To help fight fraudulent sales of glass on eBay, we thought it might be useful to understand some of the ways dishonest dealers manipulate buyers into thinking they are getting a piece of first-run or original...
Have you ever wondered what Monax is? Or Platonite? Or why some glass is white but isn’t called milk glass? Many companies had their own names for white opaque glass and each company varied in how white was...
Fostoria Glass Co. manufactured the American pattern beginning in 1915. In 1987, Indiana Glass Co., a division of Lancaster Colony began manufacturing some pieces of American-style glass. This pattern is...
(ALERT - NEW INFO ADDED - SEE END OF GUIDE BELOW!) As a collector of Candlewick for over 40 years, I would like to share some important advice. Many beginner Imperial Candlewick collectors are fooled by...
Introduction Depression, Elegant and Vintage glass is a fasciation of mine. I love to go to auctions, flea markets and garage sales just to see what I can find. I am like an old crow when I see something that...
Several glass companies made Sandwich glass and it can be challenging to tell their patterns apart. Here are tell-tale ways to know whether your pattern came from Duncan Miller, Anchor Hocking or Indiana Glass...
I am writing this to convey some quick, practical advice on recognizing and collecting crystal in the Alexandrite color. Being a glass nut, not a chemist, I am intentionally leaving out the difficult parts of...
FAKE FOSTORIA EGG PLATE THIS EGG PLATE IS SOMETIMES FRAUDULENTLY SOLD AS FOSTORIA AMERICAN ON EBAY. This egg plate was actually made by Anchor Hocking - a pattern called Fairfield. Fairfield was made from 1975...
Elegant Fostoria glassware is frequently bought and sold on eBay, and sometimes misidentified.Despite its unique acid etched patterns and distinct colors it still can be confused with other Depression era...
This will help explain decorative bowls used in elegant and depression glass patterns from the 1920s through 1940s, including console bowls, centerpiece bowls, epergnes and comports. Pictures of several...