December 17th, 2010 @ Kathy // 4 Comments
When I was a kid every year my Mom assembled a large pillar candle, greenery, pine cones and small ornaments into beautiful holiday centerpieces. She put them on the tables in the living room, on the hearth and on the mantle. When she died I got some of her decorating supplies but mine sure don’t [...]
Category : Pink Elegant Glass
September 30th, 2010 @ Kathy // One Comment
Today it’s time for a pop quiz. Here are three pieces of etched crystal, all made about the same time period, and all featuring roses, swags and center medallions in their design. Can you identify them? No fair looking at the captions first! Our first contestant is a candy dish with lid. Our second contestant [...]
Category : Cambridge Glass Rose Point
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
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
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
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
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
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
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