Pink Saturday – Soup Supper with Sharon Depression Glass

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Pink Saturday – Soup Supper with Sharon Depression Glass

Now that it’s fall, are you looking forward to making hearty warm soups for supper again?  What better way to enjoy your meal and add a surprise than with pink depression glass? This soup bowl is one of the harder to find pieces.  It’s Sharon from Federal Glass, also called Cabbage Rose for the sprays [...]

Category : Pink Depression Glass

Tablescape Thursday – Petalware Depression Glass and Retro Birds

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Tablescape Thursday – Petalware Depression Glass and Retro Birds

Welcome to this week’s Tablescape Thursday with a retro table in pink and clear. Isn’t it pretty how the pink depression glass picks up the pink in the vintage bird figurine planter and contrasts with the depression goblets.   Here’s the centerpiece – my favorite little bird and the Petalware pink creamer and sugar. Did [...]

Category : Depression Glass Tables

Those Confusing Cremax Patterns – Three Tips to Tell Them Apart

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Those Confusing Cremax Patterns – Three Tips to Tell Them Apart

Are you confused by Bouquet, Oxford, Chinex, Cremax, Classic, all those patterns with all those decorations?  MacBeth Evans made a series of depression glass patterns in cremax translucent glass that are confusing.  Let’s go through a few of them. First one up is Chinex Classic.  All Chinex Classic pieces have a pie crust edge and [...]

Category : Let's Reduce Confusion

Pink Saturday – Jeannette Floral Poinsettia Depression Glass

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Pink Saturday – Jeannette Floral Poinsettia Depression Glass

Welcome to Pink Saturday!  Remember Beverly of How Sweet the Sound has a challenge to all of us to visit at least one new blog every week.  It’s always fun to see everyones visions of pink. This footed tumbler is one of my favorite depression glass patterns, Floral or Poinsettia by Jeannette Glass.  It’s so [...]

Category : Pink Depression Glass

Perfect Christmas Gifts for That Hard to Shop For Person

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Perfect Christmas Gifts for That Hard to Shop For Person

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

Tablescape Thursday – Enjoy Crystal Cut and Etched

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Tablescape Thursday – Enjoy Crystal Cut and Etched

Today we have a small table setting with just a few pieces of elegant glass. The plates are cut crystal from Seneca Glass and the etched water goblets are from Cambridge and the combination makes a pretty luncheon table.  Can you imagine a glass of white wine served with crystal plates full of salad with [...]

Category : Elegant Glass Tables

Pink Saturday – Miss America Coming Down the Runway

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Pink Saturday – Miss America Coming Down the Runway

Here she is… Miss America.  Miss America depression glass that is.  Welcome to Pink Saturday.  Today we have one of the most beloved depression glass patterns, Miss America. Hocking Glass made Miss America in clear, some green, yellow and blue glass, but the best known is the lovely clear pink.  Hocking’s pink depression glassware was [...]

Category : Pink Depression Glass

Tablescape Thursday – Patrician Amber and Trojan Topaz

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Tablescape Thursday – Patrician Amber and Trojan Topaz

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

Inner Rim Roughness – How to Check Your Glass for Damage

August 2nd, 2010 @ Kathy // No Comments

Inner Rim Roughness – How to Check Your Glass for Damage

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

Pink Saturday – Cambridge Glass Decagon Sherbet Liner

July 30th, 2010 @ Kathy // 2 Comments

Pink Saturday – Cambridge Glass Decagon Sherbet Liner

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