OK, I was going to pan these glass collectibles because cars used to hold liquids and having the cap be the front grill or whatever was questionable. Or worse, add the cap for a design that does not allow it to be part of the design, like a cap on top of a Model A [...]
OK, so I just ordered three more glass candle holders, one each in red, green and blue. Like I need any more, but how am I to stop? There are s many shapes, sizes and colors, getting one of each is an ongoing project. And, as a serious collector, one of each is a necessity. [...]
How are antique perfume bottles different from just perfume bottles? Usually antique is defined as over one hundred years old. That means that the perfume bottles designed by famous names of the Art Nouveau just made the grade. As Art Nouveau was advocated and used predominately by French artists and designers, the French perfume industry [...]
Ice-cold lemonade in the summer heat, or iced tea, pulling the humidity out of the air and forming beads of water on the outside of a glass pitcher. A scene out of the past, what with the use of plastic pitchers now. And, considering breakage and injury possible with glass, the switch to plastic is [...]
Antique glass is anything over one hundred years old. For something as fragile as glass, one hundred years is a long time, but for something as strong as glass, it is just a walk in the park. Glass is both fragile and strong, depending on how it was made and how thick it is. Other [...]
Glass decanters come in so many shapes and sizes that collecting them becomes a huge project, or one is forced to specialize in only one or two types of glass decanters. The glass decanter is, as the name specifies, a place to hold some form of liquid in a container that is not the storage [...]
Vintage glass comes in many forms. But, first, lets discuss the term “vintage.” In collectibles and antiques, vintage is the term used for things produced in the past but not old enough to be antiques. As far as I know the cutoff for antiques is still about 100 years. So, anything produced in the Twentieth [...]
No matter what size or type of candle, a glass candle holder will not only make it look its best, it will probably save your furniture from melted wax. Only the most poorly designed glass candle holder will allow the melted wax to get away, and those are not popular for that very reason. Properly [...]
Once cheap and dismissed by collectors of glass, carnival glass is now a cherished vintage glass collectible. This cheaply produced molded glass was produced in a number of base colors, to which metallic slats were added as the piece was removed from the mold. The metallic salts produced an iridescent finish on the glass object, [...]
Glass comes is many colors as well as clear, but one of the most warming is amber. Sometimes made into jewelry to resemble the natural product amber, amber glass can also be found in the many shapes glass is made for household objects. Vases and paperweights are available in amber, and drawer pulls of amber [...]
There are numerous types of beer mugs. Beer steins are from Germany and are usually the most recognizable. Mugs are typically stone, pewter or glass and have a hinged lid with a thumb lever.
Coffee tables can act as a great centerpiece for your room. A glass coffee table is a particularly good item, as it allows you to see the rug or flooring underneath and the reflective surface is great for spreading light around the room. Along with coffee tables, floor lamps can be a positive addition to [...]