American Sweetheart & Amethyst Twist – Tablescape Thursday

July 7th, 2010 @ Kathy // 22 Comments

American Sweetheart & Amethyst Twist – Tablescape Thursday

Today’s tablescape is is one of those things that sounds like a great idea in the middle of the night that isn’t maybe quite so wonderful when you’re actually awake. Does your subconscious play tricks on you too? The dishes are American Sweetheart, a gorgeous depression glass pattern here in soft pure white. I’m not [...]

Category : Depression Glass Tables

Pink Saturday – American Sweetheart Pink Depression Glass Cereal Bowl

June 26th, 2010 @ Kathy // One Comment

Pink Saturday – American Sweetheart Pink Depression Glass Cereal Bowl

We had company visiting this week and went antiquing several days.  (I’m antiqued out!)  Most days we found a few pieces of depression or elegant glass in patterns I carry in my store, which makes the trips satisfying as well as fun.  I got three more American Sweetheart pink cereal bowls like the one pictured. [...]

Category : Pink Saturday

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 [...]

Category : MacBeth Evans Depression Glass

Depression Glass Guide – White Colored Glass Featuring American Sweetheart

October 30th, 2009 @ Kathy // No Comments

We’ve had a couple posts about the wonderful depression glass colors – blue, green, clear, topaz yellow and blue – and it’s time to look at white.  I’ll confess up front that I’m not a big white fan.  I look icky in white and it gets dirty and I’m not fond of milk glass.  With [...]

Category : Depression Glass Guide

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 [...]

Category : MacBeth Evans Depression Glass

How to Be Un-Depressed! American Sweetheart Depression Glassware

July 23rd, 2009 @ Kathy // No Comments

Life has its ups and downs, and during the Great Depression many people had more downs than ups.  One of the ways companies enticed careful housewives to buy their products was to include premiums with their purchase.  Many depression patterns were give aways.  You could go to the movies (all day for under 10 cents) [...]

Category : Depression Glass

How to Identify Depression Glass Patterns – Adams Rib Case Study

June 19th, 2009 @ Kathy // No Comments

Eeek!  Not more candleholders!  Yes, more candleholders, but these tell a story. We went to a big flea market in Clare, Michigan a few weeks ago and got these candleholders.   So what are they?  Here’s how I identified them. First these are more likely to be depression glass than anything from the 1960s or [...]

Category : Depression Glass

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. [...]

Category : MacBeth Evans Depression Glass