Have you ever wondered whether your glass is cut or etched? Sometimes it can be hard to tell apart. A cut glass pattern like these cocktails is pretty easy. The lines are all … [Read more...]
Colored Depression and Elegant Glass – Color Changes Over Time
I just finished a new page on the site featuring green glass from the depression era through the 1970s avocado rage. Rather than duplicate the content on this post, here is a link to the page so you … [Read more...]
Tip of the Week – Vintage Stemware Shapes, 101
Tip of the Week! Stemware Shapes 101 Stemware, beautiful stemware. Goblets, sherbets, cordials, wines and parfaits. Where to start and how do you tell what you have? Goblets look like the … [Read more...]
How to Tell Fortune from Old Cafe Depression Glass by Hocking
Yesterday's Pink Saturday blog post featured Fortune pink depression glass. Did you know there is a very similar pattern called Old Cafe? It can be tricky to tell them apart. Here's the Old Cafe … [Read more...]
Etches and Blanks – Let’s Reduce Confusion with Glass Words
Blank? Etch? Huh? It's time to reduce confusion with those oddball glass terms. A glass blank is the basic shape, the design of the piece of glass before any decorations. … [Read more...]
Let’s Reduce Confusion – Cambridge Glass Plates Chantilly Etch
Do you ever get confused by the different line numbers with Cambridge Glass? What's Martha? What's 3900? 3500? Gadroon? Yikes, there are so many different shapes and the only way to keep them … [Read more...]
Those Confusing Cremax Patterns – Three Tips to Tell Them Apart
Are you confused by Bouquet, Oxford, Chinex, Cremax, Classic, all those patterns with all those decorations? MacBeth Evans made a series of depression glass patterns in cremax creamy or white … [Read more...]
All That Glows Is Not Vaseline Glass
Does Doric & Pansy Ultramarine Glass Glow under Black Light? Today Debbie contacted me through my store to ask whether Doric & Pansy ultra marine / teal glass glowed under black light. … [Read more...]