Humans have been making glass for over three thousand years, and unless you drop it, glass is the sort of material that stays around for quite a long time. So if one is diligent enough, they can often find something old and quite cool at a vintage stop. At the same time, artisans from across the world still regularly make things out of glass.
So we’ve gathered some of the coolest and most interesting glasswork items people have made or found and posted online. Get comfortable as you scroll through, upvote your favorites and be sure to share your own thoughts in the comments section down below.
#1 My New Rainbow Shelf
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#2 Someone Dumped Their Entire Milk Glass Collection At Goodwill
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#3 I Am Now The Incredibly Proud Owner Of This Awesome L. E. Smith Cabbage Dish!!!!
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#4 Assorted Glass Ashtrays And Catchalls I’ve Thrifted
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#5 Thrifted For $1.99
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#6 My Le Smith Moon And Stars + Fairy Lamp Collection 🖤 I’m Really Proud Of It!!
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#7 My Collection Of Glass Fruit That Has All Been Thrifted In The Last Year
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#8 Murano Glass
This was given to my daughter in law from a housemate whose mom commissioned it from the artist in Italy at least 3 decades ago.
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#9 Bought This A While Back, Finally Installed It On My Nightstand
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#10 1930s Japanese Bird Light Bulb Found At An Old Dump Site
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#11 Unfortunately Going Through My Grandmothers Things And She Has A Lot Of This. What Is It?
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#12 Cannot Believe My Luck. The Antique Store Booth Had This Marked As Fenton And Was Selling It For $35. In Actuality, It Was Made By The MT. Washington Glass Company Circa 1880-1890
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#13 What’s The Point Of Collecting If You Can’t Be Silly?
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#14 Had To Show Off This Beautiful Murano Sommerso Ashtray I Purchased From An Antique Dealer Buddy
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#15 Christmas Guest Broke A Vintage Crystal Wine Glass (And Threw Up On Our Back Porch Before His Irish Goodbye)
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#16 Just Filled The Cabinet I Inherited From My Late Grandmother
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#17 Sharing Some Of My Cobalt Glass Collection
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#18 Found This Hiding At An Estate Today!
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#19 Cranberry Hobnail
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#20 Was Looking For A Cabinet To Store My Current Glass Collection. This One Comes With A Large Fenton Blue Hobnail Collection!
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#21 Unpacking Boxes From My Grandmas Attic. Found This. Amethyst Color. 💜
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#22 How You Like Dem Apples?
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#23 A Little Bit Of My Collection Of Sea Glass. 10 Years Of Collecting!
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#24 Sea Glass Cat In Sea Colors. Finally Got To Make A Piece Of My Dream :-)
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#25 Uranium Glass Chandelier At 21c Museum Hotel In Kansas City
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#26 A ‘Unicorn Find’ Victorian Uranium Glass Epergne
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#27 I Can’t Believe I Picked This Up At Goodwill Last Week!
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#28 My Cousin Passed Away, And I Just Want Yall To See How Talented He Was
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#29 My Grandmother Left This For Me After She Passed Away. My Search On Google Didn’t Find It. Anyone Know Anything This Piece?
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#30 I Dropped Everything When I Spotted It At The Thrift
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#31 I Thrifted This Three Tier Cake Stand. I Don’t Really Collect Glass, Could This Be Le Smith? I Can’t Find Any Images Or Links To Blue Glass Like This With All Three Tiers
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#32 Found In An Old Farm Dump In The 1960s
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#33 Plum Collection Fenton
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#34 Saw This At My Local Thrift Store
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#35 My Charcoal Blues
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#36 Found On The Beach. Anything Special?
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#37 My New Favorite Modern, Glass Artist, Henry Levine With Thorn Ridge Studios “Starry Night”. Paid $20.00 For The Pitcher And 3 Glasses. Signed And Dated 2002. The Last Photo Has A Light In It
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#38 My Collection Of Boyd Sly The Foxes! They Are Pretty Hard To Find So I Am Quite Proud Of What I Have So Far
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#39 Our Viking Candy Dish Collection
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#40 Found These Today At The Thrift Store. I’m Thinking They’re Lavorazione Empoli. What Do You Think?
