I love this piece. The color is gorgeous, a deep, rich amber. The etch is one of my favorites, Cambridge etch number 704, also called Windows Border. The piece is unusual, yet perfect for use today … [Read more...]
How to Sell Elegant and Depression Glass Part 5. How to Ship Glass.
In case you missed the earlier posts that covered steps to sell your glass, please see Part 1. It is important to identify your glass. The post gives suggestions for reference books … [Read more...]
Glass Pick of the Week – Fostoria Buttercup Etched Crystal Sugar Bowl
This week's pick is one of my favorite pieces, this Buttercup etched sugar bowl from Fostoria Glass. I like it because the shape is so simple and the etch is so pretty. It caught my eye last week … [Read more...]
Cambridge Stemware – Let’s Look at Stems – Rose Point and Chantilly
One thing Cambridge Glass excelled at was using their popular etches on all their stem lines and blanks. It makes it a little more challenging when you seek a glass pattern because you have to … [Read more...]
Glass Book Review: Heisey Glass 1896-1957 by Neila and Tom Bredehoft
I used to go to auctions where the auctioneers called every piece of pretty glass "Fostoria' - unless it was marked with that H in a Diamond for Heisey. Heisey Glass has a mystique about it yet there … [Read more...]
Friday Quiz Time! Name This Pattern! Hint… It’s Fostoria
No fair peeking at the photo caption now! Fostoria made this in crystal only and produced a full line up of dinnerware, stemware and accessories. They used the graceful Century blank for the … [Read more...]
How to Sell Elegant and Depression Glass Part 2
In "How to Sell Elegant and Depression Glass Part 1" I shared how I approach selling glass. Step 1: Figure out what you have. Ideally identify the pattern and piece, but if you are not … [Read more...]
Baskets with Flowers – Fostoria Florentine Etched Stemware
Baskets and flowers, what's not to like? I can think of several basket-themed patterns - Lorain depression glass, Tiffin Adam, and today's wonderful pattern, Florentine from Fostoria. … [Read more...]
Fostoria Lido – Fireworks that Make You Smile
Doesn't this look like New Years fireworks? It's Lido by Fostoria, one of my favorite etches. I can't ever decide which is my very favorite - because I like so many - but Lido is always near the top … [Read more...]
Antiquing with Your Best Friend – Fostoria, New Martinsville, Morgantown and More
Several brave vendors set up displays - including glass - outside in tents at the Ann Arbor Antiques Fair last weekend. (Yes, it rained. It was cold. And it was windy! We are in Michigan and it … [Read more...]