Rare Depression Glass Pieces

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Ruby Flower Center Flying Lady Bowl

The story surroundingrepparttar origins ofrepparttar 144388 Flying Lady bowl makes owningrepparttar 144389 piece that much more interesting – and makesrepparttar 144390 piece more valuable! In Ohio, whererepparttar 144391 Cambridge Glass Company called home, glassworkers visited a traveling circus that had come into town. A beautiful lady performer, a German trapeze artist, so amazedrepparttar 144392 glassworker/circus visitors, that they designed a mold in her honor. Flying Lady bowls come in several types of glass and patterns with prices usually inrepparttar 144393 $400 range, depending upon their condition. But repparttar 144394 Queen Mother of this set – calledrepparttar 144395 Statuesque series – lies withrepparttar 144396 ruby, flower-centered Flying Lady bowl. This precious piece garners upward of $2000 and more when found in mint condition. An interesting side note about this piece: When ministers visited those of their flock who ownedrepparttar 144397 Flying Lady bowl, they were sparedrepparttar 144398 vision of her nudity. Parishioners made sure she had been safely – and discreetly – tucked away during visits fromrepparttar 144399 preacher!

These are just a few ofrepparttar 144400 Depression Glass era’s most sought-after pieces, but many more remain to raiserepparttar 144401 eyebrows of evenrepparttar 144402 most deep-pocketed glass collectors. Some of these pieces can only be found in Depression Glass museums or, as mentioned, in private collections. But some – albeit a tiny few – still remain out there somewhere, just waiting for some incredibly lucky finder to discover them.

Could that lucky person be you? You’ll never know unless you try, so get to hunting!

Until next time,

Murray Hughes http://www.DepressionGlassSecrets.com

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Depression Glass Companies

Written by Murray Hughes


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Anchor Hocking came into being when Anchor Cap and Closure merged with Hocking Glass in 1937, so when you see “Hocking” and “Anchor Hocking” you know you are looking at pre- and post-1937 pieces, respectively. Some ofrepparttar patterns considered highly collectible today from Hocking include Coronation (banded rib), Fortune, Old Café, Princess, and Waterford. Anchor Hocking created such well-loved designs asrepparttar 144387 Manhattan (horizontal ribbed) design along withrepparttar 144388 Oyster and Pearl pattern.

Hazel-Atlas Glass Company introduced Florentine #2 (Poppy), Hairpin (Newport) and Moderntone, while MacBeth Evans brought American Sweetheart and Petalware ontorepparttar 144389 market.

These patterns touch on only a few ofrepparttar 144390 most popular and sought after patterns that today’s collectors seek – many more exist from these and other glass manufacturers to entice and fascinate avid Depression glass aficionadosrepparttar 144391 world over.

Many ofrepparttar 144392 glass companies – at least those that survivedrepparttar 144393 Great Depression – maintain museums in which interested parties can learn much more about Depression glass andrepparttar 144394 businesses that supplied it. Credit must be given to these glass manufacturers for providing something simple and low-priced yet delightfully appealing to a grateful public at a time when such items were few and far between.

So when you admire a piece of Depression glass, there’s a good chance that very same piece may have uplifted a family in what was an otherwise bleak time. And now you’ll know when you see this prettily colored or clear and patterned glass, that it’s much more than “just another pretty face!”

Until next time,

Murray Hughes http://www.DepressionGlassSecrets.com

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