Culver glass Black Stars Gold Martini pitcher The Culver Glass company began in Brooklyn, New York in 1939, founded by Irving Rothenberg. Culver Glass features real 22-karat gold decoration, used effusively and magnificently especially from the late 1950s on through the 1960s.

This cool martini pitcher stands 10 1/2 inches tall and is 2 7/8 inches across the top and 2 7/8 inches across the bottom. The decoration is one main panel. A seven inch tall black rectangle features a gold star or snowflake shape with gold starburst behind it. The other panel is the same starbursts on clear glass. It is in excellent vintage condition.

Think Mad Men, the Playboy club and the Rat Pack! Think Las Vegas! Think retro barware! Add it to your barware or Mid-century glass collection today. Make some ice cubes in those vintage metal trays and stir up a great retro cocktail!
Circa: 1950-1970
Manufacturer: Culver Glass Company, Brooklyn, New York  

University of Pittsburgh panther bar glasses This is a pair of Pitt Panther glasses: a tall 16 ounces beer or bar glass and a shorter Getty Ten Years of Big East Basketball rocks glass. The taller glass stands 6 inches tall and the shorter one stands 4 inches tall On one side of the taller glass , one sees the blue and gold Pitt emblem with the panther through it. On the other side in blue and gold are the words University of Pittsburgh Panthers. The shorter glass has the Panther face next to the words Pitt panthers on one side and the words Ten Years of Big East Basketball and the Getty name.

The glasses are in great vintage condition. I am not sure if they are from the past 15 years or older than that. I do know that Ptt alumni love their school! So, if you are an alumnus of Pitt or know someone who is, these are great little gifts or stocking stuffers.

Add it to your collegiate barware collection today. Open up a bottle and pour.
Circa: 1970-1990
Manufacturer: unknown  

pair M. A. Hadley barware coasters From the M.A. Hadley site is the following information:

"Hand-crafted Pottery Since 1940
Owing to the abundance of ancient clay deposits in the region, Louisville has been a center of pottery-making for generations. Out of this proud tradition, Mary Alice Hadley established one of Louisville’s most iconic and well-known potteries. The story begins in the early 1900’s. Mary Alice Hadley was born into a family of clay tile makers where her knowledge of working with clay first developed. Exhibiting an early interest in art and design, she ultimately became a widely recognized painter, winning numerous awards and acclaim from New York to Los Angeles.

By the late 1930’s Mary Alice Hadley began melding her artistic talent with her knowledge of clay ware. In 1939, Mrs. Hadley made dishes for her houseboat on the Ohio River. The creative result was a set of a custom dishes that caused such a stir among her friends and acquaintances that the idea for a business was born. Supplying those early requests provided wide circulation for her hand-crafted pottery and soon orders began to arrive from across the country. With the help of her husband, George, the Hadley Pottery Company was formed early in 1940.

In 1944, George Hadley purchased a building in the Butchertown area of Louisville as a birthday present for Mary Alice. The building, constructed in 1848, has been home to a wool mill, a candle factory and a cordage mill and for 65 years has served as the production location, factory salesroom and offices of Hadley Pottery Company. Many pieces of original art created by Mary Alice Hadley are still on display at the historic structure on Story Avenue, including several wall murals all hand-painted by Mary Alice herself.

The business prospered, attracting collectors from across the nation and around the world. The warm and whimsical designs that Mary Alice Hadley created have attracted multitudes of fans over the last 70 years and are still finding their way into the hearts of new Hadley Pottery enthusiasts every day. She worked at the Pottery until her death in 1965. George Hadley continued to run the business until it was sold in 1979 to Louisville natives, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth W. Moore. In September 2009, new partners joined the Hadley Pottery ownership group, but operations remain largely the same as they were when the company was started. The creative inspiration that Mary Alice Hadley brought to the ware still lives today."

These funky and celebratory coasters carries the words "Here's to You" and "Congratulation & Best Wishes". They are signed M.A. Hadley on the reverse. I don't know if these coasters are vintage or contemporary. You be the judge. I do know they are listed in current inventory on the M. A. Hadley website at $9.75 each.


Circa: 1940-1970
Manufacturer: M.A. Hadley Company, Louisville, Kentucky  

Notre Dame 16 oz Fighting Irish bar glass This Notre Dame Fighting Irish 16 ounces beer or bar glass stands 6 inches tall. On one side, one sees the blue ND symbol over the words Notre Dame in gold. On the other side in green is the Fighting Irish man and the words in blue Fightin' Irish. On the side near the bottom of the glass it reads OFFICIALLY LICENSED PRODUCT.

The glass is in great vintage condition. I am not sure if it is from the past 15 years or older than that. I do know that Notre Dame alumni love their school! So, if you are an alumnus of Notre Dame or know someone who is, this is a great little gift or stocking stuffer.

Add it to your collegiate barware collection today. Open up a bottle and pour.
Circa: 1980-
Manufacturer: Libbey Glass Company, Toledo, Ohio  

set 4 classic frosted silver martini glasses Herei is a set of classic Art Deco inspired martini glasses in the classic martini cocktail shape! Each glass stands 4 1/8 inches tall x 3 1/8 inches across the top.

