The abandoned Westmoreland Glass Co. plant in Hempfield has deteriorated into a shadow of its former self, but the varieties of glassware produced at the site for nearly a century have not lost their luster for collectors and local historians. “They made high quality white milk glass, and they painted
Ten vendors will be present for the Westmoreland Glass Collectors’ Club show and sale this weekend at Westmoreland County Community College. That doesn’t sound like a lot, said Ken Kosoglow, a club board member and chairman of the event committee — but those 10 vendors will be bringing 5,000 pieces
This milk glass trinket box with the image of a dove and a hand first was made in 1889 by Atterbury & Co. of Pittsburgh. SCOTT SIMMONS / FLORIDA WEEKLY A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, so went the adage. But what if that bird and that hand are milk
This milk glass trinket box with the image of a dove and a hand first was made in 1889 by Atterbury & Co. of Pittsburgh. SCOTT SIMMONS / FLORIDA WEEKLY A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, so went the adage. But what if that bird and that hand are milk
This milk glass trinket box with the image of a dove and a hand first was made in 1889 by Atterbury & Co. of Pittsburgh. SCOTT SIMMONS / FLORIDA WEEKLY A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, so went the adage. But what if that bird and that hand are milk