I bet you never owned a sugar pail, or a whipped cream pail, or a special bowl for marshmallow, or a special little dish to hold ice around your glass of dinner time tomato juice. (If you do have a … [Read more...]
Gorgeous Elegant and Depression Glass Pitchers – Eye Candy!
It was such fun last week going through my old photos of console bowls. Today let's look at pitchers. Some patterns lack pitchers but many of the glass patterns produced for several years include one … [Read more...]
Gorgeous Elegant and Depression Glass Console Bowls – Eye Candy!
There are no antique shops where we live, zero, nada, zilch. In order to relieve my glass withdrawal symptoms I went through my photos for my favorites. This console bowl, one of my favorites, … [Read more...]
Elegant and Depression Glass Salt and Pepper Shakers
About half the depression glass patterns include shakers in their line up of dinnerware and accessory pieces. You can find shakers in elegant glass patterns too, especially those that companies made … [Read more...]
Compotes, Comports and More – Stemmed Pieces in Depression Glass
Question: When is a comport something else? Answer: When the glass company calls it something else Let's look at a few examples. Comports or compotes are stemmed bowls, shallow with wide … [Read more...]
Decorate with Warmth and Style – Vintage Candle Holders
What is more welcoming than a glowing candle? Now put that candle in an etched crystal candle holder from quality maker like Cambridge Glass - Wow. Imagine how these little glass flares … [Read more...]
Exciting Find – Rare Maple Leaf Cake Plate from US Glass – Pink Depression Glass
This is one of the more unusual and hard to find items that we have, Maple Leaf pink depression glass cake plate made by US Glass in the mid 1930s. When I buy cake plates the challenge is finding … [Read more...]
Beautiful Teardrop Cut Crystal Center Handled Server from New Martinsville
I'm on a center handled server kick, can you tell? This week's piece came from New Martinsville, this cut crystal elegant depression server with the charming floral spray cutting. New … [Read more...]
Classic Vintage Crystal Depression Glass Center Handled Server
Here's a classic piece of crystal depression glass, a center handled sandwich server tray decorated with cut flowers and bands. The flowers and leaf sprays are cut - if you look closely they appear … [Read more...]
Candy Jars from the Depression Era
Last post I mentioned my burning desire for a pretty candy jar, ideally green or amber (although I'd not turn my nose up at other colors!), and with a nice design and shape. Depression era glass … [Read more...]