September 2nd, 2011 @ Kathy // 5 Comments
Cherry Blossom has been reproduced and reproduced some more since the early 1970s. It’s a shame because this is one of the loveliest depression glass patterns, certain in the top 10 premier patterns. It’s easy to spot most reproductions once you know what you are looking for. And the good news is that your fingers [...]
Category : Reproductions and Fakes
August 15th, 2011 @ Kathy // One Comment
This is an interesting lot of 3 Hazel Atlas depression era shakers. The blue Moderntone ones don’t have lids. The lids to the clear ribbed set fit the Moderntone shaker bases but aren’t original. These clear shakers are marked Airko and the lids have a neat white plug insert with cork backing. The metal lids [...]
Category : Reproductions and Fakes
August 2nd, 2011 @ Kathy // 2 Comments
Is this Georgian Lovebirds saucer real depression glass or is it a repro? It is not marked. This next saucer is marked. I have Georgian cups, saucers and sherbets with the Federal F in a shield and without. Are any reproduced? There are web pages that claim that any unmarked Federal piece is a repro. [...]
Category : Reproductions and Fakes
September 29th, 2010 @ Kathy // No Comments
Tonight I have something for you from the Great Lakes Depression Glass Club meeting we went to yesterday. Jim Bistoff gave an excellent demonstration of a few of the fake Cherry Blossom pieces. First, the most reproduced pieces are the dinner plates, cups, saucers and small berry bowls. I have personally had reproduction juice tumblers [...]
Category : Reproductions and Fakes
July 18th, 2010 @ Kathy // 9 Comments
Let’s talk about one of the painful subjects around depression glass, reproductions. Fakes, remakes, reissues, reproductions, there are many words to describe these. Although there are some legitimate re-issues, especially where the manufacture labels their glass, there are too many that are simply rip offs. One pattern that was reissued was Madrid. Federal Glass made [...]
Category : Reproductions and Fakes
June 17th, 2010 @ Kathy // 2 Comments
Jeannette’s Cherry Blossom pink depression glass is exceptionally pretty with the entrancing design of blossoms, leaves and cherries dangling from a stem. Sadly this popular pattern attracted unscrupulous reproductions in the early 1970s. So what’s a collector to do? You want to protect yourself, but how? You can spot most repro pieces pretty easily. I [...]
Category : Reproductions and Fakes
April 3rd, 2010 @ Kathy // 9 Comments
Once upon a time you could find real Madrid depression glass at every flea market, antique mall and thrift store. Those days are behind us. I found the cake plate and tumbler in pink Recollection reproduction glass this winter at an antique store and a few more pieces when antiquing in San Antonio a few [...]
Category : Depression Glass Guide / Reproductions and Fakes
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
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