Links to other Glass sites
Here are some other web sites which contain useful information for
the collector of Depression Era glassware. If you find a site that
interests you, click on the underlined title and you'll be taken to the
site. You can use your browser's "back" button to return to Our House
Antiques.
National Organizations for Collectors
- National Depression Glass
Association
- a National organization for collectors of both "Elegant" and
regular Depression Glass. There are several good articles on
Depression Glass on this site. The NDGA Annual Convention and Sale is
held in a different city every year, and is a must attend.
- National Cambridge
Collectors, Inc.
- A "must join" group for serious collectors of Cambridge
glassware. They sponsor a museum, have a monthly newsletter, and they
also offer excellent books for sale on various topics related
to Cambridge glass.
- Fostoria Glass
Collectors, Inc.
- This is the Fostoria club for Southern California, although you
can join from anywhere in the country. Their newsletter is first
class, well worth the price of membership, and they have monthly
meetings all over Southern California. The web site is fairly new,
but there is a lot of information there. Try it.
- The Fostoria Glass
Society of America
- This is the National organization for Fostoria collectors. Good
information on new "American" pattern pieces, a monthly newsletter
and an annual convention in Moundsville, WV. Books available here,
too.
- Heisey Collectors of
America, Inc.
- The National organization for Heisey collectors. They sponsor a
yearly convention, have a wonderful museum, and a monthly newsletter.
If you're a Heisey collector, you should visit this site. Books
available.
- Imperial Glass
Collectors
- The National organization for collectors of Imperial Glass. If
this is the company that made your pattern, you should visit and
consider joining the organization.
- Pacific Northwest
Fenton Association
- One of three National clubs officially recognized by
Fenton. This one is closest to our home, and they sponsor a wonderful
show, once a year, and an excellent Convention held annualy in
June.
- National Duncan Glass
Society, Inc.
- This site is the home page for the National organization for
collectors of glass made by the
Duncan and Miller Glass Company. You should consider joining this
group if your pattern was made by Duncan and Miller.
Glass Museums
- The West Virginia
Museum of American Glass
- This is the home page for the West Virginia Museum of American
Glass. More than simply being a museum, these folks also produce some
very useful printed material, including some catalog reprints from
glass companies that we know very little about. There's one on
Central Glass, and another which is the 1944 Lotus Glass Company
catalog. Be sure to visit the site and poke around.
- Historical
Glass Museum, Redlands, CA
- Established in 1976, in Redlands, CA, this museum was created to
preserve specimens from American glass factories which were becoming
extinct. The museum houses glass of all types from American
manufacturers.
Miscellaneous Sites of Interest
- The Fenton Art
Glass Company
- This is the home page for the Fenton factory. One of the few
remaining Glass Companies still producing glassware in the USA. Map
to the Factory, all kinds of useful information. Worth a visit, for
sure.
- The Flower Frog Gazette
(www.flowerfrog.com)
- A really neat page for collectors of any type of flower
frog, not just the Cambridge type that we feature. Lots of good
information here. There's even a list of other flower frog collectors
so you can share ideas and maybe even swap pieces. The owner of the
site is the author of a fantastic book on flower frogs.
- A Depression Glass and China
MEGASHOW
- This is a wonderful "virtual" Glass Show. Nineteen of the Nation's
finest glass dealers, all of whom have excellent reputations and
great merchandise. There is a "want list" which you can use to send
your wishes to all of the dealers at once! They have a calendar of
upcoming Glass Shows all across the country!
Some more links of interest
These are our own pages, and are
works in progress.
Figural Flower Frog
identification
We're working on this page which will describe the various types
of Cambridge figural flower frogs and some pieces made after
Cambridge went out of business, by various other companies, from
original and modified Cambridge molds.
Common pattern identification
A page which will eventually contain many of the etched (and some
non-etched) depression-era elegant glass patterns, for easy
identification without having to purchase a book.
Similar and easily mistaken
Patterns
An attempt to present patterns which are often mistaken for one
another, and which are often made by different companies
altogether.