Frosted Glass

Glass Treatments

Frosted glass seems to overlap to distinct kinds of products.  It is sometimes used to described art glass which has been etched with acid.  More commonly it is used to describe glass panels that have been rendered translucent in the interest of privacy.
At FrostedGlass.info we are mostly interested in the art glass uses and attempt [...]

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Fostoria Glass

Glass Manufacturers

Fostoria Glass is one of the big American art glass success stories. It has been in production for over 100 years and popular the whole time.
We have acquired copies of a 1901 Fostoria Glass Co. catalog as well as a 1936 catalog. We have scanned the 1936 catalog and you can see it [...]

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Flint Glass

Glass Treatments

Flint Glass is a clear glass which is very reflective and may also be cut and/or decorated.  Think of it as an exceptionally sparkely clear glass.
We are building our flint glass  identification and valuation website at FlintGlass.net where we will provide photos and examples from current auctions.
Below are three flint glass auctions going on now.

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Fenton Glass

Glass Manufacturers

Fenton glass is one of the most famous and still popular art glasses. They made thousands of products which sold well for many years. As a result there are thousands of auctions for Fenton glass at any one time. It also means there are many children of baby boomer’s who are [...]

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Etched Glass

Glass Treatments

Etched glass is made by exposing the shiny glass to acid that eats away some of the surface.  You can get much the same effect with sand blasting.  Ething is a great way to add decoration to a lump of glass and make it beautiful.
Etched-Glass.info is the website where we are beginning to subdivide this [...]

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EAPG Early American Pressed or Pattern Glass

Glass by Category

EAPG is a popular, but poorly defined glass classification which we used one of our first “hub” websites.  You can see it at eapg.biz.  We keep it around to remind ourselves of how much things have changed since we built that site.
Below are a few EAPG auctions currrently going on.

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Dereume Glass Company

Glass Manufacturers

Dereume glass bought out the failing Kanawha Glass Co. in the 1960′ s and tried to continue their lines.  It didn’t work out and Derueme Glass Co. went out of business a couple of years after the purchase.  The products were almost identical; only the label was different.
We were fortunate to buy a few piees [...]

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Depression Glass

Glass by Category

Depression glass was the cheap dime store glass that surprised everyone by becoming valuable. That’s a problem because cheap reproductions can easily be made which have the same characteristics as the cheap originals. I would be very careful putting any serious money into a depression glass collection.
Depression-Glass.org is our websites for this hot collectible. [...]

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Cut Glass

Glass Products

Cut glass is made by grinding away some of the glass to leave a design with precise geometric precision and very sharp edges.  It is often done using lead glass as the starting point.  With almost 4,000 auctions going at any one time it is clearly a product category where some organization and analysis would [...]

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Custard Glass – Uranium Glass

Glass Treatments

Custard glass is called that because of it’s yellow “custard” color.  It gets that color from uranium added to the molten glass mixture.  It will glow green under a black (UV) light.  For some reason it was really popular with glass items made for the souvenir trade.  There are all sorts of custard glass items [...]

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