Depression glass makers had a field day with candleholders. You will find ones to hold one candle or two or three, in colors, in crystal, etched, cut, with gold or silver, and yes, even plain. Combining candlelight with glass is irresistable and even without the candles these are beautiful, fanciful pieces.This first one […]
American Sweetheart is a delicate mold-etched depression glass pattern and sought by collectors - and no wonder! It’s graceful design and pretty colors are so appealing. You will find American Sweetheart mainly in a soft true pink and a glowing translucent white and both are exceptional! The piece we show here is the large […]
Hocking Glass produced several Depression glass patterns with geometric designs such as swirls, vertical ribs or squares. Let’s look at one popular pattern, Queen Mary, that comes in pink and clear and gets its sparkle from vertical ribs. Queen Mary is among the more affordable depression glass patterns and it is fun to collect and use.
One of […]
Almost all glass has some wear and sellers need to find it and describe it. Personally I find wear the most subjective and most difficult damage to work with.Step one is to start with clean glass. You will have a much better chance of finding damage if you have good lighting and can see the […]
Chips are the bane of glass collectors and sellers. I’ve bought glass sworn to be mint that has chips as big as a quarter inch long and I do believe the sellers simply didn’t see the problem. Most people run their fingers along the rim and report what they find. Unfortunately, there are all too […]
As a glass seller I could tell you my secret fantasy: Glass pretends to be mint when I buy it and then it slinks off the storage boxes where it quietly develops all sorts of secret chips, cracks and assorted wear just to embarrass me. Unfortunately, this is not usually the problem. It is all […]
As food options and lifestyles changed, the plates that people used changed too. We’ll explain plates used in glass patterns from the 1920s through 1970s.
Elegant glass companies in the 1920s and 30s had to overcome consumer resistance to the notion of eating off glass plates. Most people who could afford glass from hand houses such […]
Back in 1999 when we started in business, we tripped over amber depression glass at every auction and flea market. It was cheap because it didn’t sell well. I had Madrid amber pieces languish for 5 years in perfect condition and bargain prices on eBay and my online store Cat Lady Kate’s Elegant and Depression […]
Morgantown is not one of the most plentiful patterns we find in mid-Michigan so this article will show only a few patterns to give you a sense of what their etched stemware is like, plus we’ll show a couple pieces of their famous Crinkle glass. We like to stress the romance and charm inherent in vintage stemware - […]
Depression glass is best known for its colors - green, pink, amber, blue. Fanciful mold etchings show their delicate beauty and geometric patterns jump to life in sunshine when the glass is crystal!
When most of us think about depression glass the beautiful colors - pink, green, yellow, amber, blue, amethyst - come to mind. Many […]
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