Not Your Usual Pattern: Stippled Rose Band Yellow Depression Glass

May 11th, 2010 @ Kathy // No Comments

I came across this pretty little piece of depression glass when I was getting some Dogwood out to wrap and ship to a customer.  This is S Pattern or Stippled Rose Band from MacBeth Evans. S Pattern is like Dogwood in shape and feel with thin glass and a delicate pattern on shapes that are [...]

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American Sweetheart Monax Depression Glass Tidbit

November 3rd, 2009 @ Kathy // No Comments

A lot of depression glass patterns included tidbits in their line up which were meant to be fancy serving pieces for little cakes, tarts and candies.  People use these for weddings, showers and open house type events where guests can serve themselves.  The tidbits look special and make even store-bought cupcakes look great. Recently I [...]

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Super Color Combo – Cranberry and White – More American Sweetheart Depression Glass

September 25th, 2009 @ Kathy // No Comments

It’s Friday!   Another week nearly done and the wonderful weekend blossoming.  I do like Fridays! Last weekend I bought a set of American Sweetheart white depression glass.  MacBeth Evans made American Sweetheart in the translucent white glass shown here and pink. The lady who sold this to me had it displayed with some gorgeous [...]

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Dogwood Pink Depression Glass by MacBeth Evans

May 29th, 2009 @ Kathy // No Comments

  MacBeth Evans Dogwood Pink Depression Glass Sherbet Here is our Dogwood pink deprssion glass sherbet so you can see what a neat pattern this is.  Dogwood is another pattern by MacBeth Evans who also made American Sweetheart and Petalware.     Unlike American Sweetheart and Petalware, you are not likely to find Dogwood in [...]

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More American Sweetheart Depression Glass Coming Up!

May 14th, 2009 @ Kathy // No Comments

We’ve talked before about the way I buy glass, which is from local flea markets, estate sales and eBay. Locally I can usually find elegant glass but depression glass in good condition is getting scarce. Last time we went to the flea market I left behind some Normandie, Sharon and Madrid glass that was worn. [...]

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Petalware Decorated Monax White Depression Glass

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 [...]

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MacBeth Evans Petware Monax White Depression Glass

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 [...]

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MacBeth Evans Petalware Pink Depression 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 [...]

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Dogwood Mold Etched Brocade Look Pink Depression Glass

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 [...]

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