I don't know whether I should be honored or not. The nice lady who runs the Great Lakes Depression Glass Club asked me to please present a program this fall and wouldn't I like to do one about center … [Read more...]
Those Confusing Cremax Patterns – Three Tips to Tell Them Apart
Are you confused by Bouquet, Oxford, Chinex, Cremax, Classic, all those patterns with all those decorations? MacBeth Evans made a series of depression glass patterns in cremax creamy or white … [Read more...]
Candlewick Elegant Crystal vs. Other Beaded Patterns
Every once in a while I will find glass listed as Candlewick that is anything but. When I started in business my first purchase was a set of Candlewick plates and tumblers - I bought it because … [Read more...]
Dance Away with Cameo Topaz Yellow Depression Glass
This pretty grill plate shows off one of my favorite depression glass patterns, Cameo from Hocking Glass. Cameo has an interesting story behind it. Monongah Glass made a beautiful etched pattern … [Read more...]
Dangles and Bands Etched Vintage Stemware – Whodunit?
I wish I knew who did this. It's a simple shape with straight stem and rounded bowl with straight sides. The etch - or sand blast - is a solid band with joined lines that have little dangles hanging … [Read more...]
S Pattern Stippled Rose Depression Glass – Pattern Guide
Isn't this pretty with the band of stylized flowers and trailing leaf swags? This pattern is S Pattern, called Stippled Rose, and MacBeth Evans made it from 1930 to 1933. From what I've read, … [Read more...]
How to Get Glass Identification Help
It can be tough figuring out what you have. If you have mystery glass and you want to sell it, where do you go. If you have a few pieces and want more, how do you find them. Let me … [Read more...]
Why You Shouldn’t Rely on Price Guides
Nice bowl, right? Yes, it is Duncan Miller Sandwich pattern, good quality glass, nice ground base, useful salad bowl, rather hard to find size, so on and so forth. So what's not to like? … [Read more...]
Help for Esmeralda – Cambridge Achilles Glass Identification
Recently Esmeralda R contacted me for help identifying her glass. She found my Cambridge Rose Point etched stemware on the 3121 blank, which has the three knobs you see in this photo and is … [Read more...]
Help Name Me! Pink Depression Glass
Isn't this a neat piece of pink depression glass? Unfortunately I've no idea what it is or who made it. It's similar to a Hocking pattern, which Replacements lists as AHC37, but that … [Read more...]