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		<title>Fly Fishing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fly fishing is the fastest growing form of recreational fishing in North America. Every year more than 10 million people participate at all levels of the sport, drawn by its blend of contemporary sophistication and age-old technique.
Fly fishers, men and women alike, have gone far beyond the desire to catch a fish for the table; by choosing to fish with fly tackle, they stack the odds in favor of their quarry. Casting a specially weighted and tapered fly line is a rhythmic and even a beautiful motion that is much ...]]></description>
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		<title>What is an Antique?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What is an Antique?
Something old, something new, not necessarily something  blue. How do we know what is actually an antique or not? Many people have  devised definitions over the years, some not necessarily for worth reasons or  cause. 
A "legal antique" at least in the United States is  something 100 years old, promulgated by the U.S. Customs Service for duty and  tax purposes. In general, the sometimes-accepted definition of an antique is an  object that pre-dates the mass production of objects that began in ...]]></description>
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		<title>Westmoreland Glass</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Westmoreland Glass
Westmoreland Glass had its origins when Charles West and his  brother George bought a majority share holding in a new glass-manufacturing  venture in Jeanette, Pennsylvania in 1889. They named it Westmoreland Specialty  Company and initially they concentrated on making and selling glass containers  such as mustard jars and candy jars, and also some paperweights. 
In 1920 the business was divided into two, with George West  taking the glass containers business into a separate operation called  "West Brothers". West Brothers made glass containers successfully ...]]></description>
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		<title>Weller Pottery</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Weller Pottery
Sam Weller first started making pottery in Fultonham, Ohio  about 1872 for mostly local farmers in the nearby Ohio towns and villages.  Distinct from the art pottery wares into which he evolved, Weller started out  making everyday items such as jars, jugs, tiles, and other pottery used in  daily lives. While the styles were still simple, Weller benefited from the rich  local clays in the area, as did many other top quality makers of art pottery  over the next 60 years. 
Weller moved ...]]></description>
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		<title>Wedgwood Glass</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wedgwood Glass
Wedgwood Glass and later (from the mid 70s) Wedgwood  Crystal, were the names used for the output of King's Lynn glassworks in the UK  after it was taken over by the Wedgwood Group in 1969. Ronald Stennett-Willson,  one of the most prominent UK post-war glass designers, had established King's  Lynn Glass in 1967, and continued as Managing Director and chief designer of  Wedgwood Glass until he reached retirement age in 1980. He had been closely  involved with the Swedish glass industry during the ...]]></description>
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		<title>Wedgwood China</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wedgwood China
Josiah Wedgwood was born in Burslem, Stoke in the  Staffordshire region of England to Thomas Wedgwood, a potter and the father of  13 children. In fact, his grandfather and great-grandfather had also been  potters, while his mother ensured he received an education and went to school  every day a full 8 miles away from their home. His father died in 1739 when he  was only 9 years old, and young Josiah served as a potter's apprentice to his  older brother in order to ...]]></description>
		<link>http://glasscottage.net/chinaware/wedgwood-china/</link>
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		<title>Vintage Waffle Irons</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Vintage Waffle Irons
Let's face it. In today's hurry-up society we're used to taking all kinds of short-cuts. Sometimes the time and effort saved is worthwhile, but other times we feel a nostalgic little twinge that tells us maybe the older, slower way was better.
Today's kids, and probably their parents, accustomed to the freezer-to-toaster pop-up variety, find real waffles with butter melting in the crevices of crispy, golden circles - whether prepared from a mix or scratch - a fine treat.
And vintage waffle irons have taken their place on the hot ...]]></description>
		<link>http://glasscottage.net/antiques/vintage-waffle-irons/</link>
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		<title>Victorian Napkin Rings</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Victorian Napkin Rings
At the height of the Victorian era, many dining tables in  America were elegant but they were not complete without the nice touch that  napkin rings offered.
 Napkin rings held linen napkins placed on dining tables  while frequently providing a source or marker for the person who sat there. Many  napkin rings were engraved for Mother, Father, or many other members of the  family. Many were also monogrammed while others were distinguished by  individual figural designs.
 The unique Victorian taste might range ...]]></description>
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		<title>Victorian Jugs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Victorian Jugs
Jugs held various liquids for centures with their swelling belly, relatively short neck and trusty handle on the side. They were particularly splendid in the Victorian era when they ranged from earthenware to elegant silver. They reached their zenith at a time when they held everything from warm milk to wine.
The jug was in use centuries before they achieved their noble status of the Victorian years. As early as the 16th century, jugs were put into service for serving most any liquid. By the 1660s, large jugs designed to ...]]></description>
		<link>http://glasscottage.net/pottery/victorian-jugs/</link>
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		<title>Venetian Glass</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Venetian Glass
Glass and glassmaking skills were spread throughout Europe  some two thousand years ago by the Romans who made bottles, vases, and hollow  vessels in Rome for supply throughout their empire.
There was a decline in glassmaking when the Roman Empire  fell, but the success of Venice as a trading center attracted glass craftsmen  from Syria and other eastern centers to Italy. Venice had established itself as  a glassmaking center as early as 450 A.D.
Venetian glass production dates back to 982, with a document  that ...]]></description>
		<link>http://glasscottage.net/specialty-glass/venetian-glass/</link>
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		<title>Vaseline Glass</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Vaseline Glass
The term “vaseline” is a latter-day term for 19th century  glass that the makers called “canary” - after the color of the bird. Around  1900-1910, the dealers started calling it VASELINE, due to its similarity to  the color of petroleum jelly of the day. 
The term to Europeans means any kind of creamy yellow glass  shading to white, a coloring, which resembles Vaseline ointment as it, used to  be. In America, the term means specifically any kind of transparent  yellow-green glass, which glows ...]]></description>
		<link>http://glasscottage.net/nineteenth-century-glass/vaseline-glass/</link>
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		<title>Valentine Collectibles</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Valentine Collectibles
Valentines are not as old as love, or even the romantic holiday itself, but they have been around for a long time.
Quite a number of authorities and historians consider valentines to be some of the world's oldest greeting cards, if not actually the first of their kind. 
One old English custom called for the drawing of lots for lovers each February 14. The person whose name was drawn was given a present and a brief written message.
Eventually, the drawing was expanded to include other friends and children, but the ...]]></description>
		<link>http://glasscottage.net/ephemera/valentine-collectibles/</link>
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		<title>Tupperware</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tupperware
In 1938, Earl S. Tupper began custom molding plastic items  in Farnumville, Massachusetts. By 1945, he had produced his first polyethelene  product, a seven-ounce juice tumbler. At the time, polyethylene was a recently  developed plastic compound with never-before-seen features. It was flexible,  durable, opalescent, and suitable for many types of applications.
