Antiques

Depression era glassware was a very neat item that was ery inexpensive in its day. Now some pieces hold a good value. Start by a little research and then watch out for reproductions in your...

The best way to identify Duncan-Miller glass is to become familiar with glassware produced by the company yourself. The colors, forms and patterns of Duncan-Miller are distinctive when compared...

Old antique or vintage glass crystal is a prized family treasure, often handed down from generation to generation. Over time, glass may become dirty, stained or cracked. Restoration, which means...

Perfume bottles, perhaps more so than any other category of container, present antique collectors with a wide variety of types and styles to choose from. Collections can easily be built featuring...

Collect marbles for beauty or investment. Antique marbles are still available, and contemporary art glass marbles are being made daily. Some of the best glass artisans of today are making...

Kitchen glassware is an all-encompassing term given to any type of glass pieces used in the kitchen. If you're new to the world of collecting, you might feel confused with terms like "vasoline...

Mardi Gras is a celebration that takes place in New Orleans, Louisiana every year. Part of the festival involves people riding on floats and throwing beads to people on the street and parade goers...

Serious collectors of antique bottles should beware clever fakes often found at antique shops and flea markets. Some of fake bottles are quite convincing and will carry price tags that might lead...

Rene Lalique (1860-1945) was a French designer of fine jewelry during the Art Nouveau and Art Deco periods. Revered as a jeweler, he is equally admired for his Art Deco glass object d'art and...

The name "Tiffany" is commonly used to refer to any lamp with a stained-glass shade, but don't be fooled. True Tiffany lamps were designed and manufactured by Louis Comfort Tiffany from 1892 until...

Fostoria Glass Co. created elegant, brightly colored glassware, sometimes referred to as "Depression glass." These beautiful heirlooms continue to delight their owners, and collecting the elusive...

Antique glass lamp shades date from the time of oil lamps. The glass shade protected the flame and helped the lamp to burn brighter. Over the years, as lighting materials changed, glass lamp...

It is easy to get confused when shopping for glasswares. They are highly sought after as collectibles, but the differences between pressed glass, cut glass, cut crystal, blown glass and blown...

Tiara glassware, manufactured by the Indiana Glass Company of Dunkirk, Indiana, was sold at home parties from 1970 to 1999. Original prices averaged from $10 to $60 per piece, making the glassware...

The types of antique mirrors vary according to the architectural and artistic styles of different periods in which they were made. Many feature lavishly carved and gilded frames. Others reveal the...

Candle holder lamps combine the ease of a lamp with the traditional ambiance of a candle. The candle stands on top of a candlestick that forms the base of the lamp. A chimney or shade protects the...

Many homes have old glass jars sitting in the back of the kitchen cupboard, storing nails in the garage or found empty in the attic. A person who comes across one of these jars may be interested...

Snow globes are transparent, hollow spheres, generally of glass or plastic, containing miniature scenes, water and white particles of "snow" that falls on the scenery when shaken. They've been...

Antique etched glass is admired for the intricacy and beauty of its design. Delicate pictures decorate glassware, windows and mirrors. Etched scenes shimmer amid brilliant cut glass to create...

Depression glass is low-quality glassware (containing cracks, air bubbles and flaws) produced in America during the Depression era of the 1920s, '30s and '40s. Depression glass is known for its...

Even in Victorian times, people avidly collected glassware. These days, people are more interested in collecting the glassware of the past than anything sold in stores today. In particular, the...

Primarily involved in the production of table top and food service glass ware, Libbey Glass has been in existence for more than 190 years. Originally known as the New England Glass Company, Libbey...

Defining milk glass is easy; it's deciding which pieces to collect that becomes perplexing. For many people, milk glass brings happy memories of Grandma's house, or perhaps of the covered hen dish...

Murano glass Christmas trees are brilliant, colorful little treasures. They're hand-made, mouth blown art glass from an island off the coast of Venice, Italy. Most Italian glass Christmas trees...

