New Discovery

While cleaning out closets, I re-discovered all of my mothers china that I swiped from the house I grew up in before my brothers could destroy it.  In the mix I realized I had all also managed to snatch my mother's and maybe my grandmother's everyday glassware.  Upon further investigation, I discovered that I had depression glass on my hands.  I had never heard of this stuff until now.  After reading about the history of depression glass, I am now completely fascinated by it.  I am searching in vain to identify the various patterns of depression glass I have.  So far, I've only identified 2.  It's driving me nuts that I can't identify all the pink stuff I have.  
Today I went to the antique mall here in my home town and investigated the depression glass they have there.  I bought a book on the subject and can't get enough of looking it all up on the internet.  It's fabulous!  Every day, I discover a set of dishes I remember us having when we were kids!  This is just so much fun.  If I had money and space in my house, I would definitely start collecting depression glass.  I'm excited to have the pieces I have, although I don't really think my stuff is from the depression era - I'm inclined to believe most of it is from the 50's and 60's.  I do have some cut glass stuff I believe is some pretty nice stuff, but time will tell.

Well that's my blog for now.  The more I learn about depression glass, the more fascinated I become.  I wish my mother and/or grandmother we still around so I could pick their brains, but, shoot I missed that window of opportunity by a mile or, many years anyway.  My mother would be 89 if she were still here and my poor grandmother would be 122.  122?  YES 122!  So I guess I'm on my own!

More later.  In the meantime, here are some pictures of some of my pieces: