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...
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...
As food options and lifestyles changed, the plates that people used changed too. We'll explain plates used in glass patterns from the 1920s through 1970s. Elegant glass companies in the 1920s and 30s had to...
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...
When most of us think about depression glass the beautiful colors – pink, green, yellow, amber, blue, amethyst – come to mind. Many patterns were made in crystal as well as the colored glass. While not as well...
Federal’s later patterns include Heritage, Petal, Golden Glory, Park Avenue. Most of these are small patterns, either lunch sets or primarily serving pieces. This guide shows several pieces of Heritage and...
Confused by the terms in glass listings online? Wonder what “Etched Depression Glass” is? Is your glass “Depression Glass”? Let’s look at a few terms to make buying online safer and more enjoyable. Depression...
Confused by the terms in glass listings online? Wonder what “Etched Depression Glass” is? Is your glass “Depression Glass”? Let’s look at a few terms to make buying online safer and more enjoyable. Depression...
Beautiful American Sweetheart depression glass is one of the most popular patterns and no wonder! It is particularly pretty, comes in many shapes, is relatively available and not particularly prone to damage....