If you are new to glass collecting, you may not know what the differences are between Elegant Glass and Depression Glass.

And, while both were made from the 1920s, through the Depression years and until World War II or shortly after the war, the quality and finishing techniques used were quite different between them […]

Knowing the terms and jargon of glassmaking and glass collecting can take years to learn.

The Just Glass Online glossary is a great reference to help you understand glass industry nomenclature and common glass collector’s terminology […]

Produced during the Great Depression and up until World War II as inexpensive promotional items, Depression glassware is now extremely popular as a collectible and prices continue to skyrocket as collectors strive to add rare pieces to their collections.

Read on to learn about the history and origins of Depression glass and Elegant glass, and the colors, patterns and manufacturers of Depression glass and Elegant glass […]

Brothers Louis and Harry Farber were born in Russia in the late 19th century and immigrated to the United State just after the turn of the 20th century.
Louis and Harry began working for S. W. Farber, their older brother who sold products under the name Farberware. In 1915 they formed their own company, using the […]

The Fenton Glass Company is the largest maker of hand made colored Glass that currently exists in the United States.
Every piece of Fenton glass will be used for home decor or a personal collection.
The glassware made at Fenton is highly collectible and is sold through thousands of retailer’s world wide.
In 1988 […]

During the last part of the 19th century and the earlier part of the 20th, a large array of lighting was produced in France, because the sources for lighting were shifting.Candlelight, and oil lights had changed to gas lighting and gas lighting was gradually moving to electrical sources.
Many lighting sources were converted to one […]

Just take a walk through the nearest fine gift or antique shop. You’ll quickly see that there is a huge variety of figurines from which to choose.
When starting a collection, quality is important but so is having a good grasp of what type of figurine on which to focus. Do you want sports pieces? Florals? […]

China tea cups may be plain or very ornately decorated like this one.Another highly addicting collection to begin, china tea cups have a beauty and diversity to suit the most demanding of eyes. The finest cup is bone china that seems translucent. This quality comes from bone ask in the cup’s clay.
When you hold this […]

Chandeliers are used today and have been used for centuries. Primarily the province of the wealthy or royal in the beginning they have become popular to anyone who wants to add a bit of elegance to their home.
Some examples of those which were made in times past will show the quality of the […]

Don’t you always envision the chandelier as belonging to the most opulent grand home in the neighborhood?
Chandeliers offer elegance, style and visions of royal style living when you see them in your mind, or in a home.
Regardless of how new the glassware chandelier is, it still seems to reproduce the aura of being of another […]

Bone china has been around for a very long time and can be discovered in rummage and jumble sales, garage sales, or your grandmother’s old hutch or buffet.
It’s highly collectible and its lovely to look at and pleasing to use for coffee or tea.
There are several unique processes involved in the making of bone china, […]

The Macbeth Evans Glassware company came into being at the turn of the century, when two companies merged to be able to use some new technologies and afford them.
The new technology was a glass blowing machine that was costly at best.
But it did permit them to be able to become one of the larger suppliers […]

Custard Glass bowl.Custard Glass was originally used and made by housewives who wanted to dress up a table with something pretty, for a minimal cost.
Some of the custard glass pieces made were water sets with pitchers and glasses, or lemonade sets, which had essentially the same items.
Some Custard glass sets have a very real historical […]

Victorian wine glasses can be great fun to collect.The Victorian period ranges from 1837 until 1901.
Needless to say, because of delicacy it’s not as easy to find intact wine sets as one might think, unless granny kept them neatly tucked away in an attic.
And, in fact, this is a good place to start hunting for […]

One of the better know Depression Era glassware manufacturers, the Indiana Glass Company made its well know patterns of glass dinnerware in pink, red, blue, green, yellow, amber, white and crystal.
The Indiana Glass company began about the turn of the twentieth century, or a bit earlier. It was originally part and parcel of the Ohio […]