Venetian glass, also known as Murano glass, is an art form that was developed and produced as far back as the first century and is still produced to this day. Venetian craftsmen received...

Vaseline glass is a term adopted during the 1920s for transparent glass of a specific yellow to yellow-green color that resembled Vaseline petroleum jelly. Originally this term was used for glass...

Vaseline glass, originally known as uranium glass, is made with uranium salt---usually uranium dioxide---as the colorant. This causes the green glow when uranium glass is exposed to ultraviolet...

Identifying Depression Glass is best approached by learning the seven main glass companies that produced it and the patterns and colors produced. Also be aware that there are reproductions out...

Depression glass is any pressed glass made during the Great Depression from the early 1920s through the mid 1940s. It was glass made very cheaply---mass produced with molds---and often given away...

Antiques are a wonderful. They bring with them a piece of history and each has a story of its own to share. This is especially true with antique picture frames, so care needs to be taken when it...

Glassware, ranging from the practical to the decorative, is highly collectible. A number of factors play into determining the value of glassware, including maker information, period of...

Fostoria crystal was produced by the Fostoria Glass Company, one of the oldest and largest glass manufacturers in the United States. At the height of production, the company employed nearly 1,000...

From 1896 to 1957, Newark, Ohio, was the home of the Heisey Glass Co. Long valued by collectors, the "Diamond H" trademark has appeared on blown and pressed bar glasses, figurines, vases, bowls,...

During the Victorian era, glass makers began using uranium oxide as a colorant in glass. The uranium gave the glass an opaque, yellow-green color reminiscent a common brand of petroleum jelly,...

For many of us those "lost marbles" soon become a collection. My fascination with marbles started when I was but a child and found a fascination with the round orbs of glass that...

Amberina glass is glass that ranges in colors from yellow at the top to red at the bottom, or vice-versa. It is created by mixing a compound including gold into the glass and reheating it before...

Venitian glass is a type of collectible glass that is also known by many as Murano glass. It received this name because it was primarily made on the island of Murano in Venice, Italy, during the...

Identifying a piece of glass as white used to be the best way to categorize milk glass. However, not all white glass is milk glass. The term now applies to colors with an underlying milky or...

Goofus glass is a funny name referring to a pressed-glass product manufactured during the early part of the 1900s. It was made and sold cheaply, used for carnival prizes, business promotions and...

Goofus glass is decorative glassware produced in the early 19th century that was sold very cheaply or used as carnival prizes or for promotional giveaways. It predates carnival glass, but it was...

The Fostoria Glass Company produced the American pattern from 1915 until 1986. Its raised pyramid design is the most commercially successful pattern ever produced, according to Ann Kerr, author of...

American manufactured glass pieces were sold by the millions beginning in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The plants were located in the American Midwest with the states of Indiana, Ohio,...

Glass bowls have been used on a practical level for generations and many have become fine collectible items. Glass bowl enthusiasts are not opposed to visit antique shops, yard sales, flea markets...

Antique glass bottles are highly collectible and a fun hobby to get into. Antique cola bottles have a special market all of their own, especially because most colas no longer come in glass...

Antique glassware styles are as varied as manufacturers' glassware markings or hallmarks. Many manufacturers shut down production and sold company molds without first removing their distinctive...

Once placed in boxes of laundry detergent or given away at movies, milk glass today is a popular collector's item. Opaque white or tinted blue, light green or pale pink, many pieces of milk glass...

Pink Depression glass is one of the most collectible shades of Depression glass. Varying hues from faint blush to vibrant pink, collectors love the play of design and color when the light hits...

Antique brown glass bottles are highly collectible by antique lovers all over the country. These rich pieces of American history are the perfect addition to any antique collection. Unfortunately,...

The Fostoria Glass Company was, at one time, the largest glass company in the United States. Much of its production after 1920 focused on handmade crystal glassware. It began operations on...

In the past, bone was a sturdy choice for construction of buttons, hair decorations and household decorations. It was abundant and easy to carve. The Industrial Revolution brought many changes in...