For consumer’s polyethylene was truly a novelty and as it's  qualities became known, its acceptance grew. This early phase culminated in a  full-color feature about Tupperware in the October 1947 issue of House  ...]]></description>
		<link>http://glasscottage.net/retro/tupperware/</link>
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		<title>Tiffin Glass</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tiffin Glass
In July 1888, it was announced that the The A. J. Beatty  &#38; Sons glass factory of Steubenville, Ohio had been seeking a site for a  new factory when in the summer of 1888 they announced that they would be moving  to Tiffin, Ohio. In much the same way that municipalities compete for business  relocations today with tax breaks and other incentives, the city of Tiffin  offered both the land and cash and utility concessions to win the coveted  contract for the new ...]]></description>
		<link>http://glasscottage.net/specialty-glass/tiffin-glass/</link>
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		<title>Tech Collectibles</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hi-Tech Collectibles
Imagine it, those great hi-tech items in your home, the Xbox, that huge 65-inch plasma TV, your bluetooth headset, the Wii that was under your Christmas tree a few short years ago, that new IPhone or IPad.
Imagine a few years from now and all those new hi-tech items currently on the drawing boards at Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft and others not even a thought today but tomorrow's next technology craze. 
What you craved now and back then is probably headed to that dust bin, attic but will soon become that ...]]></description>
		<link>http://glasscottage.net/collectibles/tech-collectibles/</link>
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		<title>Syracuse China</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Syracuse China
The company now known as Syracuse China was founded in 1871  as the Onondaga Pottery Company (O.P.Co.) in Geddes, New York (now a part of  Syracuse). It was named after the county in which it was located and to  celebrate that region's native Iroquois tribe. On July 20, 1871, sixteen local  businessmen, who had purchased a struggling local pottery, incorporated,  capitalized the company for $50,000, and began to expand its lines to produce  white earthenware for table and toilet use.
Syracuse China is today ...]]></description>
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		<title>Steuben Glass</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Steuben Glass
For 100 years, Steuben has been at the forefront of glass  design, balancing state-of-the-art technological advancements with  centuries-old traditional glass making techniques. Founder Frederick Carder was  clearly a child prodigy who was born in England and a self trained chemist,  physicist, draftsman, and pottery. He became passionate about glass making as a  child growing up in Staffordshire and spent time sketching, modeling, and  playing with clay at his grandfather's pottery factory. Unusually headstrong,  Carder quite school at 14 to work full time ...]]></description>
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		<title>Sterling Silver Tea and Coffee Services</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sterling Silver Tea and Coffee Services
Imagine Tiffany and Company’s finest, a gleaming five-piece  sterling tea and coffee service in all of its glory. In 1863 such breath taking  service was presented to Brigadier General Egber Vicle who was then military  governor of Norfolk, VA.
 It was complete with a baluster-form coffee pot, teapot, kettle  on a stand with a burner beneath it, covered sugar and lidded milk jug.
 Each item was chased and embossed all over the dense ivy  vines. The set honored the General ...]]></description>
		<link>http://glasscottage.net/antiques/sterling-silver-tea-and-coffee-services/</link>
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		<title>Steamer Trunks (History of)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Steamer Trunks (History of)
A trunk, also known as a traveling chest, is a large cuboid  container for holding clothes and other personal belongings, typically about  1.5 meters wide, and 0.5 meters each deep and high, or about 25" to  40" wide, 14" to 28" high, and 14" to 24" deep. They  were most commonly used for extended periods away from home, such as for  boarding school, or long trips abroad. Most trunks are now used as either  furniture such as glass-covered coffee tables or ...]]></description>
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		<title>Steamer Trunks (Anatomy of)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Steamer Trunks (Anatomy of)



  
    
      
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		<title>Staffordshire Porcelain and China</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Staffordshire Porcelain and China
Historical Background
Staffordshire, England has been a district making pottery  and porcelain since the 1700s. Some of the most famous factories include Adams,  Davenport, Ridgway, Royal Doulton, Royal Worcester, Spode, and Wedgwood. Many  potteries were established in the Staffordshire district of England in the  early 1700s, and many are some remaining in operation today. The well-known  Staffordshire dogs were well known subjects, but figurines and groups were made  in large numbers. Sizes ranged from perhaps 3" to the largest measuring up  ...]]></description>
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		<title>Sports Ephemera and Collectibles</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sports Ephemera and Collectibles
Just about  every organized sport in America has been worthy of a program of two. They were needed to help identify the players. They helped sell products. They were tangible evidence that one particular fan on one particular day was right.
It is no small wonder that they remain a leading item in the field of sports memorabilia. The selection is vast, running from automobile racing to professional wrestling.
Moreover, even a single sport, such as major league baseball, can offer a major range of programs from regular ...]]></description>
		<link>http://glasscottage.net/ephemera/sports-ephemera-and-collectibles/</link>
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		<title>Spode</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Spode
Like eternal flames, the kilns of the Spode manufacture at  Stoke-on-Trent have roared for more than two centuries, turning out fine  English tableware collected the world over. And if it's the lilt and lore of  blue-and-white that captures your heart, prepare to be dazzled when you  decorate your hutch or china cabinet or set the dining room table with Spode.
 Spode may very well be some of the most beautiful pieces of  antique transferware ever produced in Staffordshire. In heaven-sent blues and  richly detailed ...]]></description>
		<link>http://glasscottage.net/staffordshire/spode/</link>
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		<title>Smith Brothers Glass</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Smith Brothers Glass
The father of Messrs. Alfred E. And Harry A. Smith, who constituted the firm of Smith Brothers, was a pioneer in the glass decorating business in America. He came here from England about the year 1851, at which time the art was in its infancy, under contract with the Boston and Sandwich Glass Company, and he encountered many discouraging obstacles. In the first place, the taste of the people had not been educated to an appreciation of the work.
When Mr. Smith left England, the excavations  at Nineveh ...]]></description>
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		<title>Shaded Opalescent Glassware</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Shaded Opalescent Glassware
Glasses with raised opalescent white designs on their surface were a popular item in the late nineteenth century. Inexpensive tableware and decorative articles were produced by Hobbs, Brockunier and Company of Wheeling, West Virginia; Alexander J. Beatty and Sons of Steubenville, Ohio; Phillip Arbogast of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; John Bryce and Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; King and Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and Doyle and Company of the same city. There were still other manufacturers of this type of glassware, both foreign and domestic. The wares produced by these various ...]]></description>
		<link>http://glasscottage.net/nineteenth-century-glass/shaded-opalescent-glassware/</link>
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		<title>R.S. Prussia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[R.S. Prussia China
Much of the historical information about R. S. Prussia in  antique publications prior to 1994 is incorrect. Although not known until long  after the fact, a detailed history of the ownership and economic fortunes of  the Reinhold Schlegelmilch Porcelain Factory was described in Brend Hartwich's  1984 thesis. Information in his thesis was not available in America until the  translation was published in 1993 (Int'l Society R. S. Prussia Collectors,  Inc). Perhaps the best discussion of the inaccuracies concerning Reinhold's  porcelain factory ...]]></description>
		<link>http://glasscottage.net/porcelain/r-s-prussia/</link>
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		<title>Royal Flemish, Napoli, Verona Glass</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Royal Flemish, Napoli, Verona Glass
A patent was issued to Albert Steffin on February 27, 1894, for decorating glassware which we recognize as the Mt. Washington Glass Company's "Royal Flemish." Raised lines of heavy enamel were painted on a glass surface in such a way as to form segments, which were later colored to appear like sections in a stained glass window. The different panels, or segments, were painted with contrasting colors to heighten the illusion. It would appear that Mr. Steffin was a bit tardy in registering this patent, for ...]]></description>
		<link>http://glasscottage.net/nineteenth-century-glass/royal-flemish-napoli-verona-glass/</link>
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		<title>Royal Doulton Porcelain and China</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Royal Doulton Porcelain and China
Royal Doulton porcelain and china takes its name from John  Doulton, who in 1815 joined with Martha Jones, whose late husband had founded  Lambeth Pottery, a ceramics operation in Lambeth, England, and the foreman at  the pottery John Watts. John Doulton had learned his trade at the Fulham  Manufacturing Co. well known as one of the first English commercial producers  of stoneware and which master potter John Dwight had founded in 1688. 
