Archive for August, 2009

  • Glass Kitchen Ware

    There are a lot of possibilities for glass collectibles in the kitchen. Besides the serving pieces that are used to carry food from the kitchen to the dining room, there are glass collectibles that stay in the kitchen. There are glass mixing bowls, both for hand mixing and to go with stand mixers. There various size baking [...]

  • Glass Serving Pieces

    Any number of glass serving pieces can be used to convey food from the kitchen to the dinning table. The come in a number of sizes and many shapes. Just a few are: salt and pepper shakers sugar shakers oil and vinegar cruets gravy boat and dish to catch drips sauce boats and dishes to catch drips [...]

  • Glass at Dinner

    The dinner table contains a number of glass collectibles that may not appear on the tables set for other meals. In cases where there are the same vessels, the dinner setting is usually grander or more ornate. Each place setting will have the usual drinking vessels, although as the meal progresses, more varieties of drinking vessels [...]

  • Glass at Luncheon

    The luncheon table also provides many possibilities for glass collectibles. The places and cup might be made of glass, and the luncheon place setting might include the main plate, a salad place, a bread and butter plate, a soup bowl and plate, a fruit bowl, a cup and saucer, and a desert bowl and plate. In a [...]

  • Glass at Breakfast

    Breakfast, first meal of the day. This used to be an event surrounded with specialty foods and serving pieces. Consider the glass participants as glass collectibles: Each place had a napkin, with a napkin holder. These might be of glass.  The point of a napkin holder is to identify the napkins “owner” as napkins were not laundered after [...]

  • Murano Glass

    Venetian/Murano glass has been made and shipped world-wide for centuries. At first the glass techniques developed  there were protected by the government of Venice by requiring all glass makers to remain on Murano for life. When Venetian control of maritime transportation was broken, glass artists were lured to other European countries, where they set up new glass [...]

  • Industrial Glass Products

    There are many forms of glass used in industrial settings that can form a collection, both of past and present manufacture. Perhaps it begins as a memento of a family member’s vocation, like a chemistry flask from a grandfather’s lab. Or an apothecary’s jar from a great-uncle (times 3) in the business. From that single item, [...]

  • Glass Marbles

    Yes, marbles. Like from the dime store. Only now days, lamp work artists create one of a kind, hand-made glass marbles with beautiful patterns. Search for handmade glass marbles on the Internet and look at the images. These are beautiful creations by really talented people. Some represent the earth seen from space, some look like tide pools, and others are [...]

  • Glass Paperweights

    One of the most common glass collectibles is the paperweight.  The glass artist can create a beautiful paperweight and know that it is probably going to survive intact for a long time. Paperweights do not get much wear and tear under normal conditions. A few scratches and maybe a small chip at the foot may be the [...]