Vintage Wednesday: Collecting shoes.

Did you get excited when you saw the title of this post? Shoes? Yeah, not those shoes. GLASS shoes. And you thought you knew about Cinderella's slippers....

Did you know there are entire books devoted to identifying and collecting glass shoes?  Companies like Fenton, Boyd and Mosser have entire lines of these glass slippers - each with their own shape and personality. I'm not going to pretend I know the details of collecting these little beauties because I only have a couple, but I can give you a couple tips.

Glass type:
There are several different types of glass used to make these beauties. Some of the terms apply to the actual glass - such as milk, jadeite, frosted or opal satin, which are all opaque types of glass. Some terms apply to the design pressed into the glass - such as hobnail (looks like raised dots), rose (looks like roses pressed into the design), honeycomb or daisy and button (looks like the slippers pictured above).

Style:
There are several different styles of slippers still in production. Popular styles include: buckle, princess, cat, and bow.

These are the more modern styles of glass slippers - probably made since 1970. There are many other types of designs that I've seen, but have not yet explored. If you're interested in exploring more, I hope this has given you an interesting start!