While operations began as Jones, Watts, and Doulton, the ...]]></description>
		<link>http://glasscottage.net/porcelain/royal-doulton-porcelain-and-china/</link>
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		<title>Roseville Pottery</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Roseville Pottery
Located in Roseville, Ohio, the Roseville Pottery Company  was founded in 1890 by George F. Young son of a German Immigrant. The Pottery  was incorporated in 1892 as the Roseville Pottery Company. 
Roseville initially produced simple utilitarian ware such as  flowerpots, stoneware, umbrella stands, cuspidors, and limited painted ware.  Roseville expanded in 1897 with the purchase of the Midland Pottery plant also  located in Roseville. The Roseville Pottery Company expanded again in 1898 with  the purchase of the property of the Clark Stoneware ...]]></description>
		<link>http://glasscottage.net/pottery/roseville-pottery/</link>
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		<title>Rose Amber Glass</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Rose Amber Glass
The Mt. Washington Glass Company also produced a shaded glassware in every way similar to Locke's Amberina. Their ware with colors shading into each other was manufactured under the trade name "Rose Amber." While trade-mark papers were granted to Frederick S. Shirley on May 25, 1886, for Rose Amber, and Mr. Shirley stated that the name had been in continuous use by the New Bedford works since August 1, 1884, no patent papers covering the manufacturing process used to produce this parti-colored glassware are on file in the ...]]></description>
		<link>http://glasscottage.net/nineteenth-century-glass/rose-amber-glass/</link>
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		<title>Rookwood Pottery</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Rookwood Pottery
Maria Longworth Nichols (later Mrs. Bellamy Storer, Jr)  founded Rookwood pottery in the late 1870s as a way to market her hobby - the  painting of blank china. Forming the business in Cincinnati, Ohio in an old  abandoned schoolhouse bought for her by her father, which she named Rookwood  after the family country estate. She was one of a group of talented society  women in Cincinnati, Ohio, who painted blank china as a hobby and which  prompted her to go into business. Nichols ...]]></description>
		<link>http://glasscottage.net/pottery/rookwood-pottery/</link>
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		<title>Red Wing Pottery</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Red Wing Pottery
Red Wing, Minnesota pottery industry got its start when a  German immigrant settled in Goodhue County Minnesota in 1861. The spot chosen,  on the banks of the Mississippi River, would someday become the site of the Red  Wing Pottery clay pits. Joseph Pohl was the first but some historical accounts  claim John Paul was the man's name. The gentleman originally settled as a  farmer and began making pottery pieces for his own use.
In 1866, Francis F. Philleo, a former mayor of Red Wing, ...]]></description>
		<link>http://glasscottage.net/pottery/red-wing-pottery/</link>
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		<title>PYREX Glass</title>
		<description><![CDATA[PYREX Glass
Amory Houghton, Sr. began his career in the wharf business but left that to establish the Union Glass Company in Somerville, Massachusetts, in 1851. This business was sold in 1864; but, in the same year, Amory purchased the Brooklyn Flint Glass Company in Brooklyn, New York. Four years later, this plant and one-hundred employees moved by canal boat to Corning, New York, and the renamed business became Corning Flint Glass Works.
Initially, this new factory focused upon tablewares, thermometer tubing, and conventional glasswares. But, in an era of steep competition ...]]></description>
		<link>http://glasscottage.net/retro/pyrex-glass/</link>
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		<title>Pressed Glass</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pressed Glass
The term pressed glass is what we use to describe glass,  which has been pressed in a mold using mechanical means. These methods were  developed in America sometime in the early 1820s it is not known however who  actually invented this technique mainly as a fire at the patent office in 1836  destroyed all records. The process of pressing glass has been around for  sometime though in fact to as early as the fifteenth century BC and various  manual methods have been used ...]]></description>
		<link>http://glasscottage.net/victorian-era-glass/pressed-glass/</link>
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		<title>Pressed Amberina</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pressed Amberina
In February, 1886, W. L. Libbey and Son, as proprietors of the New England Glass Company, licensed Hobbs, Brockunier and Company of Wheeling, West Virginia, to manufacture "pressed Amberina." Hobbs, Brockunier and Company produced Amberina in the "Hobnail Diamond Pattern, under the Libbey Patent, in a great variety of shapes and articles" according to their advertisements in the Crockery &#38; Glass Journal dated March, 1886.
The "Hobnail Diamond Pattern," listed in the Wheeling firm's trade catalogues as "No. 101 Pattern," is better known to present-day collectors as "Daisy and Button." ...]]></description>
		<link>http://glasscottage.net/nineteenth-century-glass/pressed-amberina/</link>
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		<title>Collectible Porcelain</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Collectible Porcelain
During AD 618-907 Porcelain, using kaolin was discovered in  China during the T'ang dynasty. In the late 13th century while traveling  through China, Marco Polo discovered a translucent ceramic unknown to the West.  He "baptized" this iridescent colored object "porcellana"  (It orig., type of cowry shell, likened to the vulva of a sow which was prized  by the Romans). Porcelain became highly valued by the Emperors and heads of  state in all of Europe.
After 1498 with the opening of the route to India ...]]></description>
		<link>http://glasscottage.net/porcelain/collectible-porcelain/</link>
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		<title>Pomona Glass</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pomona Glass
Pomona, the Roman goddess of the fruit of trees, lent her  name to one of the more subtle products of the New England Glass Works, and the  delicate gelid appearance of Pomona glass has long been a source of eye  pleasure to collectors of this ware.
Joseph Locke's first patented method for producing Pomona  was issued April 28, 1885. The article to be produced was made and shaped from  homogeneous crystal glass in the usual way, after which it was covered entirely  with a ...]]></description>
		<link>http://glasscottage.net/nineteenth-century-glass/pomona-glass/</link>
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		<title>Pickle Castors</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pickle Castor Sets
The Victorian dining table was a sight to behold. The upper  and middle classes of that era practiced elaborate eating customs that required  a utensil for every function and a container for every food. The table would be  replete with such pieces as napkin rings, celery dishes, individual salts,  lidded mustards, castor sets for oil, vinegar and other condiments, tilting  water pitchers, braziers, cinnamon shakers and, for a brief period, pickle  castors. The latter appeared in the late 19th century, became a ...]]></description>
		<link>http://glasscottage.net/antiques/pickle-castors/</link>
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		<title>Phoenix Art Glass</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Phoenix Art Glass
The Phoenix Glass Company  was formed in 1880 in Monaca, Pennsylvania and like many other glass companies  at that time; they initially thrived on the market for oil and gas lamp  chimneys. Moving on to making lamps, globes, shades and electric light bulbs, they  formed alliances with a number of glassworks and individuals who could bring  specialist glass-making skills to Phoenix. 
