Attendees to Experience One of Nation’s Top Era-Glass Events
DEARBORN, Mich. Decorators on the lookout for an inspiration piece. Hipsters getting ready to entertain friends at a party. Collectors who enjoy antiques and a glimpse back in time. All will enjoy admiring and shopping through aisles of colorful glassware at the Michigan Depression Glass Society (MDGS) Show and Sale, Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 2 & 3, 2013 in Dearborn, Mich.What is old is new again when it comes to vintage glassware -- from the kitchen to the table and from barware to decorative arts -- and it will be American made glass as far as the eye can see at the group's 41st annual show.
Two-dozen depression-era and elegant glassware dealers from across the country will have goods on hand for eager shoppers at the Ford Community and Performing Art Center, located at 15801 Michigan Ave. (US 12) at Greenfield Road.
Ranked as one of the top collectible glass shows in the nation, attendees can expect to find glassware from the early 1900s into the 1970s, from makers such as Fostoria, Cambridge, Imperial, Heisey, Paden City, Westmoreland, Fenton, Jeanette, Anchor Hocking, Hazel Atlas, MacBeth-Evans and more.
The show features an outstanding display of items belonging to MDGS members depicting a typical kitchen vignette from the 1920s and another from the 1950s. Each will be packed with glassware items such as mixing bowls, cookware, serving pieces, dinnerware and shakers sets, as well as juice reamers, butter churns, mixers, rolling pins and other hardworking glass kitchen tools.
With aisles and aisles of glassware for sale in a rainbow of colors, the show offers a look back into one of the country's largest former industry's -- glass making. Attendees will see examples of how automation allowed manufacturers to quickly produce mass volumes of pressed glassware, much which was given away free as incentives during the lean Great Depression years, as well as beautiful elegant handmade glass created by talented artisans and designers.
The show is open Saturday from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Admission is a $5 donation good for both days and parking is free. Glass repair will also be available. To learn more, visit www.michigandepressionglass.com or www.facebook.com/MiDepressionGlass.
The MDGS is a not-for-profit group of 150+ collectors of Depression Era glass and other era glassware that was made in America during the 1920′s to 1960′s. The group meets monthly in Livonia, Mich.
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