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...
VASELINE GLASS IS A TERM ACCEPTED AND USED BY LEADING EXPERTS AND COLLECTORS ALIKE.MEMBERS OF THE WORLD'S ONLY VASELINE GLASS COLLECTORS CLUB HAVE A SITE WHICH EXPLAINS THE TRUE DESCRIPTION, HISTORY AND...
Fenton Art Glass The Fenton Art Glass Comapny has been providing us with stunning pieces of art glass for many many years. This guide has been written to guide eBay buyers to make excellent decisions when...
Iris and Herringbone is the traditional name of the more official "Iris" pattern made by the Jeanette Glass Company starting in the 1920's. It's one of the most unforgettable and unmistakeable glassware...
98 unique and unusual descriptive words like ACANTHUS, BOBECHES, CLOISONNE, EPERGNE, FAIENCE, GIRANDOLE, LUSTERWARE, MORIAGE, PIPKIN, REPOUSSE, TAFFETA, VERDIGRIS, ect.If you find these to be helpful, kindly...
I have collected Blue Willow for about 25yrs. My favorite items are the old dime store pieces made in Japan..these have such great appeal because they are the very dark blue and have the cute "fat" birds!!...
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...
BRAND NEW HEADVASES STRAIGHT FROM THE WHOLESALE GLASS AND POTTERY IMPORTERS Nothing burns us more than to see all the brand new imported glassware, headvases, cast iron, and pottery items being sold as...
I wanted to write a guide about something dear to my heart and that is Fireking. Fireking was made by Anchor Hocking and dates as far back as 1937 with the Fireking dinnerware "Philibe". Anchor Hocking made...