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...]
Lesser Known Depression Glass from Imperial – Reeded or Spun, #701
Reeded is a handsome pattern Imperial made in the mid 1930s in rich colors like Ritz Blue (mid cobalt), Stiegel Green (rich dark green), ruby, amber, crystal and a tangerine shade. Later … [Read more...]
Lesser Known Depression Glass from Imperial – Molly, #725
I've had a few pieces of Molly, all decorative items like this footed bowl. This is actually one of the earliest pieces I bought - and it took me many years to discover its identity. I was browsing … [Read more...]
Ooh and Ah Time! Texas Antiquing Pictures
Last week Deidra and I went antiquing in several malls near San Antonio. We found several lovely pieces of glass - identified correctly, clean and pretty - in a mall in Gruene Texas plus a couple … [Read more...]
Lesser Known Depression Glass from Imperial – Beaded Block, #710
Beaded Block is an Imperial Glass pattern that has a lot of looks. There actually are two patterns, Frosted Block and Beaded Block, often shown together as Beaded Block (which makes sense to me … [Read more...]
Collecting Cameo Depression Glass
Mary S bought a few pieces of Cameo green depression glass from me and sent me a photo of part of her collection. It's a beautiful pattern that looks wonderful grouped … [Read more...]
Lesser Known Depression Glass from Imperial – Katy, Laced Edge #749
Katy is another interesting pattern with contradictory naming depending on which reference book you use. Imperial made Laced Edge in many colors, including this lovely deep ruby, but as Gene … [Read more...]
Lesser Known Depression Glass from Imperial – Olive aka Old English
Gene Florence calls this pattern "Olive" and Replacements calls it "Old English" and I found listings under both names on eBay. For this post let's call it Olive since Indiana made a neat depression … [Read more...]