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

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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.  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 * gay fad 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. There was an anchor stamped on the bottom, and the si of the glass had a small signature that read “Gay Fad.

HISTORY OF GAY FAD STUDS AND FRAN TAYLOR: ORIGAL DIGNS ON ANCHOR HOCKG AND OTHER BLANKS

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 * gay fad barware *

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What is Gay Fad?

Gay Fad was a major glass ratg bs that started Detro and ran om 1938-1945. It’s said that she then took $30 and opened up shop as Gay Fad Studs. Today, Gay Fad Studs is one of the leadg manufacturers of betiful ntemporary accsori for entertag.

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Gay Fad Studs pated on blank glass piec manufactured by Anchor Hockg, Feral, and other well-known glass pani.

As far as we n tell, Gay Fad wasn’t associated an official pacy wh the larger pani, other than purchasg their blanks. How To Regnize a Gay Fad Piece. Look for a Gay Fad signature wh a loopy G and a backwards F.

Example of a Gay Fad signature on glassware.

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There are so many wonrful Gay Fad piec out there – take a look on Etsy or Ebay and you’re sure to fd somethg you’ll love! 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. 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.

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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. My opn is that you may well have an early Gay Fad orange sign, but that’s gog to be difficult to fively prove.

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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.

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