Fostoria Glass's Trojan etched crystal is documented extensively and is available online or at glass shows or antique malls. It has been popular for years, one of our beloved elegant depression … [Read more...]
Fostoria Buttercup Etch – Flowers Galore!
I've have a soft spot for Fostoria Buttercup. My Mom received a creamer and sugar as wedding gifts which she used almost every day for the 63 years she and Dad were married. We found … [Read more...]
Fostoria Sun Ray Crystal – Elegant Depression Glass Finds a Home
Last month I helped a friend set up for an estate auction. His mom had a huge set of Fostoria Sun Ray crystal - 24 each of cups, saucers, goblets, footed water tumblers, salad/lunch plates, side … [Read more...]
Fostoria Wedding Ring Crystal Stemware – Mid Century Modern Styling
The television show "Mad Men" re-introduced viewers to classic crystal bar ware, plain, clear glass with a platinum band around the top. This style was in vogue for several years in the 1950s and … [Read more...]
Full Size and Individual Sized Creamers and Sugars – Fostoria Lido Examples
Glass companies were pretty smart. They knew line extensions - coming up with more pieces in the same pattern - was easier than developing and marketing brand new patterns all while giving consumers … [Read more...]
Fostoria Manor Etched Bowl – Art Deco Beauty at the Glass Show
So much beautiful glass! Go to a glass show if you possibly can. The glass is amazing, almost overwhelming us with its beauty, the colors, styles, shapes, etches. One of my favorite pieces from … [Read more...]
A Quick Look at Fostoria Coin Glass – Colonial Styling Reproduced
Colonial style was hot hot hot back in the 1950s and 60s. Furniture was colonial, dishes were heavy with early American motifs, people hung old fashioned curtains and used rag rugs. (My … [Read more...]
Spirals and Swirls – Fostoria Colony Elegant Glass From the 1940s and 1950s
We're continuing our look at vintage glass patters with swirls and spirals in their design. Spirals are a very old design motif that never lost its appeal, a true classic in vintage glass. Today … [Read more...]
Fostoria Fairfax – Do We Even Need Go With Patterns?
I was going to write about the go with patterns for Fostoria Fairfax but the more I wrote the more I realized that these aren't really go with for Fairfax itself, but were used for the same etchings … [Read more...]
Etched Fostoria Fairfax – Lovely Trojan, Versailles and June
We're almost done with a short series on Fostoria Fairfax, their go-to blank used in the 1930s. I almost didn't write this post since many of the Fairfax pictures I've shown the last few posts … [Read more...]