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Tiffany Glass

Among the best known glass designers in history, Louis Comfort Tiffany is famed for the highest quality Favrile glassware his studio produced in the early 20th century.

Highly collectible and revered for the Tiffany name, authentic Favrile vases, bowls and other glassware items bear the LCT mark […]

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Glass Inkwells

Ink wells with glass inserts come in all sizes, shapes and styles to suit your taste and fit in with your collection.
There are many reasons to collect inkwells. For one, it’s an item that has (mostly) gone out of use making the collectible items more valuable over time.
Inkwells appear as early as the ancient Chinese […]

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Glass Jewelry Collecting

Glass adorns jewelry, providing an affordable substitute for gemstones and allowing designers to create jewelry that otherwise could not be produced cost effectively.

However, you should not assume that jewelry adorned with glass is cheap or low quality.

Many designers have used glass to create highly desirable, quality jewelry […]

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Thatcher Glassware

Known originally for its milk bottles, the Thatcher Glass Company at one point created 150 million bottles per year […]

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Duncan and Miller Glassware

Duncan and Miller was a well respected glassmaker that is known by many collectors for its lovely Depression Era glass patterns […]

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Antique Canning Jars: Atlas jars

Hazel-Atlas glass canning jars are well known among collectors for their colorful and unique designs […]

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Cookie Jar Collecting

While we typically think of cookie jars made from pottery, in fact there are many vintage glassware cookie jars for the collector who appreciates this lesser known category […]

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Ball Canning Jars

Low prices and an endless variety make ball canning jar collecting a fun hobby for the glass enthusiast […]

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Steuben Glassware

Famed for its original perfume bottles and Rosaline glass during the 1920s, Steuben Glass was acquired by Corning Glass.

Steuben continues to produce quality glass and crystal glassware today, but original pieces from the pre-1933 era are particularly coveted among collectors of Steuben glass […]

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Hummel Figurines

Since their introduction in 1935, Hummel figurines have been continually popular as collector pieces worldwide.

Easily recognized, the Hummel pieces come in a wide range of characters, sizes and designs […]

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Limoges: Not Just Porcelain

Limoges China has been popular for over 100 years, yet in that time span, many people are still unaware that Limoges is not a factory per se’ but many factories all situated in a region of France known as Limoges, for which the China is named.

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China and Pottery Marks

China and pottery manufacturers have used pottery or china marks as a means to provide for identification of their products nearly since the inception of the glassmakers craft.
A china, or pottery mark, is very much like a fingerprint is to a human. A means of identifying and letting the purchaser or owner know when and […]

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Modern Stained Glass

Modern stained glass uses the ancient technique of leading colored glass pieces together to form windows that are genuine artworks.

Learn more about modern stained glass in our overview […]

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The Federal Glass Company

Known for its Depression Glass styles and patterns like “Peacock Feather”, Federal Glass began in Ohio in the early 1900s […]

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Milk Glass

Named for its milky white coloration, milk glass pieces are a favorite collector’s category.

Derived from porcelain production techniques, milk glass became popular since pieces could be made far more affordable than porcelain.

Milk glass actually can be found in a variety of colors, but the milky appearance will distinguish it from other types of glass collectibles […]

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