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Art Glass:
Art glass means any of the many forms of glassware made during the late nineteenth or early twentieth century.  These wares were expensive and production was limited.  Art glass is not the typical commercial glass that was made in large quantities, and most of the art glass was produced by hand methods

Carnival Glass:
Earlier called Taffeta glass, Carnival glass was introduced early in the last century.  Its producers gave it an iridescence that attempted to imitate that of some Tiffany glass. When demand for promotional “give-aways” from touring countryside carnivals (Carnies) became popular, glasshouses started to produce this type of glass at a cheaper and greater pace during America’s Depression Era.   Therefore “Carnival Glass” became the household name for this type of iridescent glass.

Crackle Glass:
Though this type of glassware was introduced as early as 1880, it was made primarily from 1930 until about 1980.  The surface looks as though the glass has been heated then plunged into cold water thus producing a network of tight cracks.

Cut Glass:
There was a time in U.S. history when elegance and manners were status symbols, indicating one's station in life. Among the most coveted of the symbols was American Brilliant Cut Glass. Created by American craftsmen, it offered an intricacy of patterns and design on a quality of glass unmatched by producers anywhere in the world. The Brilliant Period lasted from approximately 1876 to around 1914.

Depression Glass:
Depression glass was the relatively inexpensive transparent tableware which was produced in crystal, blue, green, pink, milky-white, etc., colors, primarily by machine, and sold or given away during (or very near) the years of the Great Depression (late 1920-1930).  At that time few Americans had the money to buy tableware, and glass factories machine-pressed in large quantities at a cost that was low enough to allow Americans to buy and for merchants to give away as promotional items.

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