The beehive family of glass has two distinct components. One is a whole piece, such as a lamp base, lampshade, or doorknob shaped in a distinctive beehive style. If you look at these pieces, some are blown and others fashioned using molds, but both bear the external appearance of an oval beehive with the wave-like [...]

Crackleware Glass is not a particular glass style and it isn’t by any means limited to one designer or another. It isn’t from any one time period and isn’t limited to any certain era. In fact it is still being produced today. Crackle is method of finishing the glass that is applied to the glass [...]

Giuseppe Armani created unique and highly sought after glass figurines.For over twenty years, Guiseppe Armani created masterpieces of figurines that ranged from the very traditional to the more contemporary or daring sculptures. They were infused with the most amazing breathtaking realism, and an innate spark of life. Armani was born in Italy in 1935, and [...]

Designer Dave Fetty’s Fairy Light is among his popular glass creations and designs.A skilled glassworker, Dave Fetty spent more than forty years in the glassmaking industry, retiring in 1999. Dave began with Fenton in 1964, after spending time learning the trade of glass making in Milton West Virginia, working with he Blenko Glass Company, were [...]

The art of a gaffer (glassblower) is one that truly astounds. Working with glass in a semi-liquid state, these people make wondrous pieces of art. From what we can tell, the art originated in Syria around the first Century BC, being used to make vessels for water and wine. From here, the methods touched other [...]

Thinking about starting your own antique bottle collection or looking for new additions to your collection?

Antique bottles are great fun for the enthusiast; whether you collect perfume bottles, jars or even antique soda bottles [...]

There are a variety of Depression glass colors, but the best known are pink, green, blue and yellow. Although more abundant than other colors, pink Depression glass patterns are the most popular and highly valued color. Depression glass is clear or colored translucent glassware made available either free or at low cost in the United [...]