November 28th, 2011 @ Kathy // No Comments
Poppies were an important motif in the 1920s and into the 1930s. Think of Cambridge Gloria, Hazel Atlas Florentine, Fostoria Rogene. Poppies were a symbol of the first world war because they grew wild all over the Flemish fields that were battlegrounds and cemeteries in the war and were immortalized in poems like In Flanders [...]
Category : Other Fostoria Glass
November 12th, 2011 @ Kathy // No Comments
Bobbie sent me an interesting email asking for advice on evaluating her Royal Lace blue depression glass. Blue Royal Lace is one of the most popular – and expensive – depression glass patterns. I get emails every week asking: ”What is my glass? How much is it worth? How can I sell it?” It is [...]
Category : How to Enjoy Your Glass
November 6th, 2011 @ Kathy // One Comment
Do you like vintage stemware? I do! And I like to identify what I have. If you have Fostoria stemware this book is a must. Milbra Long and Emily Seate are a mother/daughter team that are consummate experts in Fostoria glass. They have written several guide books divided by era and type of glass. This book covers [...]
Category : Tips to Identify Glass
September 16th, 2011 @ Kathy // One Comment
Today was a big day for Dave and me. We bought some gold trimmed Cambridge Rose Point stemware and a house. Neither of these is pink so let me show you one of the pink Fostoria elegant depression glass pieces we have. This is the Fairfax pink elegant depression glass small relish by Fostoria. Fostoria [...]
Category : Pink Elegant Glass
September 15th, 2011 @ Kathy // No Comments
That title has a lot of F’s in it. Fostoria is fun and it is a little fancy and tomorrow is Friday! Some weeks it’s easy to pick the Fancy and some weeks it’s a little harder. Today was one of the harder ones. I’ve been balancing our checkbook and paying the bills and getting [...]
Category : Fancy Fun Friday
August 4th, 2011 @ Kathy // No Comments
Welcome to Fancy Fun Friday! Every week our blog party features something that’s fun and just a little bit fancy. We all enjoy those small bits of fluff and frills and that’s what we are celebrating. We’re all about vintage glass here, so our Favorite Fancies are – can you guess? – glass, elegant etched [...]
Category : Fancy Fun Friday
July 27th, 2011 @ Kathy // No Comments
Sometimes it’s hard to know what glass you have. Fostoria marked very few of their pieces so unless you recognize the shape or the cutting or the etch it’s going to be difficult to identify the glass pattern. I thought it would be helpful to have a good photo identification guide online that showed all [...]
Category : Tips to Identify Glass
July 21st, 2011 @ Kathy // No Comments
Welcome to Fancy Fun Friday, our weekly blog party featuring those little touches that add fancy to our homes and lives. This week it’s horribly hot here in mid-Michigan and time for a cool, refreshing salad. Naturally we’ll serve it in a fancy bowl, like this Fostoria Italian Lace one. This looks fancy but it’s [...]
Category : Fancy Fun Friday
July 7th, 2011 @ Kathy // No Comments
Welcome to this week’s Fancy Fun Friday blog party. You’ve seen all sorts of different glass pretties, from a depression glass measuring cup to a gorgeous console bowl. Today we’re fancying our lunch table for summer BLTs. Don’t put that icky jar of mayo on the table. Leave it in the kitchen and serve your [...]
Category : Fancy Fun Friday
July 6th, 2011 @ Kathy // 7 Comments
Last week I told you about our sun room adventure. Everything in the sun room is still in the dining room and will be there for yet another week! The carpet guys can’t come until the 15th, another nine days of mess. Luckily it’s summer and we’re eating on the deck. Let’s look at a [...]
Category : Fostoria Glass Tablescapes
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