My customers buy vintage glass for lots of reasons and one of the most fun is to use the glass to add a different look to weddings and showers. Cake plates are popular for serving treats in style. … [Read more...]
Glass Pick of the Week – Fostoria Fairfax Blue Cup and Saucer Elegant Depression
Father's Day is next week (already!). Many men prefer blue, gold, green or crystal to the pinks or yellows when it comes to glass, so in honor of Dad's Day, here is this week's glass pick, a … [Read more...]
Glass Pick of the Week – Moondrops Ruby Sugar Bowl New Martinsville
Today I went to the Kalamazoo Art Institute garage sale, a wonderful sale with lots of goodies. Last year I got this Moondrops ruby mini sugar bowl there, along with several other pieces of ruby … [Read more...]
Elegant and Depression Glass at the Allegan Antiques Market
Yesterday my friend Loren and I went to the first Allegan antiques show of 2013. This is a huge market with about 200 vendors, half inside and half out. It was a bright, sunny day, just … [Read more...]
Two Lovely Blue Elegant Depression Glass Pieces – Identification Requests
This week several people asked for help identifying their glass and I was glad to recognize the design for a few of them. Two especially stood out for being a little unusual; both were lovely … [Read more...]
Glass Pick of the Week: Secretaries Primrose Etched Crystal Goblet Monongah Glass
Glass pick of the week is from Monongah Glass, this lovely Secretaries Primrose etched crystal goblet. I love this etch, it is so detailed and so pretty, plus there's a story. Way back when I … [Read more...]
Let’s Reduce Confusion: Cut vs. Etched Glass Tips to Tell Them Apart
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...]
Hughes Cornflower – Entrancing Cut Crystal From Canada
I've had several pieces with the Hughes Cornflower cutting over the years and am grateful to the kind person on eBay who told me what the design was called. Hughes was a Canadian who started a … [Read more...]
Fostoria Trellis Sherbets – Elegant Glass from the Roaring Twenties
Roaring Twenties, a time of prosperity, prohibition, flappers, speakeasies and Fostoria. Fostoria made these Trellis cut stems from 1924 to 1928, during prohibition when alcohol was illegal to … [Read more...]
Fostoria Romance and Chintz – Baroque Etched Crystal Patterns
My thanks to Kim who asked a good question: "The plates and saucers and cups are shaped like the Chintz pattern, but were sold to me as the Romance pattern. Can you tell me if the Romance plates and … [Read more...]