All Things Glass

For many Antique Dealers and Collectors, while there is usually a general love of all things "vintage", many have that one type of collectible that holds dear to the heart. For us, it's glassware particularly from the Depression Era. While Depression Glass is a favorite, we do not limit ourselves, as there are many different types of glassware that will excite the most particular "glassy". These include:

Amberina Glass: Amberina Glass is "heat sensitive" glass, which shades in color from amber at the bottom to red at the top. This color shading is due to the effects of reheating the top part of the glass before allowing it to cool. Amberina glass contains a precipitate of colloidal gold (as does gold ruby glass), which is heat sensitive and turns red at the right temperature.

Amberina Coffee Canister: http://pages.tias.com/7815/PictPage/1922685326.html

Cobalt Glass: This is a dark deep blue color with a mystique all of its own. It is made by incorporating cobalt oxide into the traditional molten glass mixture.

A couple of our favorite Cobalt pieces:

Shirley Temple Cobalt Blue Mug: http://pages.tias.com/7815/PictPage/1922699859.html
Cobalt Blue Glass Oval Eye Cup: http://pages.tias.com/7815/PictPage/1922354301.html

Carnival Glass: Earlier called Taffeta glass, Carnival glass was introduced early in the last century. Its producers gave it an iridescence that attempted to imitate that of some Tiffany glass. When demand for promotional "give-aways" from touring countryside carnivals (Carnies) became popular, glasshouses started to produce this type of glass at a cheaper and greater pace during America's Depression Era. Therefore "Carnival Glass" became the household name for this type of iridescent glass.

A couple of our favorite Carnival pieces:

Marigold Carnival Glass Flower Frog: http://pages.tias.com/7815/PictPage/1922367720.html
Daisy and Button Slipper Shoe: http://pages.tias.com/7815/PictPage/1922683873.html

Milk Glass: Opaque white glass, or "opal" has been called "milk-white" perhaps to distinguish it from transparent or "clear-white glass." Resembling fine white porcelain, it was viewed as an inexpensive substitute. Opacity is obtained by adding bone ash or oxide of tin to clear molten glass. By the addition of various coloring agents, the opaque mixture can be turned into blue milk glass, or pink, yellow, green, caramel, even black milk glass. It has been made in numerous forms and shapes in this country and abroad from about the first quarter of the 19th century. It is still being produced and there are many reproductions of earlier pieces.

White Milk Glass Top Hat: http://pages.tias.com/7815/PictPage/1920987651.html
Blue Milk Glass Top Hat Vase: http://pages.tias.com/7815/PictPage/1920984741.html

Ruby Glass: Produced for over one hundred years by every glasshouse of note in this country ruby glass has been used to create decorative items such as one might find in gifts shops, utilitarian bottles and kitchenware, figurines, and dinnerware lines such as were popular in the Depression era. Ruby properly used to describe glass which is made of a comparatively expensive gold solution formula, and is red in color all the way through, solid color. True "Cranberry" glass falls into this group, although it usually has applied clear glass parts.

Red Ruby Candlewick Sherbet: http://pages.tias.com/7815/PictPage/1922508902.html
Georgian Tumbler: http://pages.tias.com/7815/PictPage/1920850179.html

Vaseline Glass: Vaseline, a greenish-yellow colored glass produced by adding uranium oxide to the batch, was produced during the Victorian era. It was made in smaller quantities than other colors and lost much of its popularity with the advent of the electric light. It was used for pressed tableware, vases, whimseys, souvenir items, oil lamps, perfume bottles, drawer pulls, and doorknobs. Pieces have been reproduced, and some factories still make it today in small batches. True Vaseline glass will fluoresce under an ultraviolet light, or otherwise known as black light.

Daisy and Button Top Hat Vase: http://pages.tias.com/7815/PictPage/1920987649.html
Daisy and Button EAPG Celery Vase : http://pages.tias.com/7815/PictPage/1920844447.html

New Shop Additions and Collector's Vocabulary List

Check out a couple of the treasures that have been added to our online shop. When you stop by you will find a large assortment of vintage Antiques and Collectibles. We offer Free Shipping within the U.S. on all orders over $100. We accept Visa, MasterCard, Checks and Money Orders. We are always adding New Stuff to Our Olde Stuff so be sure to Visit our Shop.

Tyrone Power Movie Poster Bio
Tyrone Power – 20th Century Fox Star in Action Biography Ad. This 8 x 10 Movie Star picture advertisement was presented by 20th Century-Fox Pictures Studio featuring Tyrone Power’s photo on one side and biography on the other. Poster also depicts scenes from the film “Johnny Apollo!”

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L. E. Smith Moon & Stars Amberina Coffee Canister

This is L.E. Smith circa 1940’s Moon & Stars pattern coffee canister in Amberina color. Canister jar measures 7” tall by 4-1/4” wide and is in mint condition, the vivid Amberina color just stunning.