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#41 Snagged At Goodwill
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#42 Beautiful Lamp I Found At A Thrift Store
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#43 One Of My Luckiest Finds
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#44 I’m Screaming!!!
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#45 Picked This Up And Thought It Was Super Cool! Thought I’d Share
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#46 My Thrifted Goblet Collection
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#47 My (Mostly) Thrifted Mazzega Murano Lights
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#48 Antiquing Find, But I Can’t Identify It. Does Anyone Know Anything About This Piece?
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#49 7 Lb Piece
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#50 Best Find Yet! 📍 NJ Shore
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#51 Former Glass Factory’s River Finds
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#52 My Sea Glass Marble Collection!
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#53 My First Ever Sea Glass Art
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#54 I Found A Puppy!
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#55 I Found A Uranium Slug!
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#56 Guinea Pig + Uranium Glass
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#57 Found One Of My Grail Pieces This Week
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#58 Mini Mug I Made This Morning
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#59 When Life Gives You Broken Uranium Glass, Make Art!
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#60 Please Rate From 1 To 10 The Uranium Glass Frog Figurines That I Crafted Myself
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#61 Uranium Glass Jewelry
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#62 My Late Father’s Collection
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#63 So Excited To Have Found This Art Deco Lenox Llama!
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#64 Today’s Score
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#65 Grandma’s Window
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#66 Mini Glass Hens Found While Cleaning Out Gmas Garage
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#67 I Thought Some People Might Appreciate Seeing This Frog Dish
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#68 Scored Some Shrooms Today!
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#69 Owl Fairy Lamp. The Thrift Gods Smiled Upon Me Today. 25¢
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#70 My Favorite Shelf
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#71 Found In The Wild
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#72 Found This Amazing Essie Zareh Vase At Goodwill
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#73 Fenton Glass Duck
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#74 My Teen Just Brought This Home For Me. Any Idea If It’s Old?
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#75 Sea Glass Pictures My Daughter Made
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#76 Just When I Thought, “Eh Theres No Seaglass Here Today” I Found This
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#77 Found A 120 Year Old Vaseline Jar At The Beach
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#78 Amberina Sea Glass Stopper, From Northern California. One Of My Best Finds Ever!
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#79 My Coolest Find Yet!
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#80 Purple Orange Slice
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#81 Made This Little Fox From White And Green Sea Glass 🦊 🦊 🦊
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#82 I Made Some Cocktails & Drinks With My Tiniest Sea Glass Pieces
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#83 Perfect Cobalt Blue Jewel ✨
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#84 Got A Bunch Of A Light Purple Glass As A Gift And Finally Made True A Dream Of Making A Wisteria Branch
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#85 Christmas Gifts For My Loved Ones :)
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#86 Some Of My Favorite Pieces Of Sea Glass In Their Vintage Display Bowls
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#87 Very Rare Milifiori Sea Glass
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#88 I Had An Entire Pallet Of Uranium Glass Crystal Balls Manufactured For Me
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#89 My Husband Has Been Unknowingly Hiding His Super Power From Me
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#90 My Mom Knows I Love Uranium Glass, So She Bought Me This Adorable Rat From Ukraine
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#91 The Uranium Gods Smiled Upon Thee Today
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#92 Found A Piece The Shop Didn’t Know What It Was – Guess What I Paid!
The shop had numerous UG displays but didn’t notice this one! Had it priced at just $45. I’m pretty sure the clerk selling it knew what kind of a steal that was.
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#93 Dumbest Piece I Own
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#94 My Best Find Ever
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#95 Guys, Prepare To Feast Your Eyes
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#96 I Made Macarons To Go With My Cupcake Stand
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#97 Recent Find!
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