Everyone has seen Candlewick! This is the beautiful crystal with large round balls around the outside. Imperial Glass made Candlewick for a long, long time and released umpteen zillion … [Read more...]
Imperial Glass Vintage Pattern – Embossed Grape Design In Milk Glass and Colors
Another Imperial Glass pattern, mostly made a bit later than the depression era is Vintage, full of grapes with leaves and twining vines. The only piece we had was this dinner plate in milk glass (no … [Read more...]
Exciting Find – Rare Maple Leaf Cake Plate from US Glass – Pink Depression Glass
This is one of the more unusual and hard to find items that we have, Maple Leaf pink depression glass cake plate made by US Glass in the mid 1930s. When I buy cake plates the challenge is finding … [Read more...]
Beautiful Teardrop Cut Crystal Center Handled Server from New Martinsville
I'm on a center handled server kick, can you tell? This week's piece came from New Martinsville, this cut crystal elegant depression server with the charming floral spray cutting. New … [Read more...]
Classic Vintage Crystal Depression Glass Center Handled Server
Here's a classic piece of crystal depression glass, a center handled sandwich server tray decorated with cut flowers and bands. The flowers and leaf sprays are cut - if you look closely they appear … [Read more...]
Tips to Identify Glass – Example #1 from Facebook Requests
There are people who can look at a stem and recognize the maker instantly. Not me. I am by no means an expert but there are a few tricks I've learned. This post will walk us through … [Read more...]
Lesser Known Depression Glass from Imperial – Reeded or Spun, #701
Reeded is a handsome pattern Imperial made in the mid 1930s in rich colors like Ritz Blue (mid cobalt), Stiegel Green (rich dark green), ruby, amber, crystal and a tangerine shade. Later … [Read more...]
Lesser Known Depression Glass from Imperial – Molly, #725
I've had a few pieces of Molly, all decorative items like this footed bowl. This is actually one of the earliest pieces I bought - and it took me many years to discover its identity. I was browsing … [Read more...]
Valuing Your Glass – Tips to Determine Worth
The two questions I get the most are 1) "What is it?" and 2) "What is it worth?". I'm happy to help with the first question - sometimes I can identify glass or point someone in the right … [Read more...]
Ooh and Ah Time! Texas Antiquing Pictures
Last week Deidra and I went antiquing in several malls near San Antonio. We found several lovely pieces of glass - identified correctly, clean and pretty - in a mall in Gruene Texas plus a couple … [Read more...]