During the 1880's and 1890's  they produced a large volume of colored cut glass, etched glass, hand decorated  glass, and ...]]></description>
		<link>http://glasscottage.net/art-glass/phoenix-art-glass/</link>
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		<title>Peloton Glass</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Peloton Glass
Wilhelm Kralik of Neuwelt, Bohemia, patented a novel type of glassware which he named "Peloton Glass." At the time the patent was registered, on October 25, 1880, Kralik was in the employ of Count Harrach, owner of one of the largest glass factories in Bohemia.
To produce articles fo this novel type of art glass, the hot glass was withdrawn from the furnace and was dipped or immersed, either before or after it was worked into shape, in a resevoir containing suitably prepared filaments or threads of glass until the ...]]></description>
		<link>http://glasscottage.net/nineteenth-century-glass/peloton-glass/</link>
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		<title>Pearl Satinglass &#8211; Pearl Satin Ware</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pearl Satinglass - Pearl Satin Ware
For many years Pearl Satin Ware, sometimes called Pearl Ware, or Mother-of-Pearl Satinglass, has proved to be one of the most popular collectibles offered to a glass-conscious public. The various patterns in which this ware can be found, plus the many shades and combinations of color which may be encountered, make it to many collectors the most interesting of all the glasses fabricated in the nineteenth century.
The earliest use of a symmetrical or controlled pattern of air traps in a glass body as a decorative ...]]></description>
		<link>http://glasscottage.net/nineteenth-century-glass/pearl-satinglass-pearl-satin-ware/</link>
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		<title>Peach Blow Glass</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Peach Blow Glassware
The publicity attendant on the sale of a Peach Blow porcelain vase for eighteen thousand dollars on March 8, 1886, precipitated the manufacture of glass and pottery reproduction of this ware. The vase, one of the thousands of art objects sold by the American Art Institute for the estate of Mrs. Mary Morgan, was reported to have once been in the collection of a Chinese mandarin named Wang Ye. The exquisite glaze was described in the Crockery and Glass Journal for March, 1886, as being the color of ...]]></description>
		<link>http://glasscottage.net/nineteenth-century-glass/peach-blow-glass/</link>
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		<title>Pairpoint Lamps</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pairpoint Lamps
Pairpoint Manufacturing Company was established in 1880 in  New Bedford, Massachusetts. The factory began as a metal works which first made  fittings for coffins. Near the Pairpoint factory was the Mt. Washington  Glassworks, which made fine glassware, and the two companies began exploring  synergies culminating in a merger in 1894. From the late 1890s until the 1930s,  lamps and lamp accessories were an important part of Pairpoint's production. 
There were three main types of shades, all of which were  blown: puffy - blown-out ...]]></description>
		<link>http://glasscottage.net/lighting/pairpoint-lamps/</link>
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		<title>Painted Amberina</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Painted Amberina
On April 9, 1895, a patent was issued to Andrew Stock and Emil Mueller of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, covering a process for manufacturing shaded and parti-colored glassware by painting the glass partially with a paint composed of copper oxide and yellow ochre. 
This first partial painting was fixed by placing the article in a muffle and bringing it to a high temperature. After the article had cooled it was painted all over with this same compound and again reheated in a muffle. 

The heating brought out the ruby color in ...]]></description>
		<link>http://glasscottage.net/nineteenth-century-glass/painted-amberina/</link>
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		<title>Opalescent Glass</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Opalescent Glass
Opalescent glass is a generalized term for clear and  semi-opaque pressed glass, cloudy, marbled, and sometimes accented with subtle  coloring all combining to form a milky opalescence in the glass. John La Farge  and Louis Comfort Tiffany were two American artists who first experimented with  opalescent effects, driven by their desire to use glass in creating beautiful  visual scenes in art without painting. Opalescent glass was first developed and  patented by John Lafarge in 1879, but it was Tiffany who created the  ...]]></description>
		<link>http://glasscottage.net/specialty-glass/opalescent-glass/</link>
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		<title>Oil and Kerosene Lamps in North America</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Oil and Kerosene Lamps in North America
For over two thousand years, from before the birth of Christ  until the late eighteenth century, there was little progress in the development  of lighting. Grease lamps used in Greece and Rome in the second century B.C.,  differ only in appearance from those still being used in Pennsylvania and other  parts of America well into the middle of the nineteenth century.
Very early oil lamp development can be attributed to the  need for more efficient light sources to power lighthouses. ...]]></description>
		<link>http://glasscottage.net/lanterns/oil-and-kerosene-lamps-in-north-america/</link>
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		<title>Northwood Glass</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Northwood Glass
The Northwood Glass Company was   founded by  English-born Harry Northwood, son of a talented glass manufacturer.    Harry left England to work in America in 1880, when he was twenty years  old, and   founded his own factory in 1887 in Ohio, before eventually  moving to Wheeling,   West Virginia. Many people believe that it was  Harry who brought the technique   of iridizations to the USA, having  seen it at his father's glassworks. By 1908  ...]]></description>
		<link>http://glasscottage.net/specialty-glass/northwood-glass/</link>
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		<title>Noritake China</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Noritake China
Noritake china, though only officially registered under that  trademark in 1981, has a history that goes as deeply as the inception of trade  relations between the United States and Japan. Commodore Matthew Calbraith  Perry first sailed to Edo (Tokyo) to negotiate trade relations in 1853. At this  time, Japan was a highly insular, protectionist state that did not consider  itself in need of Western products. There were many products in Japan, however,  that were highly desired by American consumers, including porcelain and china ...]]></description>
		<link>http://glasscottage.net/chinaware/noritake-china/</link>
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		<title>Nippon Porcelain</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nippon Porcelain
Nippon is not a manufacturer's name but a country of origin.  Nippon sounds like "Neehon" in Japanese, "Land of the Rising  Sun." The word porcelain is a derivative from the Italian word,  "porcellana", meaning cowry shell. Hard paste is a true porcelain  originating in China approximately 800 A.D. 
Nippon vases have designs of landscapes, which encompass the  entire circumference with less detail on the reverse side. The Meiji period  (1868-1912) demonstrated the extensive use of gold. Moriage (MORE-EE-A-GAY) was  used extensively from ...]]></description>
		<link>http://glasscottage.net/porcelain/nippon-porcelain/</link>
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		<title>Nantucket Lightship Baskets</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nantucket Lightship Baskets
The days of the Nantucket Lightships and the baskets their crews produced began deep in America's 19th century.
Some accounts suggest the lightship service, providing a floating lighthouse for traveling whaling ships, began as early as the 1820s. Certainly lightships like the South Shoal and the Cross Rip were lighting up the darkness by the middle of that Victorian century.

As the ships lay anchored in shallow waters off that Massachusetts Port of Nantucket Island, sailors faithfully namintained the necessary lights to guide seagoing ships.
Spare Time -   In ...]]></description>
		<link>http://glasscottage.net/collectibles/nantucket-lightship-baskets/</link>
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		<title>Murano Glass</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Murano Glass
Murano is a small island North West of the city of Venice,  Italy -not much larger than a few square miles. It is believed the origins of  Murano Glass dates back to 9th century Rome, with significant Asian and Muslim  influences, as Venice was a major trading port. Multihued perle (beads) were  used in trading with Asian, African and Muslim neighbors. 
