Florentine #1 Poppy Pink Depression Glass Sugar Bowl

Thank you for joining me this week for Pink Saturday and thank you to Beverly of How Sweet the Sound for being our gracious hostess.

This week it’s depression glass for us to enjoy.  Hazel Atlas made Florentine during the beginning of the depression, from 1932 to 1935.  They must have realized this was a good pattern because they produced it in two different shapes.  This pink sugar bowl has scallops on the foot and the bowl itself is round.  This shape is Florentine #1.  The other shape has smooth round feet and angular shaped pieces and is Florentine #2.

Collectors dubbed this pattern Poppy because of the beautiful poofs of poppy flowers and leaves.  On plates the design repeats around the center with the leaves connecting the flowers in a swag motif.  Poppy is one of my favorite patterns as you can tell and we try to have it in stock all the time in our store Cat Lady Kate’s Elegant and Depression Glass.

Besides the soft pink glassware Hazel Atlas made this in green – our favorite grass green color – and a gorgeous soft yellow and clear.  There are a few pieces in blue as well.  Oddly the yellow seems to be the most available color with green a little less common, then pink and blue.  In fact I’ve only had a few pieces of pink since I started selling glass in 1999.

We went to several antique malls in Texas this week and I saw two pieces of Florentine.  Both were beat up and dirty.  The sugar bowl with badly chipped lid was $54.  I was so disappointed to see so little depression glass and almost everything we saw was damaged and over priced.  It’s fun to go antiquing but it’s more fun when you find something you like.

Thank you for visiting.

Buying Guide:  Florentine pink sugar is available at Cat Lady Kate’s Elegant and Depression Glass.  It’s like antiquing with your best friend.

Doric and Windsor Pink Depression Glass

I’m blending two patterns today, both from Jeannette Glass.  The plates and bowls are Doric and the tumblers are Windsor pink depression glass.  Doric looks refined and classy.  The design alternates plain squares with stylized flower squares around the outside and a simple spoke pattern in the center.  Take a look at this berry bowl to see what I mean.

Doric Pink Depression Glass Bowl

I thought this pattern looked good on the table.  What do you think?

Doric and Windsor Pink Depression Glass

Here it is closer at hand so you can see the interesting contrast with Windsor next to the Doric glassware.

Doric and Windsor Pink Glass Place Setting

Let’s look at the Windsor tumblers up close.  You can see this is a geometric pressed pattern like diamonds.

Windsor Pink Depression Glass Tumbler

Both of these patterns are the same shade of pink.  The tumbler looks a little darker because it is thicker glass.  Jeannette Glass made Windsor from 1936 to the early 1940s in clear and green plus the pink.  There are more pieces of clear than any other color with pink a close second.  There are even a few pieces of ice blue and opaque Delphite blue.  Combinations of pink and clear look great together.

Doric and Windsor Pink Depression Glass Table

Can you see the two-light candle holders?  They are Navarre etched on Fostoria’s Baroque crystal, very nice pieces that go well with this pretty table setting.

Three Place Settings with Navarre Crystal

Here is a close up of the candle holders.

Fostoria Navarre Etched Double Candle Holder

Here they are flanking the pink and white crystalline glazed vase by Dave Eickholt.

Dave Eickholt Crystalline Glazed Vase with Depression Glass

This vase has a subtle crystal pattern in the glaze you can see better in this close up.

Dave Eickholt Pink Vase Crystalline Glaze Close Up

Wouldn’t this be a pretty table for lunch with friends?  The candles glow and reflect off the crystal and pink glass and the pink vase catches your eye.  I hope you enjoyed visiting me for our pink Thursday table.

Shopping Guide:  If you like the glass shown here please check Cat Lady Kate’s Elegant and Depression Glass for the Doric and Windsor pink depression glass and the Navarre crystal candle holders.  The pink crystalline vase by artist Dave Eickholt is available at www.CrystallineGlazedPottery.com.

Petal Crystal Bowl Handled Tidbit Federal Glass

This week I’m visiting our daughter and her family and that prompted this post.  Our daughter collects Petal from Federal Glass and has an amazing collection of colors and shapes.  She started this fun hobby about 10 years ago when we went to a flea market and she found an iridescent plate she loved.  Since then she’s bought glass on eBay and on antiquing trips with me.

Federal made Petal in the 1950s and 60s and possibly even later into the early 1970s.  There are 6 or 7 basic shapes, three sizes of plates, four sizes of bowls and a candle holder like a hurricane lamp.  Don’t let these few pieces make you think this is a small pattern.  Federal Glass and other after market companies combined the bowls into tidbits like the center handled server shown, two- and three-layered tidbits, a jelly server, angel pedestal compote and so on.

