Nostalgic Swanky Swig with Red Elephants on Parade Juice Tumbler

Reason #8 – Family Memories.  Whether the piece came from your family or someone else’s, there’s something about things to remind you of home and make you feel good.

This is one of the Swanky Swigs, the little glasses that you could buy cheese in that almost every family used for juice in the 1950s.  Today kids drink juice by the gallon, not parcelled out in 5 ounce glasses, but back then juice was expensive and pretty well limited to apple, grape, tomato, V-8, canned orange and canned grapefruit.  So careful moms used small glasses.

I remember my youngest brother having a glass like that for his milk and every time I see these little treasures it makes me smile.

Fellow Michigan blogger Diane posted about buying depression glass that reminded her of her mom. My mom couldn’t see the point of buying “old stuff” as she always wanted new. I think Diane’s Mom feels the same way but that’s ok, moms are entitled!

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Elephant On Parade Tumbler

This is one of my favorite things, a small decorated tumbler. It is in the same style as the Swanky Swigs, same size and shape, but I’ve not seen this particular design in the swig listings in my reference books. This little glass almost certainly originally held cheese or whatever and is cute as can be with the red elephants on parade.

Recently I bought several boxes of glass from one of my favorite eBay sellers and am looking forward to getting home and looking through it. Selling glass gives me a chance to hold and touch and enjoy glass without having to find a place to show it and then I can turn around, make someone else happy by having this available, and oh, yes, make a small profit on the way.

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