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Welcome
to Pattern Glass School! Lesson #1 "EAPG" stands for Early American Pattern Glass or simply "Pattern Glass". Early American Pattern Glass is also called "Old Pressed Glass" At PatternGlass.com, the terms "Pattern Glass" and "EAPG" mean the same. |
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The Collectors Weekly, a delightful web site covering many, many areas of antiques conducted an interview with PatternGlass.com Granny & published it HERE. The history & varieties as well as advice to new collectors in included. They awarded their HALL OF FAME Award to this site for being one of the best sites on the internet! |
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If you haven't read it, please
start with WHAT IS EAPG? |
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Then we have a special place for new collectors
we call Granny's Pointers and Pitfalls |
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 EAPG
Patterns |
| Forms
(various pieces) of EAPG made |
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| Kinds
of glass used to make EAPG |
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| Factories
that produced EAPG |
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| EAPG
in History |
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Click on the slate
at left for Lessons about
some of the confusing & other aspects of pattern glass; including colors used to make it, colored and colorless decor on pattern glass, black lights, terms used for pattern glass then & now, and the dreaded "sun purple" glass. |
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edification, enlightenment and enjoyment of those who wish to know more about our favorite
American antique glass. If you have an area of specialty in the area of Early American Pattern
Glass tableware ca 1850-1910 and would like to share it in like fashion,
please get in touch and we'll work with you to get it "published" here.
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