Glass and glassmaking skills were spread throughout Europe  some two thousand years ago by the Romans who made bottles, vases, and hollow  ...]]></description>
		<link>http://glasscottage.net/specialty-glass/murano-glass/</link>
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		<title>Motorcycle Collectibles</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Motorcycle Collectibles
More and more Americans are climbing on their gleaming motorcycle and zooming over the horizon. Federal government figures show motorcycle sales increased by more than 50 percent in the late 1990s.
A number of studies have suggested that the baby boomer generation may be leading the pack, complete with appropriate attire. One current estimate indicates nearly half of the nation's motorcycle riders are over 40.
As a relationship between boomer and bike grows, so also grows the appeal of motorcycle collectibles. Vintage motorcycles, jackets, helmets, posters and postcards are getting a ...]]></description>
		<link>http://glasscottage.net/collectibles/motorcycle-collectibles/</link>
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		<title>Millefiori Glass</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Millefiori
The Venetian influence in the manufacture of nineteenth-century glass actually goes back to ancient Egypt during the time of the Roman occupation and earlier, when the Egyptians were producing glass articles composed of what we now term Millefiori rods. Deming Jarves, in his book Reminiscences of Glass-Making tells of ancient Egyptian glassware that contained "mosaic similar to the modern paperweight." The ancient geographer Strabo relates that an Egyptian priest presented the Emperor Hadrian with several glass cups in mosaic-sparkling with every color, and deemed of such rare value that they ...]]></description>
		<link>http://glasscottage.net/victorian-era-glass/millefiori-glass/</link>
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		<title>Metlox Pottery</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Metlox Pottery
Willis and T. C. Prouty in Manhattan Beach, California  established Metlox Manufacturing Company in 1927. Prior to about 1934, Metlox  Pottery produced ceramic and neon outdoor signs. About 1934, the companies  began producing ceramic house wares for which they subsequently became quite  well known. The famous Poppy Trail line was introduced in that same year, the  design creation of the President Willis Prouty, and the company soon introduced  innovations, which allowed them to speed production while at the same time  lowering their costs. ...]]></description>
		<link>http://glasscottage.net/pottery/metlox-pottery/</link>
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		<title>McKee Glass</title>
		<description><![CDATA[McKee Glass
McKee and Brothers Glass Company were established in 1843 in  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 1852 it opened a factory to produce pressed glass.  In 1888, the factory relocated to Jeannette, Pennsylvania and began to produce  many types of kitchenwares. The firm was reorganized in 1903 and the name  changed to McKee Glass Company. The company joined the National Glass Company  in 1899 but went independent again in 1903. The factory continued until 1951  when it was sold and became a division of the Thatcher ...]]></description>
		<link>http://glasscottage.net/specialty-glass/mckee-glass/</link>
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		<title>McCoy Pottery</title>
		<description><![CDATA[McCoy Pottery
In April of 1910 Nelson McCoy and his father J. W. McCoy  formed The Nelson McCoy Sanitary Stoneware Company, located in Roseville, Ohio.  They began to manufacture and sell functional and decorative stoneware. They  also mined, bought and sold clay. This part of their business provided clay to  many of the area potteries for several years. In May of that year they  contracted for the construction of a building and purchased the equipment  necessary to produce the products in large quantity. They selected ...]]></description>
		<link>http://glasscottage.net/pottery/mccoy-pottery/</link>
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		<title>Mary Gregory Glass</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mary Gregory Glass
"Mary Gregory" glass can be divided into old Mary  Gregory (made between 1879 to 1939), which was mostly mouth blown and appears  to have come primarily from central Europe; and new Mary Gregory glass made  after the Second World War all over the world, and still made today.
The distinguishing feature of Mary Gregory glass is the  stylized white enamel painting usually of a child in an outdoor setting,  playing with such things as butterfly nets, bubbles, fishing rods, or hoops.  The trees ...]]></description>
		<link>http://glasscottage.net/specialty-glass/mary-gregory-glass/</link>
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		<title>Majolica</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Majolica
The term majolica is applied to earthenware that has been  dipped in a white opaque glaze in order to provide a canvas for decoration and  design. History tells us that craftsmen in North Africa attempting to recreate  the fine white Chinese porcelain of the time developed this technique as early  as the ninth century. 
Today as "majolica" utilizes a technique of  applying a tin or lead based enamel on soft, porous earthenware, which can be  dated back thousands of years to ancient Persia where ...]]></description>
		<link>http://glasscottage.net/pottery/majolica/</link>
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		<title>Limoges Porcelain</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Limoges Porcelain
Limoges porcelain has been made in Limoges, France since the  mid-nineteenth century. Many factories including Haviland, Ahrenfeldt, Guerin,  Pouyat, Elite, and others made fine porcelains. 
The Chinese first discovered porcelain over a thousand years  ago. Now made of pure white clay as the primary substance, the Chinese first  used sandstone and stoneware. One of the first Europeans to see porcelain was  Marco Polo during his travels to the Far East, naming it to reflect the  characteristics of a very white and translucent shell. ...]]></description>
		<link>http://glasscottage.net/porcelain/limoges-porcelain/</link>
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		<title>Liberty Blue Dinnerware</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Liberty Blue Staffordshire
Over a quarter century has passed since the first Liberty Blue  Staffordshire was made, many people have become interested in collecting this  patriotic and attractive service. The Benjamin Franklin Federal Savings and  Loan was a large financial institution in the Pacific Northwest. It was  established in 1925 and the first office opened in Portland, Oregon. In order  to commemorate their 50th anniversary in 1975, the Board of Directors looked  for something special to offer their account holders. They contacted the Enoch  ...]]></description>
		<link>http://glasscottage.net/staffordshire/liberty-blue-dinnerware/</link>
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		<title>Letter Openers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Antique Letter Openers
Letter openers, both fanciful and promotional, have been on  the “cutting edge” of society since the latter 19th Century. Sometimes called a  paper cutter, paper knife or a letter knife, the basic letter opener gradually  became more important as the business of letter mailing itself became more  important.
Initially, a major role of the dull knife-like desk device  was to slit open pages of books left uncut by printers. Gradually they became  an important tool of the fashion desk set in carefully and ...]]></description>
		<link>http://glasscottage.net/collectibles/letter-openers/</link>
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		<title>Lalique Glass</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lalique Glass
Rene Lalique (1860-1945) was a French "art  nouveau" jeweler and sculptor who became interested in glass in his 30's  and rented his first glassworks at the age of 49 (in 1909) near Fontainbleu in  France. Over the next thirty years he became the world's leading art glass  designer of the art deco period. 
In the 1920's and 30's his work inspired glassmakers around  the world, and it has probably been copied more than any other glass designer.  His contemporaries in France who produced ...]]></description>
		<link>http://glasscottage.net/specialty-glass/lalique-glass/</link>
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		<title>Kerosene Lanterns</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Kerosene Lanterns
The demand for oil and kerosene lanterns in the 19th century  spawn untold numbers of lantern manufacturers. Practically every town had a  tinsmith making lanterns for the local community. To get some idea of how wide  spread this was just look how many Smiths there are in the phone  book. During the Civil War the rail transportation system was improved to  the point that it was practical ship lanterns state-to-state. It was also  during the war that the use of metal stamping machines to ...]]></description>
		<link>http://glasscottage.net/lighting/kerosene-lanterns/</link>
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		<title>Jeannette Glass</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jeannette Glass
Jeannette Glass was established in Jeannette, Pennsylvania  in 1900. Originally the company made bottles, but by the 1920s they had turned  to tableware and kitchenware. 
