A Field Guide to Antiques & Collectibles |
Common terms and phrases
acid-etched affordable amber American antique Art Deco art glass Art Nouveau art pottery artists beads blue bowl brass brilliant cut brilliant cut glass burner cameo candleholders carnival glass carved celluloid clocks collectible collectors colored glass companies cost crack cut glass dealer decoration Depression glass diamonds dish early electric enameled etched expensive Figure finish fixtures flatware flowers fork furniture gems geometric glaze gold gold-filled hand-painted handmade holder homes invented iridescent jewelry karat kerosene lamps late lead crystal light look manufacturers marked match McCoy pottery metal Millefiore mold movement never nineteenth century opalescent original overlay painted pattern pearls pieces popular production repair replating reproductions satin glass shaped Sheffield Plate silver plate silver-plate sometimes spoon steel wool sterling stones stripper stripping style Tiffany type of glass usually varnish vase veneer Victorian vintage walnut whale oil wood