It's Saturday and it's time for our weekly glass pick. This is a feature that's fun because I get to find a favorite piece and share it with you. We all get to enjoy pictures of beautiful vintage … [Read more...]
Fostoria Glass Chintz Etched Crystal Sugar Bowl – Glass Pick of the Week
Our pick this week is a small, unassuming piece from Fostoria Glass, the Chintz individual sugar bowl. I came across this last week and was struck by how a simple object embodies so much beauty and … [Read more...]
Time For Something Lovely – Fostoria Versailles Pink Console Bowl – Glass Pick of the Week
This week we're going for elegant! This beautiful bowl has the folded over shape that reminds me of a mushroom. It is from Fostoria, in their classic Versailles etch on the Fairfax … [Read more...]
Better in Person! Fostoria Trojan Etched Elegant Glass
When I got my first book about Fostoria glass, I though Fostoria Trojan looked plain and boring. "Yuck", I thought. This is too formal, too rigid, too blah. Then I found my first … [Read more...]
Baskets Spilling with Flowers – Such a Pretty Etch – Fostoria Florentine Pick of the Week
What is more romantic than a basket of flowers? Big beautiful baskets spilling with flowers are lovely ways to add color with style and class now - and they were equally popular back in the 1930s. … [Read more...]
Fostoria June Candle Holder Art Deco Scroll Etched Yellow Glass
I love the Art Deco styling. There's something about the smooth curves and geometric contracts that feels so sensuous. And it is especially lovely in glass where the transparency lets you see inside … [Read more...]
Where Did All the Etches Go? Vintage Or Contemporary Etched Stemware
The last 20 years or so I've not seen much - or any - modern etched stemware for sale. Tonight Dave and I were at Macy's and (naturally) I drifted to the glass section to drool over the gorgeous … [Read more...]
Glass Pick of the Week – Cambridge Roselyn Footed Scalloped Bowl
This is a cautionary tale not to get overconfident you can identify glass! I found this bowl on eBay listed as Cambridge Roselyn. Ah ha! I thought to myself, it's misidentified and it's really … [Read more...]
Glass Pick of the Week – Cambridge Diane Etched Corinth Candle Holder
This week I am in the mood for something special, something elegant. Cambridge Glass must have had fun with their candle stick designs because they are all different, intricate, lovely things that … [Read more...]
Finding Fostoria Elegant Glass at the Antique Show
We had so much fun wandering the booths at the antique show. Loren and I looked at everything, even stuff like fishing lures and old truck parts that neither of us is too interested in. Of course I … [Read more...]