The Jeanette Glass Company breaks all records for coming up with  the most patterns. Jeanette made 11 patterns of Depression glass between 1928  and 1946: Sunburst, Homespun, Swirl, Doric and Pansy, Windsor, Sunflower,  Doric, Adam, Sierra, Floral, and Cherry Blossom.
Jeannette produced some very well known Depression glass  patterns, such as their clear "Iris and Herringbone" which was later ...]]></description>
		<link>http://glasscottage.net/depression-glass/jeannette-glass/</link>
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		<title>Indiana Glass</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Indiana Glass
The Early Years 1895 – 1922
1895, the Pennsylvania Railroad Co. built a large building  in Dunkirk, Indiana. It was named the Dunkirk Locomotive and Car Repair Works  and the intended use was to build and repair railroad cars. This idea was soon  abandoned and George Brady and James Beatty purchased the building and property  in 1896. Together they formed the Beatty - Brady Glass Company. They produced  glass lamps, glass chimney tops, vases and some household glass.
In the early 1900's, the Beatty - Brady ...]]></description>
		<link>http://glasscottage.net/specialty-glass/indiana-glass/</link>
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		<title>Imperial Glass</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Imperial Glass
The Imperial Glass Company was founded in 1901 by an  ex-riverboat captain Edward Muhleman who had many years' experience as a  director/ manager/ investor in glass companies. The aim was to build a very  large, modern glassworks close to the river in Bellaire, Ohio, where there were  so many other glassworks that Bellaire was already known as "Glass  City". After three years of planning and building, this new glassworks  went into production in 1904, and within a few months became a major player ...]]></description>
		<link>http://glasscottage.net/specialty-glass/imperial-glass/</link>
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		<title>Humpty Dumpty Circus &#8211; Albert Schoenhut</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Humpty Dumpty Circus - Albert Schoenhut
Just after the close of the Civil War, in 1865, a young German immigrant named Albert Schoenhut settled in Philadelphia and got a job at the famous Wanamaker &#38; Son department store.
Albert had a special affinity for Wanamaker's toy department.
No wonder. His father and grandfather back in Germany had both been toymakers.
Toy pianos were hot sellers back in those days. Albert felt the miniature pianos, which produced music by means of little padded hammers striking glass rods, could be improved upon.
He developed a mechanism using ...]]></description>
		<link>http://glasscottage.net/collectibles/humpty-dumpty-circus-albert-schoenhut/</link>
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		<title>Hull Pottery</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hull Pottery
Addis Emmet Hull, in 1901, founded and managed the Globe  Stoneware Company. In 1903, his brother, J.J. Hull helped establish the Acme  Pottery Company. Both companies were located in Crooksville, Ohio.
A.E. Hull sold his interest in Globe Stoneware in 1904 and  began organizing the Hull Pottery also located in Crooksville, Ohio and at one  time was one of the largest manufacturers of stoneware specialties. It was  formed in 1905 and operated until 1985. In 1907, the Hull Company  purchased Acme Pottery. Hull had many ...]]></description>
		<link>http://glasscottage.net/pottery/hull-pottery/</link>
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		<title>Homer Laughlin Fiesta Radioactive Red</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Homer Laughlin Fiesta Radioactive Red
The Homer Laughlin China Co. of Newell W.Va. produced a  range of brightly colored earthenware called Fiestaware. The red glaze  produced from 1936-1943 contained uranium oxide, which is slightly radioactive.  In 1943 Fiesta red was discontinued since the government took control of  uranium oxide for the war effort. In March of 1959, red was re-introduced when  the US government allowed HLC to purchase uranium oxide again for the  manufacture of pottery glazes. 
The actual amount of radioactivity is extremely low, ...]]></description>
		<link>http://glasscottage.net/chinaware/homer-laughlin-fiesta-radioactive-red/</link>
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		<title>Homer Laughlin China</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Homer Laughlin China
The Laughlin Pottery was formed in 1871 in East Liverpool,  Ohio on River Road as a partnership between Homer Laughlin and Shakespeare  Laughlin who left the pottery in 1879. The pottery was incorporated in 1896 and  Homer Laughlin sold his interests to William Edwin Wells and Marcus Aaron who  became President with Wells serving as Secretary-Treasurer and General Manager.  The small River Road location was abandoned as business grew and the company  moved to Laughlin Station, three miles east of East Liverpool. ...]]></description>
		<link>http://glasscottage.net/chinaware/homer-laughlin-china/</link>
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		<title>Hocking (Anchor) Glass</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hocking (Anchor) Glass
Anchor Hocking first came into existence when Isaac J.  Collins and six friends raised $8,000 to buy the Lancaster Carbon Company,  Lancaster, Ohio, when it went into receivership in 1905. The company's facility  was known as the Black Cat from all the carbon dust. Mr. Collins, a native of  Salisbury, Maryland, had been working in the decorating department of the Ohio  Flint Glass Company when this opportunity arose. Unfortunately the $8,000 that  was raised was not sufficient to purchase and operate the ...]]></description>
		<link>http://glasscottage.net/depression-glass/hocking-anchor-glass/</link>
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		<title>Hobnail Glass</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hobnail Glass
Hobnail glass has a regular pattern of raised knobs like the  hobnail studs sometimes used on boot soles. It can be a pattern created by  blowing a glass vessel into a mold, or it can be achieved by pressing the glass  into a mold. It was very popular during Victorian times, usually in hand blown,  translucent colored glass, which is sometimes called "Dew Drop  Glass". 
Lemonade sets with a pitcher and matching glasses were very  common at the turn of the century. 
In ...]]></description>
		<link>http://glasscottage.net/specialty-glass/hobnail-glass/</link>
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		<title>Heisey Glass</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Heisey Glass
Augustus H. Heisey was an original board member of the U.S.  Glass Co and commercial sales manager until he left in 1893 to pursue other  interests. After a couple of years in Colorado, Heisey decided to return to  glassmaking and decided to build a factory in Newark, Ohio. Construction began  in 1895 with the first glass made in April of 1896.
Late in 1900, the Heisey company began using its trademark,  an “H” within a diamond. The design came from Heisey’s oldest son, patterned  ...]]></description>
		<link>http://glasscottage.net/early-american-pattern-glass/heisey-glass/</link>
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		<title>Hazel Atlas Glass</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hazel Atlas Glass
From the beginnings of a small company in a little village  known as Washington, PA came the largest glass manufacturer in the world The  Hazel Atlas Glass company was formed in 1902 out of a merger between the Atlas  Glass Company (circa 1880's) and the Hazel Company, two small glass  manufacturers located in a little town called Washington, PA just south of  Pittsburgh PA. This union started a long history, which would later produce the  largest glass company in the world. 
