Category Archives: Holiday

Some Antique Glass Rabbit Candy Containers

Thinking of Easter tomorrow, I am reminded of one of the first bottle auctions I participated in, which was Glass Works Auction 64 in December 2002. I really was attracted to the above pictured Rabbit Candy Container and was fortunate … Continue reading

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What did the Architect have in mind when Designing this Building?

Prohibition Champagne: Now the Hard Rock Hotel, the Carbide and Carbon Building was built during the Prohibition in Chicago by Daniel and Hubert Burnham to resemble a champagne bottle with a foil top. While most buildings in Chicago at the … Continue reading

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Happy New Year from Peachridge Glass

[from Wikipedia] The New Year is the day that marks the time of the beginning of a new calendar year, and is the day on which the year count of the specific calendar used is incremented. For many cultures, the … Continue reading

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A Collection of Vintage Christmas Bulbs

In my college days (prior to being consumed by bottle and glass collecting) I would visit my father over Christmas. We would always look at one of his antique Bow Front Cabinets and I would marvel at all of the … Continue reading

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Christmas Themed Glass Post

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Christmas 2011 – Peachridge Glass

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Thanksgiving 2011

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