The Wonderful World of Jadite

Jadite is green milk glass basically.  It's depression era but it's the milky, non-transparent green glass.  It was made by multiple companies but Jeanette did a lot starting in 1936.

Then McKee did some reamers in it and some other kitchen ware such as rolling pins, shakers, mixing bowls etc. Hazel Atlas got in on the act with some jadite bakeware.  This is just a small sampling of what's available in the market place. 

JUST BE CAREFUL!!! Martha Stewart made a line of jade kitchenware and consequently it's being reproduced in mass. Trust me K-Mart wasn't around during the depression era (not during THE GREAT DEPRESSION.. LOL) so what you see barcoded in the flea-market did not come from McKee or Jeanette. Get a book and find out what was reproduced.

And come visit us at DEPRESSION GLASS WAREHOUSE

Antique Hunting - sort of like Hunting for Yeti!

So I took a busman's holiday today and went to an "antique show" with my adult son.  He had his own agenda and I was looking at depression glass (among about 89 other things).  My primary objective was to "see" glass. To see how much was out there and what kind of prices were being asked "in the wild". 

I'll blog about the show and some thoughts I had there in my AntiqueDaze blog  so you can come back to that later.

All the pictures here were taken at the Antique Show in the Philadelphia Convention Ctr in Oaks Pa (think Pottstown PA).  

 I just loved this booth - mainly for it's display of Art Pottery but also for all the crystal Pressed and Pattern Glass (but wait til you see the Hummels picture)

THIS - pointing downward is more like it!

The vase is Greeen Tea Room priced at $70 and the butter dish (round lidded thingee) is a Green Sierra, purportedly in mint condition but I didn't check it and I did NOT look at the price.  We are NOT buying it.

Ebay prices, for the record, are better. For a buyer - not for a seller.

NOW! we're talking! Blue Royal Lace - in the picture to the back left is cookie jar WITH a lid, a straight sided pitcher (so it has an ice lip), moving forward on the left  side of the plates are some cups and saucers and a set of shakers. So far, the prices are all higher than eBay/online and WAY higher than my $27 budget for the day.    I can't tell you the individual prices (what you thought I planned this out and wrote it down? Silly you!).  BUT the prices are higher than Dear Hubby (aka SUPER BUYER) is paying on eBay as he rebuilds my collection and also nabs me some fantastic crystal, green and pink versions of every single thing. 

The right side of the plates includes 2 Cobalt Royal Lace candlesticks - straight-sided  - BV is about $110 for 1 by my higher price guide book so this pair should be a $225 item...not sure what the dealer was asking.  Next is the candlesticks are some footed sherbets - the all glass kind (royal lace has some that are metal holders and the glass insert sits in them. Don't like that kind personally but they exist.) and moving forward next to the plates are a creamer and a sugar with a lid. Along the front edge of the table are more sherbets and cream soups. Pretty much all you need to set a nice holiday table.

I love the Royal Lace pattern.  Hazel Atlas did this in 1934 - 41 and named it in honor of the Royal Family of England. The pink Royal Lace has not been reproduced but some cobalt tumblers have been so check a reference book to learn how to distinquish real from repro.

Ultramarine or Teal Swirl crimped epergne (eh purnnnnn) aka flowerholder in the back of this photo.  Pink Dogwood in the center and Pink Miss Amercan platter and the edge ofa  bowl in the front.   More later!!