Unlike ...]]></description>
		<link>http://glasscottage.net/depression-glass/hazel-atlas-glass/</link>
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		<title>Hawkes Cut Glass</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hawkes Cut Glass
In 1880, when Rutherford B. Hayes was in the White House and  Frank Woolworth had opened America's first "five and ten cent store"  and Thomas Edison had just patented the phonograph, a young Irish immigrant  named Thomas Gibbons Hawkes opened the doors of the Hawkes Rich Cut Glass Works  in Coming, New York.
Hawkes had worked for a decade at the glass-cutting firm of  Hoare &#38; Dailey in Coming, but he felt it was time for him to strike out on  his own. ...]]></description>
		<link>http://glasscottage.net/specialty-glass/hawkes-cut-glass/</link>
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		<title>Harley-Davidson</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Harley-Davidson
From delivering the mail to defending the country, the Harley-Davidson motorcycle rolled profoundly across American history in the 20th century.
The mighty American-made motorcycle itself became a classic symbol of life and transportation in the US.
"Think of America and you think of the Statue of Liberty, the Golden Gate Bridge, James Dean, Elvis Presley, Coca-Cola, blue jeans and Harley-Davidson," writes Hugo Wilson in the introduction of his book, Harley-Davidson.
"The metal, chrome, bold paint and throbbing sound of the class Harley has become an international   symbol of the American dream," ...]]></description>
		<link>http://glasscottage.net/collectibles/harley-davidson/</link>
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		<title>Hand-Carved Furniture</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hand Carved Furniture
Egyptian furniture was carved with religious symbols and  animal figures. The Greeks and Romans followed suit and Western art, much of it  religious, was soon scratched into wood in the Middle Ages.
The Far East has always enjoyed the work of excellent  carvers and European Gothic carving was of the highest quality in oak and  later. Renaissance carving was even more refined in the finer grained walnut of  the period.
Early Colonial workers quickly developed American carving  skills and an American tradition of hand ...]]></description>
		<link>http://glasscottage.net/antique-furniture/hand-carved-furniture/</link>
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		<title>Hall China</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hall China
The Hall China Company grew out of the aftermath of the  failure of the East Liverpool Pottery Company in East Liverpool, Ohio when  Robert Hall took full ownership of the manufacturing plant from his partners in  the former company as his share in the bankruptcy dissolution of the company in  1903. East Liverpool Pottery Company itself had been the result of a 1901  merger of 5 other local East Liverpool potteries. With this asset, James Hall  reincorporated as the Hall China Company and ...]]></description>
		<link>http://glasscottage.net/chinaware/hall-china/</link>
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		<title>Haeger Pottery</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Haeger Pottery
David H. Haeger came to the United States from Germany,  founding a small Illinois company in 1871 which took the original name of the  Dundee Brickyard for the bricks and tile they made to rebuild Chicago after the  great fire as well as other Midwestern cities and towns. However, David Haeger  and his son Edmund had aspirations to raise beyond brick making and into a  leadership position in the design and production of art pottery in the U.S. The  company first used its ...]]></description>
		<link>http://glasscottage.net/pottery/haeger-pottery/</link>
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		<title>Goofus Glass</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Goofus Glass
Goofus Glass is pressed glass which has been "cold  painted" - that is paint has been applied but not fired in a furnace  afterwards. Consequently the paint tends to chip and come off, unlike enamel  painting on glass, which is more permanent. The most common kind of Goofus  Glass has red or green paint on the flowers and a dull gold or silver  background, painted onto clear glass.
Most Goofus Glass dates from the period of about ten to  fifteen years around the turn ...]]></description>
		<link>http://glasscottage.net/specialty-glass/goofus-glass/</link>
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		<title>Gillinder Glass</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Gillinder Glass
In 1861 William Gillinder established a glass factory on  Maria Street between Fourth and Fifth Streets in Philadelphia and called the  new business the Philadelphia Flint Glass Works.
The Philadelphia Flint Glass Works declared that the new  firm manufactured "Plain, Moulded and Cut Flint Glass Ware, Fancy Colored  Glass, and Silvered Glass Table Ware, Door Knobs, Curtain Pins and  Reflectors". In addition, Apothecaries, Chemical and Philosophical"  glassware. But, most of Gillinder's production was coal lamps and chimneys of  every description were made.
Gillinder was ...]]></description>
		<link>http://glasscottage.net/victorian-era-china/gillinder-glass/</link>
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		<title>Frosted Glassware</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Frosted Glassware
Craquelle and Overshot Glassware
Frosted or iced glassware was a sixteenth-century invention of the Venetians that spread rapidly throughout the Continent after it was successfully copied by Bohemian craftsmen. It was produced by plunging the red-hot glass into cold water and then reheating and reblowing it. This process produced the effect of ice or frosting on the outer surface of the glass, the interior surface remaining smooth to the touch. Although these wares appear to be covered with fractures, they are perfectly sonorous. 

Iced Glass
Apsley Pelatt produced what he termed ...]]></description>
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		<title>French Cameo Glass</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The French technique of acid-engraving cameo relief designs on blanks of cased colored glass was but one facet of the trend in glass manufacturing known as art nouveau, which became popular in France about 1890 and continue in favor until just before the First World War in 1914.
Cameo Glass in the French tradition was not intended to rival the meticulously engraved English Cameo Glass. It was, instead, a new conception of glass design, utilizing color and form in what was originally intended as a subtle Oriental style, and very handsome ...]]></description>
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		<title>Franciscan Ware</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Franciscan Ware
It  was May 12, 1875 when Peter McGill McBean and George Chambers along with new  partner, Charles Gladding went to Lincoln, California bringing with them  skilled craftsmen in the pottery trade.
 Gladding,  McBean and Company was born and they soon began manufacturing and shipping  sewer clay pipes to cities and towns throughout the state of California.
 The  company built a two-story office building in 1884 on Market Street in San  Francisco using terra cotta trim that was made at their Lincoln plant. ...]]></description>
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		<title>Collectible Fountain Pens</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Collectible Fountain Pens
A fountain pen is a writing instrument, more specifically a pen  that contains a reservoir of liquid ink composed primarily of water. The ink is  held in the reservoir by air pressure until needed, at which time it is fed to  a nib through a "feed" via a combination of gravity and capillary  action. Refilling ink either involves replacing an ink cartridge, filling the  pen with an eyedropper, or using one of a variety of internal mechanisms to  suck ink from a ...]]></description>
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		<title>Fostoria Glass</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fostoria Glass
Fostoria Glass Company had its original glass  factory built in Fostoria, Ohio, and began operations December 15, 1887.  This site was chosen because natural gas at a recently opened field in the area  had been offered at a very low cost to attract new industries. However, the  field was so short-lived that in 1891, Fostoria moved to Moundsville, West  Virginia, where there was an abundance of gas, coal, and the other needed  materials close by.
During its first ten years, Fostoria made pressed ware, but  ...]]></description>
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		<title>Football Collectibles</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Football Collectibles
It has taken awhile, but sports memorabilia collectors who once thought of only one sport, are now thinking twice about football.
The stuff of Notre Dame, Johnny Unitas, the Dallas Cowboys, and most anything related to football in the 1940s, is steadily being sought out.
Football got a start on the college campus shortly after the Civil War but didn't reach a fully professional level until the 20th century.