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Pfaltzgraff Gourmet Brown Drip Spoon Rest
This is Pfaltzgraff Gourmet Brown Drip pattern spoon rest dish shaped like a perculator or old fashioned coffee pot.

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A Collector’s Vocabulary List – Reprinted from Doris Yeske “Depression Glass – A Collector’s Guide”

Every collector of Depression Glass must have a thorough understanding of the terminology of this glass. You need to know more than the prices. A good understanding of the table settings of the past is a must. The words, “nappy”, “salver”, and “bon-bon” are totally unfamiliar to the novice collector. Listed below are some of the common and significant Depression Glass terms:

Amethyst: a light pastel purple.
Amber: a brownish-yellow color.
AOP: an abbreviation for “all over pattern”.
Berry bowl: a small bowl usually 3 to 4 inches used for serving fruits, sauces and desserts. The large bowl is called the master bowl.
Bon-bon: a small uncovered candy dish.
Bread and butter plate: a 6 inch plate for the bread and butter.
Bride’s basket: an art-glass bowl in a silver-plated stand or frame used for display around 1900.
Butter ball or confectioner’s dish: a tiny glass plate used for serving or a shallow glass which has a long center pole with closed handles at the top.
Butter dish: a covered dish round or rectangular that held butter on the table.
Cake plate: a large flat plate with three short legs.
Camphor glass: frosted glass.
Candelabrum: a candlestick lamp stand, or chandelier with two or more branches.
Carafe: a bottle used for serving wine or water.
Cheese dish: similar to a covered butter dish with the bottom usually flatter.
Chop plate: a large serving plate.
Claret: a stemmed glass for serving claret wine.
Closed handles: solid tab handles.
Coaster: a glass line sometimes used as an ash tray.
Cobalt blue: a dark, deep blue color.
Comport: a long stemmed dish for candy, fruit, etc.
Concentric rings: circles within circles.
Console bowl: a low oval or round bowl about 12 inches long. This was produced with a matching pair of candlesticks so the set could be used in the center of a long table.
Crackle glass: a glassware with a surface resembling cracked ice.
Cream soup: a two-handled soup dish.
Crimped: a pinching effect on the top of a bowl or other dish.
Demitasse: a smaller than normal cup with saucer.
Domino tray: usually a square tray-like piece made to hold the cream pitcher within the center ring surrounded by domino sugar cubes.
Ebony: a black color.
Epergne: an elaborate, tiered center piece consisting of a metal frame with dishes, vases, or candleholders made of glass, silver or porcelain made to hold ivy or flowers.
Etched: a design cut into the glass with acid.
Fake: to impart a false likeness.
Fired-on: color applied and baked on the dish.
Fluted: a scalloped edge.
Frog: a heavy glass with holes for holding flowers.
Goblet: a drinking glass with a stem.
Gravy boat: an oval shaped bowl with a spout for serving gravy.
Grill plate: a divided plate, usually large, introduced during the 1930s.
Jadite: an opaque, light green color.
Luncheon plate: an 8” or 9” plate, smaller than a dinner plate.
Mayonnaise bowl: an open cone shaped comport.
Milk glass: white opaque glass, usually heavy.
Mint: this is a common word any Depression Glass collector will hear over and over again. It refers to perfect, undamaged items with no scratches that looks as if it just came from a store. If the item is in the original box that definitely adds to the value. This is known as “mint in the box” and is the best a collector can hope for.
Monax: a white color.
Motif: the design on the glass.
Nappy: a round or oval dish with a flat bottom and sloping sides about 6 inches in diameter. An all-purpose dish used for puddings, ice cream, peas, apple sauce, or other juicy foods.
Opalescent: showing a display of colors like that of opal.
Parfait: a tall ice cream dish used for sundaes in soda fountains.
Platter: an oval or oblong shaped meat dish.
Rayed: spoke-like design on glass bottoms.
Reissue: to issue again.
Relish dish: an oblong pickle dish.
Reproduction: a likeness.
Rose bowl: a small, curved-in edged bowl.
Ruby: a deep red color glass.
Salad plate: a 7” to 7-1/2” plate for serving salads.
Salver: a round tray or platter on a high stem used for serving desserts or tea sandwiches.
Sandwich server: a center handled serving plate, or a salver.
Sherbet: a small, usually footed dessert dish.
Spoon holder: a vase-like container used to hold spoons on the dining table.
Stemmed glasses: there are special names for stemmed glasses of various sizes and shapes; cordial, wine, claret, champagne and water.
Table set: a matching sugar bowl, creamer, spoon holder and butter dish.
Tid bit: a two or three layer serving piece with a metal upright and handle. Also called a hors-d’oeuvres or cookie plate.
Topaz: a bright yellow color.
Torte plate: a large round plate with short raised sides.
Trivet: a three-footed hot plate.
Tumbler: drinking glass with no stem.
Ultra-marine: a blue-green color.
Water set: a pitcher with matching tumblers and, sometimes, a matching tray in cut or pressed glass.

Wine set: is a decanter with matching wine glasses.