Summer Time Is Relish Tray Time – Viking Princess Contemporary

May 31st, 2010 @ Kathy // No Comments

Today we had dinner with my brother and sister in law who served several salads – macaroni, potato and more macaroni – plus lettuce.  This relish tray would have been perfect for offering samplings of salads. You would put the most popular salad (potato in her case since she makes it yummy) in the big [...]

Category : Vintage Relish Trays

Sugar with an Attitude: New Martinsville Radiance with Cornflower Cutting

February 8th, 2010 @ Kathy // One Comment

No, it isn’t Mickey Mouse.  Those wing handles sure look like big ears, don’t they.  This is the Radiance glassware from the depression era made by New Martinsville Glass and with the luscious Cornflower cutting. New Martinsville made several patterns like this one during the depression era that had lots of style and pizazz.  Some [...]

Category : Elegant Glass

How To Be A Serious Detective – Glass Detective, That Is

January 22nd, 2010 @ Kathy // No Comments

Isn’t this pretty?  It is line number 36 from New Martinsville Glass in a beautiful medium pink.  It was sold to me as Cambridge and the photo wasn’t too good so I was surprised and delighted to have a mystery on my hands. Recently someone told me they had a whole set of this but [...]

Category : Depression Glass Guide

I Am So Blessed – Selling Elegant and Depression Glass

June 13th, 2009 @ Kathy // No Comments

I am so very lucky, so fortunate.  You see, I get to do exactly what I’ve always dreamed of – run my own business and buy, hold and admire beautiful glass.  I got into this when I found eBay in 1999 and realized that I could start a business.  I found the elegant glass section [...]

Category : New Martinsville Glass

Flea Market Find – New Martinsville Wild Rose Etched Candleholders

May 30th, 2009 @ Kathy // No Comments

  We talked before about how I can’t resist etched candle holders, how about you?  Leave a comment and let me know what you think about them.  I’m fascinated with the wide diversity of style and shape and just enjoy the beautiful etches and the neat shapes. This came from a twice-yearly big flea market [...]

Category : New Martinsville Glass

New Martinsville Radiance Amber Depression Glass

May 3rd, 2009 @ Kathy // No Comments

  Cute, small, warm looking, what’s not to like?  This small cordial is New Martinsville Radiance amber depression glass and the vertical ridges you see are the design which is repeated on the stem. Radiance is one of those patterns that you’ll find in books about elegant glass and reference books about depression glass.  New [...]

Category : Depression Glass