April 27th, 2009 @ Kathy // No Comments
This is a Georgian sherbet from Federal Glass, a very nice and favorite depression glass pattern. Georgian is nicknamed “Lovebirds” due to the medallion of two lovebirds alternating with basket medallions. I recently got an email from an eBayer informing me that my sherbet is most likely reproduced because “it was too heavy, too large [...]
Category : Reproductions and Fakes
April 26th, 2009 @ Kathy // No Comments
We’ve had a couple posts about MacBeth Evans Petalware depression glass, the more recent is about the monax white Petalware and the other looks at the pink Petalware depression glass. This will be our last post about Petalware for a while, but it is such a neat pattern that so many creative people felt compelled [...]
Category : MacBeth Evans Depression Glass / Petalware Depression Glass White or Pink
April 24th, 2009 @ Kathy // No Comments
A couple posts ago we showed one of my favorite things, elegant depression glass console bowls. Here’s another type of glass that is equally entrancing, the center handled sandwich server, also called center handled tray, center handled server or CHS. Regardless what you call it, this is one of the signature pieces of the depression [...]
Category : Glass Pieces
April 21st, 2009 @ Kathy // No Comments
Nice cream soup bowl is monax white depression glass from MacBeth Evans. This is their Petalware pattern. We covered pink Petalware depression glass a couple of posts ago and today let’s look at the plain white. MacBeth Evans made a very nice translucent white glass they sold under the monax name. They used the same [...]
Category : Petalware Depression Glass White or Pink
April 18th, 2009 @ Kathy // No Comments
Beautiful June etched glass from Fostoria is one of the most elegant etchings from the depression era. It is a joyful, happy design with bouquets and flowers spilling out and cascading down the side, all tied with a ribbon and a bow. There is a second ribbon twirling around in big U shaped loops. [...]
Category : Fostoria Glass
April 18th, 2009 @ Kathy // One Comment
A few posts ago we showed off some Dogwood pink depression glass and here is another pattern from the same maker, MacBeth Evans. This is Petalware depression glass and this is the pink cereal bowl. You probably have the same experience with dinnerware that we do – we break the cereal bowls and lunch plates [...]
Category : Petalware Depression Glass White or Pink
April 16th, 2009 @ Kathy // No Comments
A few days ago we showed off one of my favorite pieces, a green console bowl with a rolled rim and Central Glass Balda etch. Console bowls are one of the signature peices of the depression era and today we’re showing you a different type altogther. This is the low console bowl [...]
Category : Depression Glass
April 14th, 2009 @ Kathy // One Comment
Norm W, a fellow glass lover sent me this photo to ask for more information as the reference books do not mention this shape for Jeannette’s Floragold glass. The pattern looks like Floragold, although the flowers and leaves are a little more rounded, but the scalloped rim and little curled feet look like the oval [...]
Category : Depression Glass Guide / Uncategorized
April 11th, 2009 @ Kathy // No Comments
Doesn’t this look like one of the beautiful brocade etched elegant glass patterns? It is Dogwood depression glass from MacBeth Evans Glass. Depression glass was mass produced during the late 1920s through the 1930s and was inexpensive, sometimes even given away as premiums. People could go to the movies – and spend a nickel [...]
Category : MacBeth Evans Depression Glass
April 10th, 2009 @ Kathy // No Comments
Isn’t this a neat design? Fostoria Glass Contour elegant pattern comes by its great mid-century modern looks honestly, as it was produced from 1955 to 1971. The wavy stem is unique and distinctive. All the Contour shapes are interesting, with extra waves or curls. It helps show off the gorgeous crystal glass. This [...]
Category : Fostoria Glass
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