well as bar ems like nters and glass.

April Clum, owner of the ctn hoe, said he's seen some Gay Fad glassware over the years, but this has to be the largt llectn his bs had seen.

"We've done a lot of farm sal here over the years, and there has been a smatterg of Gay Fad glassware, but nothg like this.

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"Gay Fad Studs was found Detro, Michigan 1939, before s founr Fran Taylor moved operatns to Lanster 1945.

Demand for the product expand, and Gay Fad took off Lanster.

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"He add he wasn't sure how well the piec would do once they went to ctn: the past, Gay Fad studs weren't pecially popular. "But I had a uple ctomers g for other piec they'd bought, and when they saw , they showed me all sorts of onle posts lookg for Gay Fad Studs piec.

You n share story ias or ments wh him at 740-681-4342 or send an e-mail to Follow him on Twter @BarrettLawlisThis article origally appeared on Lanster Eagle-Gazette: Anchor Hockg, Gay Fad Studs glassware at ctn Rhville. Gay Fad Studs opened Lanster, OH 1945.

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.