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
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
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
June 19th, 2009 @ Kathy // 2 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
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
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