Browsing Tag »Identifying Glass
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Are you confused by Bouquet, Oxford, Chinex, Cremax, Classic, all those patterns with all those decorations? MacBeth Evans made a series of depression glass patterns in cremax translucent glass that are confusing. Let’s go through a few of them. First one up is Chinex Classic. All Chinex Classic pieces have a pie crust edge and [...]
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Let's Reduce Confusion
April 26th, 2010 @
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Every once in a while I will find glass listed as Candlewick that is anything but. When I started in business my first purchase was a set of Candlewick plates and tumblers – I bought it because I remembered the beaded design. Imperial Glass made Candlewick for a very long time and it’s their best [...]
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Elegant Glass
March 22nd, 2010 @
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This pretty grill plate shows off one of my favorite depression glass patterns, Cameo from Hocking Glass. Cameo has an interesting story behind it. Monongah Glass made a beautiful etched pattern Springtime, with a dancer in a frame surrounded by swags that was true elegant glass – lots of hand work, quality crystal, the works. [...]
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Depression Glass Guide
January 27th, 2010 @
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I wish I knew who did this. It’s a simple shape with straight stem and rounded bowl with straight sides. The etch – or sand blast – is a solid band with joined lines that have little dangles hanging down. So who did it? One possibility is Tiffin. They made a stem that Gene Florence [...]
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Vintage Stemware & Goblets
December 19th, 2009 @
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Isn’t this pretty with the band of stylized flowers and trailing leaf swags? This pattern is S Pattern, called Stippled Rose, and MacBeth Evans made it from 1930 to 1933. From what I’ve read, collectors sought this glassware when depression glass collecting first became popular, but it is not so well-known today. Like most [...]
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Depression Glass Guide
December 15th, 2009 @
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It can be tough figuring out what you have. If you have mystery glass and you want to sell it, where do you go. If you have a few pieces and want more, how do you find them. Let me give you a few tips. There are lots of good reference books and your library [...]
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Depression Glass
December 10th, 2009 @
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Nice bowl, right? Yes, it is Duncan Miller Sandwich pattern, good quality glass, nice ground base, useful salad bowl, rather hard to find size, so on and so forth. So what’s not to like? If you collect this pattern – and I hope you do – this is a choice piece you will be glad [...]
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Depression Glass Guide
November 8th, 2009 @
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Recently Esmeralda R contacted me for help identifying her glass. She found my Cambridge Rose Point etched stemware on the 3121 blank, which has the three knobs you see in this photo and is distinctive. She sent me one photo and I was able to identify the cutting as Achilles by Cambridge. This is nice [...]
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Cambridge Glass
August 9th, 2009 @
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Isn’t this a neat piece of pink depression glass? Unfortunately I’ve no idea what it is or who made it. It’s similar to a Hocking pattern, which Replacements lists as AHC37, but that design does not have the interesting zig zags on the bottom. It’s about 7 inches wide and stands on three small feet [...]
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Depression Glass
July 26th, 2009 @
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Here is one of those pieces that is almost impossible to pin down. Yes, it is Fostoria’s June etched elegant glass. Yes, it is topaz glass of the depression era. But is it the whipped cream bowl or the sweetmeat? I cannot tell! My reference books describe both pieces as having two handles and being [...]
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Fostoria Glass
