Luminescent and solid, mysteriously shimmering with elusive colors on crisply molded shapes, carnival glass has a dual personality. These pressed-glass objects—bowls, plates, compotes, tumblers, and ...

Vintage glassware is flying off shelves and breaking auction records like never before. From delicate Depression glass to colorful carnival glass, collectors are paying top dollar for pieces once ...

If there is a single material that plays an ornamental role in almost every home in America, it is glass. We all have some, whether in artwork, bowls, drinking vessels, pitchers, statuary, vases or a ...

Q: We recently acquired two bushel baskets filled with old carnival glass that belonged to my husband’s grandmother. How can we check out the value? A: The value of pressed and iridescent glass ...

A collection of lighters and a lovely carnival glass bowl are reviewed in What’s It Worth? Contributed photos Contributed photos Readers’ questions about very different items are the topic of today’s ...

Low-cost molded or pressed glass with an iridescent finish had many names in the very early 20th century. First sold as inexpensive molded and pressed decorative wares, at a time when fine glass was ...

Although a distinct kind of glassware from around 80 years ago, this stuff includes or resembles several other kinds of glass from about the same time. Collectors not only have all this to sort ...

Robyn Williams: Bill Hall, who lives in Adelaide, fair city, regularly appears on this program to talk about collecting things. Human beings, you see, have a bower-bird instinct, and it's remarkable ...

In the 1930s, small colorful glass dishes were given away as premiums for purchasing sacks of flour or boxes of oatmeal or detergent. Well padded in the flour, a sturdy glass cup or bowl would survive ...

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