Clear (or crystal) Petal is the most common.  Besides clear you can find a soft green, dark green, Sun Gold which is yellow, amber, blue, iridescent, iridescent brown, purple and red.  Some of these are flashed colors and some are colored glass.  I believe the reds and purple are all flashed while the brown, yellow, amber and light green are colored glass.  Our daughter has almost every piece in every color.

What makes me happiest about seeing her collection is that she rotates pieces out on display.  She can’t put everything out so she has 5 or 6 pieces scattered through the house and she puts different ones out at different times.  Right now she has bananas and tangerines in a Sun Gold medium sized bowl and a center handled red tidbit on the hallway table.  I always like to see people enjoy their glass and use it.  This glass was made to use and enjoy – so use it, enjoy it and share your enjoyment with your friends.

If you like this pattern please see our selection in Cat Lady Kate’s Elegant and Depression Glass online store.  It’s like antiquing with your best friend.

Fostoria Glass Romance Etched Lily Pond Shallow Bowl

Vintage glassware is such a romantic collectible.  Someone owned this before you; someone treasured it and now it is yours.  What a wonderful way to have a connection to the past.

Here is a shallow bowl in Fostoria’s well-named Romance etched crystal.  Yes, Romance is the name of this pattern that has bouquets of flowers all tied into nosegays with ribbons and bows.  You can see the ribbon circling the piece to connect the posies.

This style of bowl is great to hold fruit and even better used to float roses or peonies.  It is called a lily bowl or lily pond and you can imagine how your favorite lily blossoms would look in here.

Romance is very like the earlier June pattern from Fostoria Glass.  June threads a second ribbon through the flowers in a U shape and Fostoria used it on different shapes.  Romance dates to the 1950s and 60s and has the clean simple lines so popular then.  June was earlier and mostly on the Fairfax blank which had a little more complex design.  Another way to tell is that Romance came in crystal only.  You can find June in pink, topaz yellow and blue besides crystal.

Both patterns are beautiful.  Of course if you like colored glassware then pick June and if you relish clear crystal in simple curvy shapes then Romance is for you.  Romance is considerably less costly than June and may be more plentiful.  You won’t go wrong with either pattern.

An earlier post about June suggested it as a unique wedding gift.  Likewise, Romance will be a fun gift for someone special too.  The name is perfect for a shower gift, wedding gift or best yet, a couple celebrating their anniversary.

If you are interested in Romance etched glassware then please check our store Cat Lady Kate’s Elegant and Depression Glass.

Fostoria Glass Heirloom Opalescent Handkerchief Bowl

Fostoria didn’t make much opalescent glassware.  This bowl shows one of the very few patterns that were opalescent; it is Heirloom dating to the 1960s.  Heirloom is high quality glassware with the typical finishing details we expect from Fostoria, ground base rim, polished seams, consistent pattern and gorgeous clear crystal around the outer rim.

Fostoria made Heirloom in all the colors popular in the go-go 60s, persimmon orange, sunny yellow, pink, a green and this classic white.  We have several pieces of the white 25% off in our store Cat Lady Kate’s Elegant and Depression Glass.

You can see this handkerchief bowl was pulled by hand making each one slightly different.  Besides this bowl you can find candleholders, an epergne, vases, a pretty leaf shaped bon bon and a couple other bowl shapes and sizes.  Heirloom was giftware, a decorative line and there is no dinnerware or stemware.

Besides Heirloom, the only Fostoria opalescent pattern I know of is Seascape which used the Contour shapes and was made in the 1950s so a little earlier than Heirloom.  Please leave a comment about any other opalescent Fostoria glass.  Our readers and I like to learn about vintage glass.  Remember you can share photos or other ideas in free community Facebook page at www.DepressionGlassFun.com.

Fostoria Glass Versailles Etched Pink Console Bowl

Today we’re looking at a beautiful console bowl from Fostoria Glass.  This is Versailles etch with its central fan motif surrounded by lush scrolls and swags.  Last week I showed the blue Versailles etched glassware and today pink gets to shine.

Isn’t this a pretty piece?  I love the way the shape flows up, out, down and then sweeps back up.  Very elegant.  This is quality vintage etched crystal, made from 1928 right up to 1943.  Fostoria made several patterns with scrolls and swags during this period, including Vernon and June, and Versailles is right up there with its classic good looks.

If you like this please visit our store at Cat Lady Kate’s Elegant and Depression Glass for more glassware in rainbow of colors, pink, green, blue, amber, topaz yellow, amethyst and more.

Concord Rose Dinnerware Syracuse China

Think blue roses and you have this contemporary dinnerware.   It’s durable and has a pretty design of long stemmed blue roses.

Concord Rose Sugar Bowl

But it needs to be dressed up, don’t you think?  How about adding a dash of blue?  Cobalt blue depression glass adds that spot of color we need.  This Moderntone cobalt blue depression glass sherbet looks great on the plate and we’ll have fun using this for our fruit salad.

