Shots anyone?

So a weekly post is probably a little far fetched on our end, at least until we get the hang of this whole blog thing. However, despite the fact that our last post was approx. two months ago, we're still in the game.

After moving to Salt Lake City, I tagged along with Coby (sister) on a few local antiquing trips. Living in an apartment with no TV, no internet access, and only a cat for entertainment is definitely behind the explanation as to why I would actually get excited to go out and help her hunt for jadeite. She explained the history of this particular glassware to me, which I found it interesting, but I really just had a lot of fun playing hide and seek in antique stores; scoping around for that milky green glass.

Coby took a trip out to Moab at one point and came back with a peach lustre mug. I was attracted to the groovy, orange, fashionably tacky mug and when she told me how this line of fireking glassware was significantly more affordable, I started on my own hunt.

It's springbreak for me here in Boone, NC so I'm heading to Snowshoe in West Virginia for some skiing with my pals, so while I would love to chat more peach lustre, my ride's almost here. This little cup is an espresso cup, but I like to think of it as a shot glass. Its suggestive of my weekend, so I thought it was appropriate to post

~Miranda

We heart Jadite & Peach Lustre

Welcome to our ridiculously dorky website where we will discuss specific pieces of depression-era glassware we have found. As it stands, we are collecting Jadite (or Jade-ite), Peach Lustre, and white milk glass (known by various names). I can imagine adding Delphite (or Turquoise) to the collection sooner rather than later. 

Our goal is simple: We want to provide a resource to new and old collectors that consists of more than a quick picture and pricing guide. Instead, we want to include stories of where we found certain items, what we paid for them, why the item is cool or special, and what we know about it's history. 

We are both originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania which makes searching for these pieces so much fun-many of the glassware companies (Jeannette, McKee, Anchor Hocking) had factories in Pennsylvania.

After discussing creating this blog, we made a pilgrimage to Jeannette to go antiqueing over the holidays. We actually found very little but it was pretty cool to be passing a school named "Jeannette-McKee Elementary." 

So welcome to our blog! We hope to update it once a week with one piece in our collections. 

Stay tuned!