Heisey FOX CHASE 3-oz. cocktail - Alibi blank (?)

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's a neat little 3-ounce cocktail (or oyster cocktail, I guess) which was manufactured by the famous A.H. Heisey and Company of Newark, Ohio. The Heisey family was very much into equestrian pursuits, which was reflected by a relatively large number of their etches that had something to do with horses. This one is Heisey's rarely-seen "Fox Chase" silhouette etching, which was designed by the well-known (to collectors) Heisey designer Carl Cobel. The etch was introduced in 1933 (at the same time as a number of these 'filled-in' type "silhouette" etches), and was discontinued by 1944. I believe this is Heisey's 3405 "Alibi" line of glassware, and that this is the 3-ounce Cocktail glass; however, the blank also very much resembles Heisey's 3409 "Plymouth" line, which was sort of merged into Heisey's 3416 "Barbara Fritchie" line at some point (and if you can't tell, I'm just a slightly-better-than-novice collector that's reading out of a couple of reference books and doesn't really know what he's talking about, so if you Heisey experts can sort this out for me, I'd appreciate being enlightened). The Fox Chase etch is really interesting, and Heisey shoved a lot of detail onto this small little glass. We've got a big tree, a guy on a horse being handed something (a riding crop? a shotgun?) by a guy on the ground, a guy on a horse jumping read more

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