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Welcome to my Website. My name is Phyllis Petcoff and I sell and collect Early American Pattern Glass, also sometimes called Early American Pressed Glass. Either term refers to mostly mid to late nineteenth century table ware having matching designs on the various pieces. I have been a student of this antique American decorative art for 40 years and a dealer for more than 25 years. Early American Pattern Glass was made by numerous American and Canadian glass factories in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It represents an industry almost non-existent today. Every pattern required numerous hand carved cast iron molds for each form and the expense of making so many such detailed molds today is cost prohibitive, as is the manpower needed to make such a labor intensive product. While Pattern Glass is mechanically formed, each piece was made by a team of workers one piece at a time, often with hand shaping and fire polishing to remove mold lines. The generally accepted dates for Pattern Glass are from about 1830-1915, when continuous molding machines were put into use, making hand work unnecessary. This process gave birth to Depression type glass. I have literally thousands of pattern glass pieces for sale from butter pats to large covered compotes. Click on the "For Sale" button to see what I have available. If you have further questions, or want a list for a specific pattern or form, please feel free to email, phone, or write. If you would like to join others
interested in EAPG, consider membership in the Early American Pattern Glass Society. Phyllis Petcoff 876 Crews Road Wickliffe, Kentucky 42087 270-335-3294
Gonterman Swirl sugar base, hand applied rim, 1885
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