When you admire vintage stemware do you pay much attention to the stem itself? Of course the design on the stem is important, but do you really look at it? Or do you focus more on the bowl and the … [Read more...]
Fostoria Oriental Etch – Flying Peacocks and Leaves on Glass
Fostoria Glass's lovely Oriental etch features peacocks, leaves and branches. Some of the peacocks fly away and some perch and all have lavish tails and wings. You can easily remember Oriental … [Read more...]
Two Monongah Glass Patterns – Art Deco and Flowers
Monongah made high quality etched and cut crystal, mostly stemware, until the Hocking Glass company purchased them in 1928. In fact Hocking’s popular Cameo pattern is mold-etched design based on … [Read more...]
Roses Everywhere! Fostoria Midnight Rose Etch
If you've gone to any antique mall or glass show you'll notice there are roses everywhere - etched roses, cut roses, molded/pressed roses - and that's just on glass! There are even more roses on … [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...]
Vintage Glass Mayonnaise Sets – Elegant Trifles
I'm bemused at the number of mayo sets we find in glass from the 1920s - 1960s or so. These pretty sets are a small bowl that holds between 8 and 16 ounces, a liner plate for under the bowl, and … [Read more...]
Morgantown Picardy Stemware
Even though we bought and sold glass for 20 years we had very few Morgantown pieces, nor did we see many at antique shops or estate sales. My folks had some Morgantown amethyst tumblers and ashtrays … [Read more...]
Cambridge Apple Blossom – Flowers and Square Motifs
Last post I shared our amber Cambridge Apple Blossom bowl and center handled server that we bought at the 2019 National Depression Glass show. It's beautiful glass and we enjoy it, although I had not … [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...]
Sherbets – Once Ubiquitous Glass
I recall reading a quote - I think made from a Fostoria executive in the 1970s - saying that their best selling drinking glasses were water goblets and sherbets. I remember buying a wedding gift of … [Read more...]