Collecting California Figural Pottery
August 2023 Good Eye Collecting California Figural Pottery by Peggy Whiteneck Even though most of the best-known are no longer operating, the sheer number of potteries born in California could well have made it the ceramic capitol of America. The earliest California...
The abiding appeal of Depression Glass
July 2023 Good Eye The abiding appeal of Depression Glass by Peggy Whiteneck Depression glass is one example of a collector category that, despite its historic denigration by many in the antiques trade, has staying power with collectors even though it was cheaply made...
Consolidation, contraction and closing
June 2023Good Eye Consolidation, contraction and closingby Peggy Whiteneck Recently, national news sources have highlighted consolidation in American industries. Reports have focused, for example, on the airline industry, whose flight arrival and departure times have...
Feathered nests – in glass!
May 2023Good Eye Feathered nests – in glass!by Peggy Whiteneck In May, we celebrate Mother’s Day, not just for human moms but for birds - and not just feathered birds on twigged and grassy nests but moulded birds on glassy nests! In my last column, I shared a photo of...
Mould shopping and swapping in American glass
April 2023Good Eye Mould shopping and swapping in American glassby Peggy Whiteneck Moulded Glass One of the challenges in collecting American art glass is identifying the maker, given the amount of mould swapping that took place between companies. This usually...
Collecting Rosenthal Figurines
March 2023 Good Eye Collecting Rosenthal Figurines by Peggy Whiteneck Rosenthal Co. Some of the most finely modeled porcelain figurines have been produced under the name Rosenthal. There are many sold examples on eBay and live auction sites in a very wide price range,...
