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[Oznell]

Ooh, @Enufstuff ,  you have a little milk glass owl toothpick holder-- I bet that is so cute.

Yes, I'm fond of blue vintage items mixed in with milk glass too.  I have a small vintage cobalt blue glass pitcher that I like to mix in with my milk glass pieces, along with a piece of blue and white china.   Together, they seem to give an ethereal, springtime feeling...

@ThinkingOutLoud ,  if you like it, you should have no problem finding some.  Second hand stores, garage sales, thrift shops.  Even an antique shop sold me a tall hobnail vase for only $3.00.   Antique shops usually have quite a bit, and many pieces sell for under $10.  Note:   the more chalk white and opaque a piece is, the more highly valued it is by collectors.  But I don't care about that-- I have a few translucent ones, as well as solid bright white.  I just like what I like!

Again, thanks everyone for contributing.  This has been so much fun to read!        

[Nonametoday]

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@SandySparkles wrote:

@Oznell I was overcome with emotion just now, as my dear mother had an affinity for milk glass!💝 These charming photos brought back such SWEET memories!❤ She had a butter dish, several cake stands, ash tray, a pitcher that was used mainly for punch, a vase and other pieces that escape me at the moment!🥰 I have not thought of those items in MANY sunsets, and am SO comforted right now!❤❤

My ABSOLUTE favorite here is the pretty floral vignette! The elegant centerpiece in BEAUTIFUL complementary shades of pink❤, peach and cream and use of the unpredicted dainty white milk glass teacups, adds a bit of charming whimsy to the table; thus elevating an otherwise classic look! 😊 OUTSTANDING!!!👍

THANK you SO much for caring to share these AMAZING photos with us and the memories it evoked!🤗

~~~All we need is LOVE💖

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@SandySparkles So did my mother and when she became ill, she wanted me to have it although I had gotten a lot of it when I first married because it was the "in thing" then.  I had a lot of milk glass and Blue Danube, Blue Willow and depression glassware.  I have very little of it now . I just got rid of it through attrition, breakage or moving and loss.

[Trailrun23]

I just gave my granddaughter, who is about to be married, a beautiful milk glass cake stand that belonged to her great-great grandmother. She asked if she might have it, even after she registered for one at PB. I was so happy she wanted it!  Wish I had a photo to share, but it has an open-weave pattern around the edge and an unusally short stand. I recall many birthday cakes sitting on it. I have a scalloped candy dish that was my mother's.

Thanks for sharing so many pieces of milk glass!  It would be hard to pick a favorite.

[Oznell]

Ok, this is too much of a coincidence, so I had to find this past thread and report.  I posted this EXACTLY one year ago-- on May 2nd-- and suddenly, on the same date today, I was in an antique shop -- and broke down and got two milk glass pieces for my collection ( not knowing it was the same date).  Each was $10.

I almost never add to my collection, ( and even recently purged a piece or two of it), since I don't want to be burdened down with too much stuff.  But talking about it here recently must have put it in my mind...

Had always admired the Westmoreland English hobnail milk glass ivy bowl.   People used to cut strands of ivy and put water in it, or any trailing plant stems.  Here's an online picture of the exact same one ( looks better in real life)--

The English hobnails are diamond shaped, as opposed to the familiar American round ones.  I like the way these get tinier and tinier down toward the base.

And the other piece was another pattern I didn't have a piece of.  Fenton milk glass "Silver Crest" has a thin line of clear glass at the edge of the milky white glass, so looks "silvery".  So here's a small compote or candy dish from online, again, identical to mine--

 

I know that no one else ( unless they are big milk glass enthusiasts ) will care, but it really was exciting.  Now I really do have enough milk glass for an actual "collection".

And luckily, before I went antique browsing I had taken a big bag of donatables to the local church Rummage rooms, so am following the "one in, one out" rule, ha.  

[Marsha2003]

I like your new pieces.  I went to the consignment store that took all of my unwanted possessions when I downsized almost two years ago now.  It was kind of strange to see pictures and dishes from my collection in their displays.

[wagirl]

I so LOVE those shelves with all the white glass!!! am a huge fan of it--I have depression glass in all colors that is still packed away-- I have been watching, on youtube, the thrifting shorts and all the glassware that is displayed there. would love to go do that as there is alot of the pressed glass for sale, but I won't---just no room!!

[shoptilyadropagain]

I've always been drawn to a milk glass piece with the hobnail design. I don't own any, however, because it doesn't really fit in with my decor but I still really like it.

[Regal Bee]

@Oznell   I have a collection of pink milkglass...it is a very pale, shell-like color. A dear friend started me on this years ago. I no longer collect it as it is so expensive and very hard to find.

Love all your sweet pictures. 

[JeanLouiseFinch]

Growing up, my mom had many milk glass pieces as part of our living room and dining room decor.  I don't know what ever happened to it. 

[Oznell]

Oh, @wagirl ,  I feel for you with your wonderful colored Depression glass all packed away.  It must be terrible not to get to see any of it now.  Could you, at some point, put up even a small a wall shelf, and then at least get to rotate some of your pieces in and out to enjoy?

@shoptilyadropagain ,  if you love it, I wouldn't necessarily reject it outright.  A lot of milk glass, made in the midcentury, is really compatible with midcentury, contemporary, deco, and other influences.  Some of it is modern-looking 'swung' or stretch glass, very Fifties and early Sixties!

Hobnail was first made in midcentury, and some of it looks it.  It's not all 'froo-froo' nostalgia, interestingly enough.  That fresh whiteness of it helps.  I mix some of my hobnail, deco and even Old Quilt milk glass patterns, with my contemporary white art glass vase from Poland, and they look great together....

@Regal Bee ,  how pretty!  And the pink milk glass, as you say, is such a whisper-soft, delicate shade of pink.  My favorite antique shop has one piece of it currently, that I always notice and admire...