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

Depression Glass Guide – Topaz Yellow Colored Glassware

October 8th, 2009 @ Kathy // No Comments

Yellow must have been a popular color during the depression because depression glass manufacturers made several patterns in yellow and makers such as Fostoria did extensive lines in topaz. So what’s the right name for this color?  Is it yellow?  Topaz?  Canary?  Vaseline?  Yellow is certainly the color name.   Hocking called their Cameo and [...]

Category : Depression Glass Guide

Fostoria Trojan Etched Topaz Yellow Glass – Elegant Depression

August 2nd, 2009 @ Kathy // No Comments

When I first saw Trojan in person I was amazed how pretty it is.  It doesn’t look appealing in the books, in fact it looks rather formal and stiff, but it’s gorgeous in person.  The first piece I ever saw was the large scroll handled console bowl and the etch was just perfect. The design [...]

Category : Fostoria Glass

Crying All Over Broken Glass — There Goes My Fostoria Trojan Wine!

May 10th, 2009 @ Kathy // No Comments

  Isn’t this pretty?  I used to have two of these stems and brought one down from my glass room to list in my store.  Like a dummy I was carrying several things loose – since I took them out of the box - and naturally this is the piece I dropped! Ouch.  This little stem [...]

Category : Fostoria Glass

Are You Confused about Depression Glass?

March 29th, 2009 @ Kathy // No Comments

Are you confused about all the glass terms out there?  Like what is the difference between depression glass and elegant glass?  If  you are like I was when I first found glass in 1999 you are feeling more than a little bewildered!  No surprise, glass collecting, just like any field, tends to collect jargon and strange [...]

Category : Depression Glass