Crystal, Milk Glass and More – Antiquing Together in Downtown Kalamazoo

Last time Dave and I went antiquing we saw so many neat things that it’s taking me a while to show them to you!    Here are the previous posts in case you missed them:

Elegant Glass and More – Antiquing Together in Downtown Kalamazoo

Beautiful Depression Glass – Antiquing Together in Downtown Kalamazoo

Of course I gravitated to the glass of which there were some lovely examples.  Several sellers had Candlewick pieces.

I’m not sure what these are.  The bottom plate is huge and I’m guessing it’s the liner for the punch bowl or a torte plate.  It’s a good idea to use a liner under a punch bowl to protect from drips, but where would you store a piece this big in between uses?

This next one was collecting dust, an unusual relish dish that was a new piece to me.  Imperial made several sugar bowls and this is one of the more common styles.

Lots of people had a piece of two of Candlewick, even if they used other crystal stemware.  Jewelry and department stores marketed the pattern as gift ware and it was popular for a very long time.

 

Last piece of Candlewick for today.

Moving right along we came to an uneasy booth. I always check out the art but these were all prints. How about that skull?? What was that booth owner thinking?

 

Let’s go look at some glass, shall we?

Several sellers had milk glass.   I don’t recognize all these pieces; the little cruet is Paneled Grape by Westmoreland.  At one time this pattern was highly sought after and it still is quite popular.

The candle holder on the right is Fenton Hobnail and the white covered box hiding behind the cruet is Beaded Grape.

One booth in the corner had only a few pieces, in fact I wondered how they sold enough to stay afloat.  Most of the pieces were milk glass.  These two shelves held most of their wares.  The one handled nappy is Fenton Hobnail.

This shelf has another decorated plate.  It matches the girl plate above.

Even though I’m not fond of milk glass the covered hens, cats, rabbits, deer and other wildlife are cute.  Here’s a cat box.

Mary Gregory glass has side views of children painted on the glass. The name came from the lady who originally decorated glass like this, but people call anything in that style “Mary Gregory”.  There are lots of imitators out there and I have no idea how to tell originals, which were decorated by the real Mary Gregory, from the imitators.

This next shelf has a Mary Gregorycreamer and a horse in vivid chartreuse green.  I wonder whether the horse is Heisey.

 

Next booth we found this very cute frog planter.  I collect vintage animal planters (in fact have a whole bookcase with them) but I managed to leave him behind.  Now that I see him again I’m tempted to go back and bring him home!  Do you ever do that?

One of the dealers had this display of cobalt blue glass.  It is a pretty color but it is not depression glass and I don’t think it is old.  They wanted $150 for the set.

Now this glass will look familiar to just about anyone who’s ever gone to a flea market or antique mall.  Originally these came packed full of Big Top peanut butter and thus they have the pattern name “Big Top”.   The glass maker produced mostly footed tumblers, these sherbets plus a few other pieces including a plate.  If you decide to get Big Top be sure to check those square edges on the design, especially the horizontal panel on the top and bottom, for nicks.

Last shelf of glass for this post had this very pretty Fenton Hobnail cranberry opalescent basket. Nice piece!

I hope you enjoyed antiquing with me!