Glass Chatroom Board

Hmmm, I remember someone telling me a long time ago that this type of paperweight was used to mount a persons photo in a tombstone. Anyone heard anything like that?

Thanks Gail, I couldn't get anything to come up with my searches!

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Does anyone know what this is?? It's 6" from point to point, under the center looks like a place for a photo. The pressed design has some dark gold paint in it. Thank you so much for looking!
Janice

Gail, I say your lamp is very art deco and I love it! Never saw one like it!

Does anyone besides me use eCrater.com? I've only had a couple of sales but it's free also.

@sellingthings Hi Marty, I checked my books but didn't find any like yours. Dram, purse size are very collectible and you have some nice ones. One of the best perfume sites is: http://www.passionforperfume.com/
Janice

Here's a picture of one of the feet showing the custard color inside.
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@shellyrae37 It has a lime green color to it so I wasn't thinking custard but when I look at the bottom of the feet it looks custard inside!

Good morning! I have a bowl that has me puzzled. It is very heavy at 3 lbs 10 ozs, the color reminds me of Houze (I've checked their site), but I also think Northwood with the shape. Any ideas? It's 10" X 3". When held to the sunlight there is an opal edge that shows. Thanks for looking!!
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@10bbg10 Helen, that shape stopper was used by Cambridge, Morgantown and Paden City. I have 2 of them and have no idea what decanter they are for out of the 3 companies.
Happy New year to all of you...I hope the new year brings great glass finds and great prices for you!

@fyrqueen I marked this site because they are buying books on glass, http://www.whitehouse-books.com/
Another suggestion is email the Museum of American Glass in West Virginia about donating books to them and then have a tax deduction.

@songbreeze I checked my book for your perfume but didn't find it.
Janice

Here are the shoe clips, large ones, marked Made in France. Cut glass, could be worn as dress clips too, I guess. http://i39.tinypic.com/2wmdron.jpg

@newtonenterprises I have a gorgeous pair of shoe clips I'll dig out, they are to add to make a shoe fancy, later today.

@shellyrae37 I agree it's Fenton, I had one just like it in red that was identified as Fenton.

@jagofc Hi, don't know why the thumbnails didn't open for you, they still did for me. The green twist stem is Tiffin with Luciana etch.
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@jagofc Sure you can use the picture, also the one of the rack if you want to show them that. I can also take a better picture of any, just let me know or they can contact me.
Janice

@jagofc Hi, yes the red set is Morgantown Arena and I found them in the wire rack, which amazed me!
The tumbler is 5 1/4" tall and the jigger is 2 1/4" tall. http://i41.tinypic.com/wjvuw2.jpg
Thanks for the kind words everyone, it's taken a long time to get so many items.
Janice

Here is a site I made about my passion: http://decoqueen.fortunecity.com/

Morning everyone. I have been quite busy lately and pop in here to read and then run. Since I too am a collector I thought I would talk about it since I have more time today. I started collecting rocks when I was a child which led to jewelry. I've always loved Art Deco and sparkle so when I saw something Deco I could afford it came home whether it was jewelry or furniture. I've collected glass since the 1970s and through the years sold many pieces to upgrade. My husband liked a Farber Bros decanter I brought home and we now have a large collection of Farber Bros bar items. While looking at the chrome we found Farberware pieces and began getting them, many had vintage glass attached or in sets. The Farberware took over for a while and last year I had a book published about our collection; The Fabulous World of Farberware. (Available through Old Line Publishing, LLC) It shows our collection plus pages from hard to find original catalogs.

I'll keep popping in and help when I can. Janice

@newplace Yes, we visited them a few years ago. They took us to a beautiful huge place and we had cocktails on the veranda and watched the sunset behind the Blue Ridge Mountains, it was breathtaking!!

@newplace Really beautiful pictures! I have a friend in Henderson, nice area.

@wattleihavenext I checked my perfume books and didn't find it.
Janice

Hi everyone, I lurk a lot and help when I can. I thought I would show you my lamp shade, got it at a garage sale last year. I found one like it online that was Steuben but I know other companies made this pattern. It rings like a bell and one day I hope to find the perfect lamp for it. The base flares out to 2 1/8”, the 4 3/4” at the widest and 5 1/2” long. I can’t find a mark on it but it was the bargain of the year for ten cents!
Janice

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I think it's vine and leaf, only one looks like a heart.

Hi everyone, I lurk a lot and help when I can. I thought I would show you my lamp shade, got it at a garage sale last year. I found one like it online that was Steuben but I know other companies made this pattern. It rings like a bell and one day I hope to find the perfect lamp for it. The base flares out to 2 1/8", the 4 3/4" at the widest and 5 1/2" long. I can't find a mark on it but it was the bargain of the year for ten cents!
Janice

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@reen The oval tray is New Martinsville radiance.

@scott I was over at the shop and walked by a case and saw a Firestone ashtray with the rubber tire, the middle was pink. It was $39, don't know if that's a good price or not.

Darn, look under household and you'll see it.

@scott My friend at the antique shop asked me about the bowl shown here first one on the left, second row.

@scott I have to thank you, while looking for your ashtray I identified a mystery bowl! Thank you!

@jagofc Maybe Mosser Glass

@suzy Your first perfume bottle was made by Imperial Glass # E-604 for I.Rice, they had a long relationship and stopped making bottles for them in 1972.

@songbreeze Gail, it's the West Virginia Museum that I was referring to. There's a new museum in Texas, maybe one day you can let us know what it's like; Museum of Glass Made in America,.

@carma Maybe that catalog ended up at the Museum of American Glass or maybe it's just wishful thinking.

@george I have some information on perfume bottles, what does yours look like? Is it signed?

@scott Hi Scott it's me. Looked at the site with your collection....WOW, gorgeous stuff you've got there!! I need to get some new pictures of our collection, that would be a good winter project, weather is too nice here right now. 73 instead of 93, whoopie!
Janice

@shellyrae37 Gail is right, your vase is Vallerysthal & Portieux pattern #4600, shown in a 1907 catalog.

@ginnyrose We've had pieces stuck before and gotten them loose with either spraying WD40 around the edge and letting in soak and loosen the sticky, or soaking in warm soapy water.