Thank you to Beverly from How Sweet the Sound for hosting Pink Saturday and allowing me to join the fun. If you read my Tablescape Thursday post this week you saw a beautiful pink pitcher with a … [Read more...]
Serve Cake with Elegance: Fostoria Glass Buttercup Etched Crystal Torte Plate
Buttercups, crystal and cake, what an entrancing combination. Every time I see this large etched plate with the sweet rolled up rim I visualize it holding a special cake for a birthday party or … [Read more...]
Sugar with an Attitude: New Martinsville Radiance with Cornflower Cutting
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 … [Read more...]
Book Report Sunday – Elegant Glass Pattern Identification
Welcome to Book Report Sunday. Tonight is my favorite reference book for elegant glass, Elegant Glass: Early, Depression, & Beyond by Coe & Coe. Elegant glass is "good glass", the sort … [Read more...]
Dangles and Bands Etched Vintage Stemware – Whodunit?
I wish I knew who did this. It's a simple shape with straight stem and rounded bowl with straight sides. The etch - or sand blast - is a solid band with joined lines that have little dangles hanging … [Read more...]
Tiffin Glass June Beau Vintage Cut Crystal Stemware
Tiffin Glass survived until 1980, outlasting so many of the American glass houses. They operated as Factory R, a unit of the U.S. Glass company. Tiffin was known especially for their beautiful … [Read more...]
How To Be A Serious Detective – Glass Detective, That Is
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 … [Read more...]
Now Starring…. Depression Glass or Is It Elegant Glass?
Recently Bill of Affordable Accoutrements, who writes the most enjoyable blog posts about his imaginative tablescapes, mentioned that he prefers elegant glass to depression glass. That got me … [Read more...]
Enjoy the Fireworks – Fostoria Glass Lido Etched Crystal
This is one of my favorite pieces. I love the beautiful etch that looks like a milkweed puff or fireworks. This is Fostoria's Lido etch, one of their 1940s patterns (1937 to 1954) so they used the … [Read more...]
Enjoy Romance with Vintage Stemware
Every time I see this I imagine being with my sweetheart on a moonlit beach drinking champagne. There is something about vintage crystal stemware that is just so romantic. This particular … [Read more...]