September 29th, 2010 @
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Tonight I have something for you from the Great Lakes Depression Glass Club meeting we went to yesterday. Jim Bistoff gave an excellent demonstration of a few of the fake Cherry Blossom pieces. First, the most reproduced pieces are the dinner plates, cups, saucers and small berry bowls. I have personally had reproduction juice tumblers [...]
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Reproductions and Fakes
June 17th, 2010 @
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Jeannette’s Cherry Blossom pink depression glass is exceptionally pretty with the entrancing design of blossoms, leaves and cherries dangling from a stem. Sadly this popular pattern attracted unscrupulous reproductions in the early 1970s. So what’s a collector to do? You want to protect yourself, but how? You can spot most repro pieces pretty easily. I [...]
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Reproductions and Fakes
March 28th, 2009 @
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Quick! What is pink and beautiful with flowers all over? Jeannette’s Cherry Blossom depression glass, that’s what. Cherry Blossom was made through most of the depression, 1930 to 1939, an unusually long time. It is a very pretty pattern with some highly unusual and rare pieces. According to Gene Florence’sCollector’s Encyclopedia of Depression Glass there [...]
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Jeannette Depression Glass