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How to Tell Fortune from Old Cafe Depression Glass by Hocking

June 4th, 2011 @ Kathy // No Comments

Yesterday’s Pink Saturday blog post featured Fortune pink depression glass. Did you know there is a very similar pattern called Old Cafe? It can be tricky to tell them apart. Here’s the Old Cafe pink candy dish.  It’s a pretty piece, low and wide with small tab handles. Here is the Fortune bowl from yesterday. [...]

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Etches and Blanks – Let’s Reduce Confusion with Glass Words

February 8th, 2011 @ Kathy // One Comment

Etches and Blanks – Let’s Reduce Confusion with Glass Words

Blank?  Etch?  Huh?  It’s time to reduce confusion with those oddball glass terms. A glass blank is the basic shape, the design of the piece of glass before any decorations.   The cup and saucer shown are Heisey’s Empress blank.  Heisey made the Empress shape in several colors, sold it undecorated as “Empress” and used [...]

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Let’s Reduce Confusion – Cambridge Glass Plates Chantilly Etch

November 4th, 2010 @ Kathy // No Comments

Let’s Reduce Confusion – Cambridge Glass Plates Chantilly Etch

Do you ever get confused by the different line numbers with Cambridge Glass?  What’s Martha?  What’s 3900?  3500?  Gadroon?  Yikes, there are so many different shapes and the only way to keep them straight is with a photo. Please see the video at the bottom too. The first one shown is the 3900 shape with [...]

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Those Confusing Cremax Patterns – Three Tips to Tell Them Apart

August 31st, 2010 @ Kathy // 3 Comments

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 translucent glass that are confusing.  Let’s go through a few of them. First one up is Chinex Classic.  All Chinex Classic pieces have a pie crust edge and [...]

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All That Glows Is Not Vaseline Glass

August 15th, 2010 @ Kathy // No Comments

All That Glows Is Not Vaseline Glass

Does Doric & Pansy Ultramarine Glass Glow under Black Light? Today Debbie contacted me through my store to ask whether Doric & Pansy ultra marine / teal glass glowed under black light.  That was a good question and I didn’t know the answer. Time to get out the black light.  Oops, no batteries.  Found the [...]

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