Milk glass

China Product


History

First made in Venice in the 16th century, colors include blue, pink, yellow, brown, black, and white. 19th-century glass makers called milky white opaque glass "opal glass". The name milk glass is relatively recent. The white color is achieved through the addition of tin dioxide or bone ash.

Made into decorative dinner-ware, lamps, vases, and costume jewelry, milk glass was highly popular during the fin de siecle. Pieces made for the wealthy of the Gilded Age are known for their delicacy and beauty in color and design, while Depression glass pieces of the 1930s and '40s are less so. glow in the dark stickers

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Milk glass has a considerable following of collectors. Glass makers continue to produce both original pieces and reproductions of popular collectible pieces and patterns. bulk glow sticks

Notable manufacturers

A milk glass collection.

Kanawha Glass Co.

Fenton Glass Company

Fostoria Glass Company

Imperial Glass Company

Mosser Glass

Westmoreland Glass Company

References

^ Husfloen, Kyle (2007). Antique Trader Antiques & Collectibles 2008 Price Guide (illustrated ed.). 644: Krause Publications. pp. 1066. ISBN 0896895319, 9780896895317. http://books.google.com/books?id=ZlJb23UyAnYC&pg=PA644. 

^ Belknap, Eugene McCamly (1949). Milk glass. Crown Publishers. pp. 327. http://books.google.com/books?id=3zA1AAAAMAAJ. 

^ Chiarenza, Frank; James Slater (2007). The Milk Glass Book. A Schiffer book for collectors (illustrated ed.). Schiffer Pub Ltd,. pp. 228. ISBN 0764306618, 9780764306617. http://books.google.com/books?id=xBUOAAAACAAJ. 

External links

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National Milk Glass Collectors Society

National Westmoreland Glass Collectors Club

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