This month’s submissions all were handed down in families, including a fine set of Reed & Barton sterling flatware, a ...

Pressed, shorthand for impressed by stamping, refers to a method of stamping a pattern in hot glass. Carnival refers to elaborate impressed patterns on multicolor iridescent bowls and plates.

The name for the iridescent glass became fixed as carnival glass only in the 1950s as collectors became interested. Low-cost molded or pressed glass with an iridescent finish had many names in the ...