FUCHSIA LORE SALE
15-16 November 2008 10 AM to 5 PM Saturday & Sunday
22015 Chaparral Lane, Castro Valley, CA
By Charles Gerton
Lucille and Ray Gerton were
members of the Southlanders
Branch of the American Fuchsia
Society for 30 years. They
have amassed a large collection
of fuchsia
lore, including
vases, china,
etched glass,
and collectibles.
Since Lucille has passed
on, Ray is wishing to sell the
collection. There are several
high-end art glass pieces, and
several very nice framed antique
botanical prints and other
framed fuchsia prints.
There is also an emerald
green Russian glass vase featuring
hand-painted fuchsias
which has a twin in the Juneau,
Alaska museum. There
is a metal-based lamp (not antique)
with two antique glass
globes featuring green fuchsia
silhouettes and an antique oil
lamp with an etched pink glass
globe base and a clear etched
glass top. There are decorative
boxes, a painted pottery spittoon,
and an etched amethyst
glass perfume bottle. There are
music boxes, teapots, a complete
china tea set, and dozens
of cup and saucer sets. If anyone
would like to view most
of the items, they can contact
Charles Gerton, their son, at
cgerton@comcast.net and he
can link you to the Shutterfly
site with pictures.