Articles on Glassware Topics

The following list of articles related to American made glassware (and some that refer to glass made in other countries) come from sources outside the National Depression Glass Association. The authors have generously given us permission to reproduce their writing here on our web site as a public service to the glass collecting community. Where appropriate, we refer you to the web site of the author of an article, and we thank them for generously sharing their expertise with all of us.

If you are preparing a presentation for your club or other organization, these articles, and the ones from the News & Views and the Rainbow Review/Glass Review will provide you with plenty of material. When you give your presentation, be sure to remind your audience that you found much of the material on the NDGA web site. Use our Search Form to look for information on your topic.

Steuben Glass courtesy of Collectors Weekly

Seven Tips to Make Your Depression Glass Last for Years by Kathy Eickholt

Collecting - A Special Memory by Linda Carannante

What is Depression Glass? by David Adams

What is Depression Glass? For That Matter, What is Elegant Glass? by Tom Cotter

Glassware was different in the Depression years by David Adams

In Support of Glass Shows by Leonette Walls Ed.D.

Patterns Important to the History of Depression Glass by Joyce Krupey

A Depression Glass Primer by Christine Nagy

Silver Overlay Glass by by Giorgio Busetto

Hughes Corn Flower: An Elegant Canadian Tradition by Walter Lemiski M.A.

L.G. Wright - Going, Going, Gone! by George Breeze

A Brief History of Carnival Glass by David Doty

Stretch, that "Other" Iridescent Glass by Helen and Robert Jones

Glass Lightning Balls by David Adams

Stemware Display at the Historical Glass Museum by David Adams

The Other Depression Glass - Crystal Depression Glass by Kathy Eickholt

Teal and Ultra Marine Colored Glass of the Depression Era by Kathy Eickholt

White Glass is Milk Glass, Isn't It? by Kathy Eickholt

What is a Cream Soup? by Kathy Eickholt

What on earth is a sherbet plate? by Kathy Eickholt

Guide to decorative Elegant and Depression glass bowl shapes by Kathy Eickholt

Art Deco Glass by Kathy Eickholt

Etched Depression Glass vs. Depression Glass vs Elegant Glass by Kathy Eickholt

The Romance of Vintage Stemware by Kathy Eickholt

Sandwich Glass Patterns by Kathy Eickholt

Stretch Glass by the Stretch Glass Society

MacBeth Evans' Dogwood by Kathy Eickholt

MacBeth Evans' American Sweetheart by Kathy Eickholt

Hocking's Ribbed Depression Glass by Kathy Eickholt

Princess Depression Glass - Scrolls and Squares from Hocking by Kathy Eickholt

Anchor Hocking's Early American Prescut by Cathy Linehan

The Lancaster Glass Co., 1908-1937 by John P. Zastowney, MBA

Jeannette Glass Company's post-Depression patterns by Kathy Eickholt

Jeannette's Floral and Floragold Depression Glass by Kathy Eickholt

Jeannette's Doric & Pansy and Doric by Kathy Eickholt

Jeannette's Adam and Swirl by Kathy Eickholt

Federal Glass Patterns made after the Depression by Kathy Eickholt

Federal Glass Company's Diana by Kathy Eickholt

Federal Glass Company's Georgian or Lovebirds by Kathy Eickholt

Pyrex Flameware by Leonette A. Walls, Ed. D.

Cornflower by Pyrex by April Tvorak

Currier & Ives Dinnerware by Debbi Irwin and Eldon R. Aupperle

The Fenton Logo and Fenton Moulds by Fenton Art Glass Company

Fenton Art Glass Company - Final Auction by David Adams

Fenton's many Crest patterns by Christine Nagy

Spot Moulds Used by Fenton by Carrie Domitz

Indiana Glass Later Patterns by Kathy Eickholt

Indiana Glass Company`s Willow (aka) "Oleander" by Leonette A. Walls, Ed. D.

Monongah Glass Company by Kathy Eickholt

Monongah Glass: Forgotten Glass Giant by Dean Six

Westmoreland's Paneled Grape by Christine Nagy

Fostoria: Fairfax and Lafayette by Kathy Eickholt

Fostoria: Coronet and Pioneer by Kathy Eickholt

Fostoria – Baroque and Raleigh by Kathy Eickholt

Fostoria June by Kathy Eickholt

Fostoria Glass Candleholders by Kathy Eickholt

Farber Brothers by Don Mullins

Heisey's Rose Pattern by Leonette A. Walls, Ed. D.

Unmarked Heisey? by by Lamar Birckbichler

The Glass Industry in/near Cumberland, MD by Dale Murschell

Lonaconing / Utility / Sloan Glass Companies by Dale Murschell

The Maryland Glass Company by Dale Murschell

The Potomac Glass Company by Dale Murschell

Maryland Glass Etching Works by Dale Murschell