Both the foot and the top band are frosted glass both decorated with a thin silver rim. There are three silver bands on the top. This could well be Dorothy Thorpe stemware but I am not sure. It certainly would go well with those Mad Men inspired stemware items.

The set is in excellent condition and will be ready for your next cocktail / house party. Go green! Save resources and purchase a piece of the past. It is ready for your home today.
Circa: 1940-1960
Manufacturer: unknown  

set M. A. Hadley coasters and a bonus plate From the M.A. Hadley site is the following information:

"Hand-crafted Pottery Since 1940
Owing to the abundance of ancient clay deposits in the region, Louisville has been a center of pottery-making for generations. Out of this proud tradition, Mary Alice Hadley established one of Louisville’s most iconic and well-known potteries. The story begins in the early 1900’s. Mary Alice Hadley was born into a family of clay tile makers where her knowledge of working with clay first developed. Exhibiting an early interest in art and design, she ultimately became a widely recognized painter, winning numerous awards and acclaim from New York to Los Angeles.

By the late 1930’s Mary Alice Hadley began melding her artistic talent with her knowledge of clay ware. In 1939, Mrs. Hadley made dishes for her houseboat on the Ohio River. The creative result was a set of a custom dishes that caused such a stir among her friends and acquaintances that the idea for a business was born. Supplying those early requests provided wide circulation for her hand-crafted pottery and soon orders began to arrive from across the country. With the help of her husband, George, the Hadley Pottery Company was formed early in 1940.

In 1944, George Hadley purchased a building in the Butchertown area of Louisville as a birthday present for Mary Alice. The building, constructed in 1848, has been home to a wool mill, a candle factory and a cordage mill and for 65 years has served as the production location, factory salesroom and offices of Hadley Pottery Company. Many pieces of original art created by Mary Alice Hadley are still on display at the historic structure on Story Avenue, including several wall murals all hand-painted by Mary Alice herself.

The business prospered, attracting collectors from across the nation and around the world. The warm and whimsical designs that Mary Alice Hadley created have attracted multitudes of fans over the last 70 years and are still finding their way into the hearts of new Hadley Pottery enthusiasts every day. She worked at the Pottery until her death in 1965. George Hadley continued to run the business until it was sold in 1979 to Louisville natives, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth W. Moore. In September 2009, new partners joined the Hadley Pottery ownership group, but operations remain largely the same as they were when the company was started. The creative inspiration that Mary Alice Hadley brought to the ware still lives today."

Each part of this set of four coasters carries the words A VERY HAPPY ANNIVERSARY around a design of a bow with 2 bells hanging from the bow. Each is signed M.A. Hadley on the reverse. I don't know if these coasters are vintage or contemporary. You be the judge. I do know they are listed in current inventory on the M. A. Hadley website at $9.75 each. In addition, I am including this 8 3/4 inch custom message plate. On the front it has the name DIAINE and on the back the date May 16, 1981 as well as the Hadley signature.

My price for the group is well below that figure for the set of four. Price is for the set. Each piece of the set is in excellent condition.
Circa: 1940 - ?
Manufacturer: M.A. Hadley Company, Louisville, Kentucky  

Great blue and gold barware ice bowl What a great addition to your barware collection or bar! This ice bowl or ice tub is American made glass, most likely from the 1950s or early 1960s when it was quite popular to screen gold stylized decoration onto glass items. Cobalt blue squares are separated by gold bars. Each blue square has a stylized gold sun inside. It is a great looking piece with a gold rim. It is gently used but ready to serve many more years in your home. It stands 4 3/4 inches tall and is 5 3/4 inches across the top. Time to make some ice and break out the cocktail recipes!
 

Royal Haeger round 8 This signed Royal Haeger #1989 4 rest ashtray is heavy and solid. Done in a matte grey glaze, it is highlighted by light green in relief spears on the sides. Excellent condition. Add it to your Royal Haeger or tobacciana collection today.
Manufacturer: Royal Haeger  

Royal Haeger 1836 Jewel Tone 10 This Royal Haeger 1836 Jewel Tone 10' 'ashbowl' is a beauty. The 'Jewel Tone' glaze shown on this piece can be seen as early as 1958 in the company catalogs. Later called Ebony/Jewel Tone, this type of glaze was also produced by the Italian ceramicists who produced items for the Raymor line imported into this country around the same time.

The glaze was created by placing pieces of real glass on the matte black glaze and firing it together. The melting glass fused with the matte glaze, producing a beautiful effect which looks like crystals are included in the piece. It is stunning!

This piece has one tiny flake on one of the raised feet on the bottom. It does not detract from the piece in my opinion.

Add it to your Mid Century pottery or Royal Haeger ashtray collection today.
Manufacturer: Royal Haeger  

Haeger #2111 Guest design Color Band ashtray This Haeger #2111 ashtray is from a line designed in the 1970s by Haeger main desinger Alrun Guest, whose glazes such as Orange Peel and Lemon Peel are now attracting serious collector attention. A tall vase from this line is shown on p. 12 of the Paradis 'House of Haeger' book.

The 2 rest ashtray has an irregularly shaped biormorphic circular appearance. The width is 8 3/4'. It carried the standard Haeger signature. It has great bands of color on a white speckled background. Think Austin Powers, baby! Excellent condition. Add it to your Royal Haeger or Mid Century Pottery collection today.