Posted 1 day, 5 hours ago @ Kathy // No Comments
Fall is coming and that means red and gold leaves, fires in the fire place and family get togethers, One way to create memories and add sparkle to your fall family tables is with vintage relish trays and what better one than this topaz gold colored Baroque tray from Fostoria Glass? Relish trays have gotten [...]
Category : Vintage Relish Trays
Posted 3 weeks, 1 day ago @ Kathy // No Comments
Do you have someone hard to shop for on your Christmas list? Is your mother-in-law a little picky about what she puts in her house? You won’t go wrong with a gift in perfect taste that is beautiful, functional and will create warm memories. Vintage glass candy dishes like the Cambridge Rose Point bowl shown [...]
Category : Gift Buying Guide - Collectible Glass
Posted 4 weeks, 2 days ago @ Kathy // 13 Comments
Today let’s revisit two of our amber / topaz yellow glass tables, the Patrician amber depression glass dinnerware and Fostoria Trojan topaz luncheon set. These are bright and sunny sets that will make you smile. They remind me of each other and I hope you enjoy seeing them together. Isn’t this set pretty? It’s Patrician, [...]
Category : Fostoria Glass Tablescapes
August 2nd, 2010 @ Kathy // No Comments
Today we went to an antique mall that had a gorgeous green Royal Lace console bowl in a case. I didn’t ask to see it up close because there was obvious roughness on the inner rim even seeing it through the case. What is inner rim roughness and why should you care? The photo shows [...]
Category : How to Buy Glassware
July 30th, 2010 @ Kathy // 2 Comments
Quick! What do you call those little plates that go on the left just above your fork? Bread and butter plates, right? If you have china dinnerware, then yes, bread and butter plates. If you have glass, then no. This is a sherbet plate or sherbet liner. Yes, it looks like a bread and butter [...]
Category : Pink Elegant Glass
July 29th, 2010 @ Kathy // No Comments
Earlier blog post I told the story of the older couple who sold me their Cameo depression glass because “their daughters didn’t want it”. The couple never used the glass so no one had memories tied up in it. I have this glass now and will list it for sale so someone else can treasure [...]
Category : How to Enjoy Your Glass
June 24th, 2010 @ Kathy // No Comments
We went antiquing today, all day, in Lansing and St. John’s in south central Michigan. So far we went north, east and south and have hit about 15 antique malls. It’s a lot of fun. We both enjoy looking at old stuff and imagining who used it. I like the vintage pitchers and tumblers with [...]
Category : Antiquing Together
June 10th, 2010 @ Kathy // No Comments
Wow. Just got some eBay feedback love that was awfully good to see. I had some Red Wing china and sold the last few pieces a few weeks ago. Customer’s comment was “VERY PLEASED with Random Harvest cups/saucers! EXCELLENT PACKING, RECOMMEND 5*s” This was great to see since some of the last few didn’t sound [...]
Category : Federal Depression Glass
April 30th, 2010 @ Kathy // 3 Comments
During the depression glass companies named their patterns after lots of classy sounding places. This one is Mayfair by Hocking Glass, which should make you think of the tony London area. Right after Hocking came out with this pattern Federal Glass, a major competitor, launched their Mayfair pattern. The story goes that Federal had to [...]
Category : Pink Saturday
April 27th, 2010 @ Kathy // No Comments
I wish we could go antiquing together. It’s so much fun to go look for glass – and so much more fun when you find it. Let’s make Tuesdays our Antiquing Together days. I’ll show you what I bought and tell you a little about it and share the enjoyment from successful shopping. This first [...]
Category : Antiquing Together
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