Perfect Christmas Gifts for That Hard to Shop For Person

Posted 3 weeks, 1 day ago @ Kathy // No Comments

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

Posted 3 weeks, 2 days ago @ Kathy // 9 Comments

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

Tablescape Thursday – Patrician Amber and Trojan Topaz

Posted 4 weeks, 2 days ago @ Kathy // 13 Comments

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

Tablescape Thursday – Etched Elegance with Mix & Match Limoges

July 28th, 2010 @ Kathy // 8 Comments

Tablescape Thursday – Etched Elegance with Mix & Match Limoges

Welcome to Tablescape Thursday on a lazy summer evening. It’s a great day for green. Today’s table combines three Haviland Limoges china patterns with etched crystal goblets from Cambridge Glass and topped off with a green crystalline glaze vase from artist Dave Eickholt. All the china pieces are vintage French Limoges, thin and light, almost [...]

Category : China and Crystal / Tablescapes

Love Got You Down? Try a Romance Pickle Dish

July 22nd, 2010 @ Kathy // One Comment

Love Got You Down?  Try a Romance Pickle Dish

No, this isn’t a bad romance novel or a blog about country western music. It’s about one of the neatest pieces of glass we just listed in our store, the oval pickle dish in Fostoria’s Romance etched crystal. I like all the Romance etch glass we have.  I like the pretty flowers and ribbons and [...]

Category : Vintage Relish Trays

Is it Meadow Rose or Navarre? Etched Fostoria Crystal

July 15th, 2010 @ Kathy // No Comments

Is it Meadow Rose or Navarre? Etched Fostoria Crystal

Is it Meadow Rose or is it Navarre?  How can you tell?  These are two of the most popular Fostoria designs and they look a lot alike.  Read this to learn how to tell them apart. Fostoria Glass made both patterns on the same blank, which is a fancy way to say they used the [...]

Category : Antiquing Together

Yes, Another Relish Tray – Fostoria Heather Etched 2-Part Dish

July 11th, 2010 @ Kathy // No Comments

Yes, Another Relish Tray – Fostoria Heather Etched 2-Part Dish

If you read this blog then you know I’m a fan of relish dishes and divided serving pieces.   You’ve seen depression glass relish dishes, etched relish trays, pink relish trays, crystal relish trays… and the list goes on.  The one today is a knock out. This is Fostoria Glass Heather etch.  The pattern it’s [...]

Category : Vintage Relish Trays

We Went Antiquing Today – Fun but Frustrating

June 24th, 2010 @ Kathy // No Comments

We Went Antiquing Today – Fun but Frustrating

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

Tablescape Thursday – Fostoria Navarre Etched Wine & Cheese Evening

June 23rd, 2010 @ Kathy // 7 Comments

Tablescape Thursday – Fostoria Navarre Etched Wine & Cheese Evening

We’re having a little wine and cheese party today. Let’s use Navarre etched crystal, one of the most collected glass patterns from Fostoria. I don’t have many pieces, just enough for a glass of wine, a plate of crackers and a glass of champagne. The goblets are the claret wines, larger than the regular wine [...]

Category : Tablescapes

Fostoria Romance – Ribbons and Bows All Tied in a Posy

June 21st, 2010 @ Kathy // No Comments

Fostoria Romance – Ribbons and Bows All Tied in a Posy

Last week I bought a large set of Fostoria Romance etched crystal, mostly stems with a few serving pieces.  I like Romance for its graceful pattern of flowers tied in ribbons and bows, the lovely clear crystal and clean lines of the Contour blank. Fostoria made Romance into the 1960s so it is more available [...]

Category : Romance Ribbons & Bows Etched Crystal