When I was little my favorite birthday cake was angel food with pink frosting. It had to be angel food and it had to be pink. (Today it is chocolate. Of course.) I don't … [Read more...]
Toy Glassware – Pretty Polly Cup and Saucer Doric and Pansy
When you were little did you have dishes for your dolls? Mine were Blue Willow, what were yours? Glass and china makers often made child sized versions of their popular patterns for doll tea … [Read more...]
Art Deco Tea Room Green Depression Glass
The Art Deco period was waning during the last years of the Roaring 20s. Just as today, styles trickled down to mass produced consumer goods after the style setting jet set (or their equivalent) had … [Read more...]
Neglected Pattern: MacBeth Evans Stippled Rose Depression Glass
It's just like high school. There are the belles of the ball, Mayfair, Cameo, American Sweetheart and Sharon. There are popular kids, Floral, Georgian, Petalware. Then there are the … [Read more...]
Fostoria June and Romance – Dueling Ribbons & Bows
Here's an advance peek at our theme for this week's Tablescape Thursday: Dueling Ribbons and Bows. Which of these do you like better? Fostoria June etched topaz center handled server … [Read more...]
Tablescape Thursday – In Search of the Perfect Green
One of the china patterns we have in our store is Noritake Shasta from the 1950s. It's a nice pattern, not too retro, not too fancy, with a mint green border and pretty flowers that fill the entire … [Read more...]
Pink Saturday – A Rose by Any Other Name – Mayfair Open Rose Depression Glass
Do you ever wonder how the different depression glass patterns got their nick names? Most of them are descriptive: Spoke describes the center wheel design in Patrician; Dancing Girl is the lady with a … [Read more...]
Let’s Reduce Confusion – Cambridge Glass Plates Chantilly Etch
Do you ever get confused by the different line numbers with Cambridge Glass? What's Martha? What's 3900? 3500? Gadroon? Yikes, there are so many different shapes and the only way to keep them … [Read more...]
All Floral, All Pink, All Day – Tablescape Thursday
Do you like pink? Most ladies do. If you like pink you'll like this week's tablescape - all one pattern and all in pink. This is Floral Poinsettia pink depression glass from Jeannette. … [Read more...]
What Do You Find Antiquing?
What do you find when you go antiquing? What do you look for that you don't find? Leave a comment so we can compare and share. Dave and I went antiquing on our way home from Tennessee yesterday and … [Read more...]