Fans new it was here to stay in 1897 when Rev. John Bigham wrote in the De Pauw University newspaper that football was ...]]></description>
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		<title>Fluid Lamps</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fluid Lamps
Fluid lamps flourished for a time in the 19th century United States as an alternative to other lamps which burned more expensive whale oil and as a forerunner to the kerosene lamp.
Generally, fluid lamps became popular in American homes during the 1830s when households were being filled with an array of home furnishings.
Technically speaking, of course, everything from the whale lamp to the kerosene lamp was actually fluid lamps. However, historians usually confine the definition to that group of smaller lamps which prevailed between the two fuel eras.
In their ...]]></description>
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		<title>Flow Blue China</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Flow Blue China
Flow blue is mainly an English transfer printed product  which was begun around 1830 and was made for the middle class who for the first  time could now afford to buy some form of china. Before transfer printing, only  the wealthy could afford to have hand-decorated porcelain, which was very  costly to produce. Flow blue was the “colonials” who loved its strong cobalt  colors purchased a popular export item to America and huge quantities. 
Although flow blue is often reputed to have been ...]]></description>
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		<title>Flashed Glassware</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Flashed Glassware
The popularity of Joseph Locke's Amberina prompted the production of what is known as "flashed wares" to the trade. An article of glass was formed and the inner surface of the object was partially coated with a thin plating of glass of another, more dominant, color - usually a ruby red. The result was a parti-colored, shaded glassware.
Most of the ware known to collectors as "Rubena Verde," "Rubena Crystal" and "Blue Amberina" were manufactured in this way. Not only was it a cheaper means of producing a shaded glassware, ...]]></description>
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		<title>Fire-King</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fire-King
Anchor Hocking Glass Corporation was created in 1937   from the merger of Hocking Glass with the Anchor Cap and Closure Corporation. A   few years later, in 1942, they introduced their hugely popular "Fire-King"   glassware, which continued in production until the late 1970s. Even as late as   1992 Anchor Hocking were making some Fire-King items, to celebrate the 50-year   anniversary of its introduction.
The word "Fire-King" first appears on glassware in   the early 1940's. Intended as a group of ovenproof ...]]></description>
		<link>http://glasscottage.net/specialty-glass/fire-king/</link>
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		<title>Fenton Art Glass</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fenton Art Glass
Fenton Art Glass Company is the largest manufacturer of  handmade colored glass in the United States.
 Frank L. Fenton and his brother John W. Fenton in an old glass factory building  in Martins Ferry, Ohio, founded the Fenton Art Glass Company in 1905. They  began by painting decorations on glass blanks made by other glass  manufacturers. Soon, being unable to get the glass they needed, they decided to  produce their own glass. The first glass from the new Fenton factory in  Williamstown, ...]]></description>
		<link>http://glasscottage.net/art-glass/fenton-art-glass/</link>
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		<title>Fabulous Figurals &#8211; Jonette Costume Jewelry</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fabulous Figurals - Jonette Costume Jewelry
Once upon a time Providence, RI, was arguably the Costume Jewelry Industry Capital of America.
During several glittering decades, Providence workshops and factories turned out pins and brooches, earrings and necklaces, clips and rings and all over the country women bought them in 5-and-10-cent stores and high-end department stores.
One of the most successful, among those manufacturers, was the Jonette Jewelry Company. For nearly 70 years, Jonette Jewelry, under the leadership of its founder, Abraham Lisker and his son, Gordon Lisker, produced thousands of designs. Abraham thought ...]]></description>
		<link>http://glasscottage.net/collectibles/fabulous-figurals-jonette-costume-jewelry/</link>
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		<title>Early American Pattern Glass</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Early American Pattern Glass
The Lacy Period: 1825-1845
Early American Pattern Glass was first pressed by machine in  approximately 1825. Designs were ornate in order to hide manufacturing flaws  caused by the pressing machine or its operator. The busy, delicate and  attractive patterns featured geometric, hearts, scrolls, flowers and overall  crisscross designs on a finely stippled background. Among the first pieces made  were heavy knobs, cup plates and master salts. During the later half of the  Lacy Period, creamers, bowls, plates &#38; other large items were ...]]></description>
		<link>http://glasscottage.net/victorian-era-glass/early-american-pattern-glass/</link>
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		<title>Depression Glass Reproductions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Please Note: The products listed on this page are NOT known reproductions. Always perform your due diligence when purchasing depression glass!

Depression Glass Reproductions
Depression glass reproductions can easily fool the untrained  eye, even for the savvy collector. Following is a list of known depression  glass reproductions by manufacturer and pattern. This reference serves as a  partial guide and is in no way complete. We will update the listings as our  awareness increases.
"Adam"
Privately produced out of Korea through a St. Louis  importing company, the butter dish is ...]]></description>
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		<title>Depression Glass Patterns</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Depression Glass Patterns
Depression glassware was popular and affordable. The dime  store, where the thrifty homemaker could find everything from toiletries to  household goods, proved to be a common source for this inexpensive purchase.  Depression glass also made its way into American homes through the issuance of  premiums. Sellers or manufacturers would offer a free gift with the purchase of  a certain dollar amount of goods or a specific product. It was sometimes packed  with breakfast cereals, put into flour sacks, or just given to ...]]></description>
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		<title>Custard Glass</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Custard Glass
Custard glass is opaque yellow glass, reminiscent of the  color of custard. It can vary from pale ivory to bright yellow, and sometimes  it is decorated, often with gold. Collectors use the name Custard Glass, while  original makers used a variety of names. 
It was one of the "new" colors invented in Bohemia  around 1870, which spread to Britain in the 1880s and to the USA by around  1885. It was very popular for two decades in the USA, from about 1896 until  ...]]></description>
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		<title>Crown Milano and Albertine</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Crown Milano and Albertine
Painting and enameling was by no means a novel means of decorating opal glassware in the nineteenth century, but by giving it an exotic name lke "Crown Milano" the Mt. Washington Glass Company was able to arouse enough interest in enameled opal glassware to warrant its production on a large and profitable scale.
The most famous piece of ancient painted opal glass is the Daphne Vase which dates from about the third century A.D. The sixteenth-century Venetians produced an opaque milk-white glass which they also decorated with colorful ...]]></description>
		<link>http://glasscottage.net/victorian-era-glass/crown-milano-and-albertine/</link>
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		<title>Cranberry Glass</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Cranberry Glass
Cranberry glass (or Gold Ruby glass as it is known in  Europe) is a red glass made by adding gold (III) chloride to the molten glass.  Tin, in the form of stannic chloride, is sometimes added in tiny amounts as a  reducing agent. The glass is used primarily in expensive decorations. 
The Romans made pink and red glass using gold, and the  famous Lycurgus Cup contained both gold and silver. It almost seems natural to  focus on the Victorian age when cranberry glass comes ...]]></description>
		<link>http://glasscottage.net/victorian-era-glass/cranberry-glass/</link>
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		<title>Crackle Glass</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Crackle Glass
Crackle glass is an antique glass   that is dipped quickly in water immediately after being formed. The shock of   this contact forms definite fracture lines throughout the sheet. The glass is   removed from the water before the sheet can self-destruct. As the glass slowly   cools, these fracture lines become embedded in the subsurface. Crackle glass   comes in almost all colors, although ranges within a specific color may not be   always available. This is a type of “figured” ...]]></description>
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