September 2nd, 2011 @ Kathy // 5 Comments
Cherry Blossom has been reproduced and reproduced some more since the early 1970s. It’s a shame because this is one of the loveliest depression glass patterns, certain in the top 10 premier patterns. It’s easy to spot most reproductions once you know what you are looking for. And the good news is that your fingers [...]
Category : Reproductions and Fakes
March 11th, 2011 @ Kathy // 14 Comments
Beverly is having us do green this week for Pink Saturday. That’s a change I like – green glass is pretty! This piece is Cherry Blossom green depression glass sherbet and it’s the real depression era glass, not a later reproduction. Cherry Blossom is one of the prettiest patterns that unfortunately attracted some real scam [...]
Category : Glass Colors - Pink, Green, Amber, Topaz, Blue and More
January 3rd, 2011 @ Kathy // No Comments
Do you like cheese and crackers? Or dip and veggies? Here’s a neat way to combine your love of vintage with your yummy snacking. Elegant glass makers made sets of a medium plate and a small stemmed comport that are meant for cheese and crackers. You put your cheese ball or soft cheese spread in [...]
Category : How to Enjoy Your Glass
October 5th, 2010 @ Kathy // No Comments
When you go antiquing with your friends do you look out for each other and avoid repros? Of course you do. Friends help friends stay away from fakes. I have several pieces of reproduction Cherry Blossom that we bought from an experienced collector. She sold it in good faith – proving that even experts can [...]
Category : Antiquing Together
September 29th, 2010 @ Kathy // No Comments
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 [...]
Category : Reproductions and Fakes
June 17th, 2010 @ Kathy // 2 Comments
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 [...]
Category : Reproductions and Fakes
July 11th, 2009 @ Kathy // No Comments
In yesterday’s post about taking care of depression glass we showed a Hocking Mayfair pink depression glass sherbet that was all nasty haze from water spotting. I thought you ought to see what a beautiful pattern Hocking’s Mayfair pattern really is. The nickname for this super pattern is Open Rose and you can see why [...]
Category : Depression Glass
April 27th, 2009 @ Kathy // No Comments
This is a Georgian sherbet from Federal Glass, a very nice and favorite depression glass pattern. Georgian is nicknamed “Lovebirds” due to the medallion of two lovebirds alternating with basket medallions. I recently got an email from an eBayer informing me that my sherbet is most likely reproduced because “it was too heavy, too large [...]
Category : Reproductions and Fakes
March 28th, 2009 @ Kathy // No Comments
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 [...]
Category : Jeannette Depression Glass
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