Concord Rose and Moderntone

Let’s take a closer look.  I like this combination.  It changes my plain table from boring to fabulous.

Moderntone Blue Sherbet Concord Rose Plate

Concord Rose with Moderntone

The glasses were using are interesting.  When we think of Anchor Hocking we think of quality glass for daily use, not cut or fancy, but sturdy and well made.  I found a set of eight tumblers marked Anchor Hocking at the flea market that have a fuchsia cutting.  Unusual.

Anchor Hocking Cut Tumbler

It’s hard to see the cutting and it’s worth seeing.

Anchor Hocking Fuchsia Cut Tumbler

I hope you enjoyed seeing a different sort of table today.  This time I combined Concord Rose dinnerware from Syracuse China, Moderntone blue depression glass sherbets, fuchsia cut tumblers from Anchor Hocking and a Fostoria Navarre etched candle holder.

Let me know how you mix depression glass in  your home.  You are welcome to post photos of your glass on our Facebook page at www.DepressionGlassFun.com.

Buying information:  All glass and china is available at our online store Cat Lady Kate’s Elegant and Depression Glass at www.CatladykatesGlass.com.  It’s like antiquing with your best friend.

Fostoria Glass June Etched Topaz Yellow 2-Handled Bowl

We all like to buy memorable wedding gifts, something to help the new couple build their lives together.  But it’s hard to do.  Vintage glass is a perfect way to add a connection to the past, give something unique that the couple can treasure.

When you give vintage glass you give instant connection to the past that give newlyweds a foundation to establish their own family traditions.  The piece shown here is from Fostoria Glass.  This is their June etched small 2-handled bowl that is perfect to display.  But it’s even better for the new couple to use this for holidays and special meals with friends.

Fostoria made June in this luscious topaz yellow that is soft and blends well – no harsh color here.  June etch is on the elegant Fairfax shapes in medium blue, pink and crystal.  It is beautiful in any color and crystal – I like the yellow the best for its cheerful sunny disposition.

This particular bowl is $50, a good price point for wedding or shower gifts.  It’s a perfect way to introduce a special couple to this gorgeous vintage glass.

Buying information:  June bowl and more pieces are in our online store Cat Lady Kate’s Elegant and Depression Glass.

Hocking Colonial Knife & Fork Clear Depression Glass Wine

We’ve looked at a lot of colored glass – blue, pink, green depression and elegant etched Fostoria – and I thought it would be a fun change to see some clear depression glass.

One conundrum is what to call this stuff.  My depression glass reference books by Gene Florence call colorless glass “crystal” but as a dealer I found that confused my customers.  Some see the word “crystal” and visualize the gorgeous quality lead crystal.  Ummm, nope, sorry.  This is depression glass so it’s decent quality but very far from high end lead crystal.  (Let’s not even talk about the confusion with the clear Waterford Waffle pattern.)

So I’ve taken to calling it “clear”.  This is what Replacements.com does too so I’m in good company.

The small stem you see here is the Colonial pattern from Hocking Glass.  It’s typical depression glass with a molded pattern and ordinary glass.  You may recognize the nickname Knife and Fork, which refers to the ridged design between the scallops.  Hocking made this pattern in green and pink, some yellow, some opaque white, a little blue and of course in clear.

The clear is not as enticing as the colored glass but it has its own charm.  For one thing it plays well with other colors and helps if you want to merge multiple colors.  Putting a few pieces of clear along with green and pink really helps.  For another the clear is much less expensive – true for almost all patterns – and you can add a few pieces to use every day without breaking the bank.  For another, colored depression stemware is getting harder to find.  Naturally stemware and tumblers took a beating over the past 80 years so when you can find clear stems to augment your depression set, go for it.

Buying information:  All glass shown is available at Cat Lady Kate’s Elegant and Depression Glass.

Old Cafe Pink Depression Glass Candy Dish

Welcome to this week’s Pink Saturday hosted by Beverly of How Sweet the Sound.  Thank you for visiting me.

Today we have pink depression glass stealing the show.  This is the two-handled dish for candy or mints in Hocking’s Old Cafe pattern.  Old Cafe is a small pattern with only a few dinnerware pieces but several attractive accessory items like this candy plate, a deeper candy bowl with lid, an oval olive dish and a vase.

You’ve probably seen look-a-likes for the vase, not exactly repros but more an extended production of this for the floral market.  The design is a wide band between two narrower bands and all the bands are smooth on the inside and rounded on the outside.

Hocking made this depression glassware pattern in pink and clear and it is surprisingly attractive.  You wouldn’t think such a simple design would be so effective but like most of the geometric designed depression patterns Old Cafe has little extras.  You can see one on this candy dish.  The ribs that make up the pattern come together on the base to make a ridged bottom.  It looks great.

Buying information:  We have this piece and several others in our store Cat Lady Kate’s Elegant and Depression Glass at www.CatladykatesGlass.com.