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
July 11th, 2009 @
Kathy //
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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 [...]
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Depression Glass
April 27th, 2009 @
Kathy //
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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 [...]
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Reproductions and Fakes
March 28th, 2009 @
Kathy //
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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
