I love love love tilt pitchers, so quintessentially glass from the depression era. This Manhattan tilt pitcher is a great example.Hocking Glass made Manhattan during the waning years of the … [Read more...]
Use Your Imagination and Empathy with Vintage Glass
With all the glass reference books available one might think we know everything there is to know about some patterns or makers. But we don't. Even with catalog sheets and detailed photos or price … [Read more...]
Fostoria Fairfax Go-Withs – Complementary Pieces With Similar Styles
We've been posting about Fostoria Fairfax, looking at my favorite pieces, similar patterns you may find confusing, at interesting pieces, Fairfax stemware, colors, etched designs and now our last … [Read more...]
Fostoria Raleigh – Crystal from 1939 to 1965
Fostoria made several glass patterns with heavy styling to complement mid-century homes with Colonial decor including Raleigh. They used Raleigh for several etched patterns and sold it undecorated. … [Read more...]
Federal Heritage – Depression Style Glass
Federal Glass made their pretty Heritage pattern from 1940 to 1955 in crystal plus a very little in pink, light green and blue.It's a pretty pattern with an oval and scroll design that reminds … [Read more...]
How to Select Vintage Glass for the Perfect Gift
Every year we search for perfect gifts for people we love. Christmas of course, birthdays, Mothers Day, Fathers Day, anniversaries, weddings, showers, all present challenges. If one of your giftees … [Read more...]
What’s that Etch? Viking Sonata Etch Oval Celery
I got this pretty etched crystal oval celery at either an estate sale or flea market and had no idea what the pattern was. I figured it was pretty and likely something other people would like so I … [Read more...]
Depression Era Glass Sherbet Plates
Last post we talked about sherbets, those lovely pieces of glass, usually stemmed, that people often mistake for saucer champagnes. If you use a sherbet with a stem then you need somewhere to put … [Read more...]
Cambridge Apple Blossom – Amber Lovely Glass
We went to the 2019 National Depression Glass show and picked up beautiful glass for our personal collection, including two Cambridge Apple Blossom pieces in amber. One was this gorgeous center … [Read more...]
Ruby Red Glass
During the depression companies made far more pieces and patterns in other colors - green, pink, yellow, crystal, amber, blue - than in red. This photo from the national depression glass show a few … [Read more...]